PG&E and California Fire Foundation offers agencies grants to prepare for wildfires
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E has teamed up with the California Fire Foundation (CFF) for the eighth year to award $950,000 in wildfire…
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14,400 Central Coast customers may be eligible for PG&E bill help
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has announced that it will be offering financial support to eligible…
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PG&E highlights the importance of Public Safety Power Shutoffs
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – With heightened risk for wildfires over the next couple of days, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is…
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PG&E brings new substation online in Monterey Peninsula
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) – PG&E has flipped the switch on the Del Monte substation to boost power on the Monterey Peninsula. It will serve…
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Community concern grows as PG&E’s Elkhorn facility return looms
MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION)— Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) plans to bring its Elkhorn Battery Facility back online by June 1, following…
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PG&E hosting wildfire prevention webinar for safety efforts
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — On Tuesday, April 8, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be holding a wildfire prevention webinar…
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Large power outage affecting customers in Pacific Grove, Monterey
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — An outage has left thousands without power in Pacific Grove and Monterey. PG&E’s outage map states that…
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Outage leaves customers without power in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Thousands of PG&E customers are without power in Watsonville as of 5:29 p.m. according to the PG&E Outage…
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PG&E is partnering with the FTC to help people recognize utility scams
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — According to PG&E, costumers lost close to $650,000 in 2024 to utility scammers and as a result, the company…
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Massive outage in Seaside leaves customers without power
SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A power outage in Seaside has left thousands of customers without power. The unplanned outage has affected 6,919…
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1,700+ customers without power in Carmel
CARMEL, Calif. (KION) — More than 1,700 customers in the Carmel Valley are without power. The outage began in the early morning hours first reported…
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PG&E reminds customers to not let metallic balloons fly this Valentine’s Day
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION) — PG&E is letting customers be aware when buying metallic balloons this Valentine’s Day due to their potential to…
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Storm related closures, power outages on the Central Coast
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Multiple storm related power outages and closures are being reported after a storm briefly swept through the…
Continue Reading PG&E customers in the Santa Cruz Mountains still without power after the storm Tuesday
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Power outages are still affecting hundreds of people in the Santa Cruz Mountains following the storm yesterday.…
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Community Bridges, PG&E team for bill assistance workshops
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Community Bridges and PG&E have partnered for a series of bill assistance workshops in Watsonville as part of a…
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New PG&E transformer hopes to prevent Monterey power outages
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E says a new, more powerful, multi-million dollar transformer will help prevent power outages in Monterey. “I…
Continue Reading PG&E partners up with California 211 to assist people during an emergency
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced Wednesday that the company is partnering up with California 211 to alert customers in its…
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Local Red Cross and PG&E crews standby as Hurricane Milton draws closer
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Local Red Cross and PG&E crews have confirmed to KION that they are on standby to help in recovery efforts…
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PG&E dispatches over 400 crews to Georgia for Hurricane Helene relief efforts
OAKLAND, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced Thursday that they are sending over 400 crews to Georgia for power repair and restoration efforts in…
Continue Reading PG&E expands energy bill assistance and REACH program for more customers
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced Friday that more Central Coast customers can qualify for up to a $2,000 bill credit under new…
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UPDATE: PG&E cancels potential Public Safety Power Shutoffs on July 5 in Monterey and San Benito counties
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced the potential Public Safety Power Shutoff event scheduled for July 5 has been canceled due to…
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PG&E teaming up with Santa Cruz County food banks to help people impacted by recent storm
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- In response to the extended power outages due to the recent storm, PG&E is teaming up with food banks in…
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Los clientes de PG&E pueden solicitar un reembolso de $4000 por la compra de vehÃculos eléctricos de segunda mano
OAKLAND, California (KION-TV) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company anunció el lanzamiento de su Programa de Reembolso para VehÃculos Eléctricos…
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Crews clean up after Natividad Road fire
Crews are still cleaning up after a giant fire ripped through agriculture facilities off Natividad Road in Salinas, Saturday.…
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Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfires
A federal judge says executives for a California utility blamed for huge wildfires in recent years have put greed before safety.…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders releases video aimed at California PG&E customers promoting Green New Deal
Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the Democratic presidential candidates, released a video on Twitter Thursday aimed at California…
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Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise
Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018…
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California bill seeks takeover of nation’s largest utility
A California lawmaker wants to transform the nation’s largest electric utility into a publicly owned company.…
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California bill would make utilities pay some blackout costs
A bill in the California Legislature would require electric companies to reimburse customers when the utilities turn off power to prevent wildfires.…
Continue ReadingPG&E: Number of scam attempts double compared to last year
(KION) Pacific Gas and Electric is warning customers that it has seen double the number of scam attempts in some areas compared to this time last…
Continue Reading Early PG&E blackouts forewarned later problems
Even before widespread blackouts hit California this fall, the utility that triggered them showed signs it wasn’t fully prepared.…
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Flooding and fallen trees close Santa Cruz County roads Wednesday
The storm returned overnight, and the wind and rain has led to more streets closed and power…
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Outage leaves nearly 2,000 PG&E customers without power in Santa Cruz County
Nearly 2,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers are without power in Santa Cruz County Saturday…
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Miles de personas se quedaron sin luz tras tormenta invernal
Monterey (KMUV) La CompañÃa de Gas y Electricidad PG&E se está preparando para sus servicios de reparaciones ahora que la primera tormenta…
Continue Reading Central Coast prepares for Thanksgiving with potential power outages
PG&E says there are still an estimated nearly 4,300 people without power in the tri-county area as of Wednesday at…
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PG&E advierte sobre posibles cortes en la Costa Central antes de la tormenta de invierno
La compañÃa de energÃa, PG&E alertó a sus consumidores a estar preparados para posibles cortes eléctricos preventivos debido a la tormenta…
Continue Reading PG&E warns of potential outages ahead of winter storm
PG&E is warning customers to be prepared for potential power outages ahead of a winter storm coming in…
Continue Reading Chamber of commerce conducts survey of power shutoff effects in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce is working with the Business Council to survey businesses…
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Santa Cruz County businesses make changes to be more prepared for next PG&E power shut off
More than a third of Santa Cruz County was hit by last months PG&E power shut…
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