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PG&E: Where Does Your Energy Come From? Clean, Renewable Resources

by ECT

When you flip on a light switch, do you wonder where the energy comes from?

Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers may be surprised.

Today, 58 percent of the electricity we provide comes from carbon free resources, including the country’s largest utility-owned system of clean hydroelectric generation. Nearly 30 percent of the electricity we provide comes from renewable resources, including sun, wind, water and even wood or dairy waste.

In California, investor-owned utilities are required to increase renewable energy purchases to 33 percent by the end of 2020, and a new law boosts that goal to 50 percent by 2030.

In 2015, PG&E’s renewable energy portfolio was the highest ever at 29.5 percent, and we’re on our way to meeting the 33 percent target ahead of schedule.

Beyond state regulations, we’ve connected 215,000 residential solar customers to the grid.

Locally, solar installations at Martinez Unified School District generate approximately 1.85 million kWh per year, equivalent to powering more than 100 homes.

So, the next time you light up your home, you can smile knowing much of the electricity comes from clean sources.

Victor Baker
PG&E senior manager of Diablo division

The following was a Letter to the Editor submitted by PG&E

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