PDF View Here Customer Assistance Fact Sheet- English Customer Assistance Fact Sheet- Spanish  Oakland, Calif. —Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) lowered electric rates on March 1, 2026—the fifth time since January 2024. The decrease marks the third consecutive electric price cut since last September for residential customers who receive both electricity supply and delivery from PG&E. Combined with previous decreases, residential bundled electric rates are 13% lower than in January 2024, reinforcing the company’s commitment to manage energy costs for customers. Since that time, typical residential electric customer bills are about $25 less per month, assuming a consistent monthly usage of [...]

PG&E is staffed up with electric and vegetation crews ready to respond to outages created by the incoming storm.  Our forecast models are calling for moderate outage activity in the north valley, including the Butte, Lassen, and Plumas area. Click to View: Customer Resources Fact Sheet Outage Center and Outage Map:  The following searchable public link from PG&E’s website includes where the outages are and, when available, the estimated restoration time:  PG&E Outage Center - View Outage Map Restoration:  After severe weather has passed and we can safely access the area, crews inspect the electric system for wind and debris-caused damage to make sure it is safe [...]

Results: Underground Powerlines in 27 Counties; System-wide Risk Reduced by 8.4%   OAKLAND, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has now constructed and energized 1,000 miles of powerlines underground in high fire risk areas. PG&E has identified its undergrounding effort as the largest ever by a utility to reduce wildfire risk. In the locations where those lines provide electricity to customers, undergrounding eliminates nearly all wildfire risk. In total, PG&E’s system hardening efforts, which includes undergrounding, stronger overhead poles and wires and line removals, have permanently removed 8.4% of wildfire ignition risk from our entire system since 2023. How far is [...]

September 22, 2025   PG&E URGES CAUTION DURING INCREASED FLOWS BELOW ROCK CREEK DAM ON THE NORTH FORK FEATHER RIVER   QUINCY, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges the public to take extra safety precautions as water flows will be higher through the weekend of September 27-28 on a stretch of the North Fork Feather River for whitewater recreation.    During the higher flows these parts of the river contain Class III, IV and V rapids, which are only appropriate for skilled paddlers, and not appropriate for tubing.    The higher flows will occur in the Rock Creek Reach, [...]

Classification: Public Dear Plumas County Partners, Extreme weather is fueling more frequent, destructive, and costly wildfires in California. In response, the state passed Assembly Bill 1054 (2019), creating the Wildfire Fund to provide available resources to help utilities pay claims to wildfire victims and communities when fires are alleged to be caused by utility equipment. However, the recent Southern California wildfires and the threat of future wildfires have raised concerns about the Fund’s sufficiency. We hope you will join us in urging the legislature to update and replenish the Fund so that additional resources are available for victim compensation and community rebuilding in the future and burdensome [...]

August 18th, 2025 QUINCY, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges the public to take extra safety precautions as water flows will be higher through the weekend of August 23-24 on a stretch of the North Fork Feather River for whitewater recreation. During the higher flows these parts of the river contains Class III, IV and V rapids, which are only appropriate for skilled paddlers, and not appropriate for tubing. The higher flows will occur in the Rock Creek Reach, an 8.3-mile portion of the North Fork of the Feather River in the Plumas National Forest, between PG&E’s Rock Creek [...]