Overview
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Category
Water Well Drilling
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. There are approximately 20,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California. Fast Facts * Service area stretches from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east * 141,215 circuit miles of electric distribution lines and 18,616 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines * 42,141 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines and 6,438 miles of transportation pipelines * 5.1 million electric customer accounts * 4.3 million natural gas customer accounts Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the largest public utility providers in California, supplies electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers in northern and central California. It reaches approximately 5.4 million electric customers via approximately 107,000 miles of electric distribution lines and some 4.4 million gas customers via some 43,100 miles of gas distribution lines. The company sources its electric and natural gas supply from owned generation facilities (some 135 electric plants) and through third-party disposal sites. The utility, along with its parent PG&E Corporation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2019 as it faced up to $30 billion in damage liabilities related to California wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Try D&B Hoovers Free Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the largest public utility providers in California, supplies electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers in northern and central California. It reaches approximately 5.4 million electric customers via approximately 107,000 miles of electric distribution lines and some 4.4 million gas customers via some 43,100 miles of gas distribution lines. The company sources its electric and natural gas supply from owned generation facilities (some 135 electric plants) and through third-party disposal sites. The utility, along with its parent PG&E Corporation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2019 as it faced up to $30 billion in damage liabilities related to California wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
