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x px28 events | No comments | 1. January 1852 - 1. January 2010
The San Francisco Gas Company is founded by Peter and James Donahue. Over the next half-century, the company merges with rival energy pioneers and competitors to form new companies, ultimately concluding in the merger of the San Francisco Gas and...
1. January 1852
George Roe creates the California Electric Light Company; begins operation of the first central generating station in the U.S. (and probably the world) to serve electric customers.
1. January 1879
A "Grand Electric Carnival" celebrates the launch of operation at the Folsom Powerhouse, the first ancestor of PG&E's current hydro system and the first to conquer the challenge of long-distance transmission...
1. January 1895
PG&E predecessors first pump water for irrigation in California. Electricity provided by PG&E and its predecessors would help make the emergence of California's agricultural industry possible.
1. February 1898
The Colgate power project sends power 61 miles from the Yuba River to Sacramento, where it drives the city's electric railway system. The length and high voltage of its transmission lines mark a major advance toward bringing power from the remote...
1. February 1899
California Gas and Electric Corporation is formed, consolidating many smaller, scattered gas and electric operations.
1. January 1901
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is formed by the merger of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and the California Gas and Electric Corporation. The company equipped a railway car for a traveling exhibit of rural electrification that included...
1. February 1905
Earthquake and fire devastate San Francisco and much of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s infrastructure, creating enormous engineering and financial challenges.
1. January 1906
"The aim of the Company has been to win the public good will by deserving the public good will." Spoken by Wigginton E. Creed, president of PG&E from 1920 to 1927. In San Francisco, PG&E opens the first all-electric model home, equipped with dozens of...
1. January 1920
In the Bay Area, PG&E begins delivering natural gas instead of gas manufactured from fuel oil. In preparation for the switch, PG&E crews complete a massive effort to adjust 1.75 million customer appliances...
1. January 1930
PG&E's final major consolidation creates an integrated system across Northern California. Service continues to expand to rural areas, and by 1950, 98 percent of farms in the service area have electricity
1. March 1930
In the years immediately following World War II, California experienced an extraordinary boom in housing, transportation, industry, agriculture and energy services. PG&E increased its workforce by one-third to serve the fast-growing, increasingly...
1. January 1945
To match the needs created by the post-war boom, PG&E launches the greatest construction program ever undertaken by a U.S. utility. Population in the company's service area rises 40 percent between 1940 and 1946...
1. January 1946
PG&E constructs the 502-mile super-inch pipeline (the largest ever built at the time) to connect the gas fields of Texas and New Mexico with California. The line has to cross the Mojave Desert, the Tehachapi Mountains, the San Joaquin Valley and the...
1. January 1948
PG&E began to utilize computer technology and converts to electronic billing, processing 100,000 bills a day. PG&E harnesses geothermal energy from The Geysers, a natural steam field located along the Sonoma and Lake County border...
1. January 1960
PG&E completes the 612-mile PGT Northwest Pipeline, which brings gas from Canada to Northern California
1. January 1961
PG&E issues a formal policy statement on its employment practices, stating that it "employs people on the basis of individual merit and qualifications and promotes on the basis of performance, demonstrated ability and seniority, and it does so without...
1. January 1965
PG&E begins energy conservation programs, actively working to help its customers reduce the use of the company's product. PG&E would become one of the leading utilities in energy conservation, and remains so today.
1. January 1970
Diablo Canyon Power Plant goes online. Today it's among the nation's top- rated nuclear facilities in operational and safety performance.
1. January 1984
Learning and Training Centers for PG&E employees opened in San Ramon (1987) and Livermore (1992). These centers focus on improving employee skills and qualifications, sharpening management practices and helping all personnel understand the needs of...
1. January 1987
Loma Prieta earthquake strikes San Francisco Bay Area, causing heavy damage to the utility's infrastructure. PG&E draws upon all its resources and restores service safely and rapidly.
17. October 1989
PG&E establishes telephone call centers in Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno and San Francisco to provide a wide range of services for customers throughout the service area.
1. January 1994
With California moving toward restructuring of its electric market, PG&E Corporation becomes the parent company for both Pacific Gas and Electric Company and a non-utility national energy business newly created to participate in the country's emerging...
1. January 1997
The California energy crisis, and energy conservation. PG&E helps customers achieve record levels of conservation, amid serious financial challenges that force the company to file for Chapter 11 reorganization.
1. January 2000
Renewable Energy: Since 2002, PG&E has entered into more than 110 contracts to procure nearly 9,000 megawatts of renewable energy, including biomass and waste, geothermal, wind, small hydroelectric and solar...
1. January 2002
PG&E's success going forward will be defined by our relationship with the customer more than any other aspect of our business," says Peter A. Darbee, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation.
1. January 2005
Clean-Fuel Vehicle Fleet: PG&E is a pioneer in developing a clean-fueled fleet of utility cars and trucks, recognized as the leading utility fleet in 2010 by Automotive Fleet magazine. Our current total clean fleet of 1,252 vehicles is deployed...
1. January 2010
