PGE or PG&E stands for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which provides natural gas and electricity for American residents. This company is one of the biggest natural energies and headquartered in San Francisco, California for several years. Users can follow the outage in their area from the website or app PGE Outage Map.
What happened in PG&E from 1905 to 2022?
Founded in 1905 by the Gold Rush of California, PG&E is well-known as a Corporation of Gas and Electric. Starting with the improvement of steam operation by the electric system, PG&E made a large profit. In 1998, PG&E provided service for 5.54 million households and agencies, large customers of northern California.
However, in 2001, the financial hardships of millions of dollars to be responsible for the wildfire in California ( at least 84 people were killed and 18,000 buildings were destroyed, the company must be responsible for compensation $5.7 billions) pushed the PG&E into bankruptcy.
The company continually expands into hydroelectric generation and railway operation, natural gas, and nuclear energy. As of 2019, property of PG&E includes plant and technology equipment assets is 88 billion U.S dollars.
Since twenty- one century, the company has aggressively developed its green products and is concerned with renewable energy sources. Besides, PG&E has also maintained hydroelectric facilities in the U.S.
The program have improved
In development, technology is improving more and more. After becoming part of Tesla, in 2022, PG&E, Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric have developed a program to provide emergency power to California’s residents by aggregating the storage in ratepayers Tesla Powerwalls when the summer comes up, this system’s intense heat drives up.
The residents and who distributed battery will just be paid $2 per kWh for 4p.m to 9p.m supplier. They also enjoy the program Emergency Load Reduction of PG&E storage system. This project is approved to reduce energy and avoid blackouts in the afternoon and evening in summer. The owner can choose not to participate in this project. This project allows them to reserve storage capability and know the level of juice in their battery.
How to solve outage by PGE outage map?
If you have account on PG&E outage map you will be received the notification of PG&E before storage power and it is sent until power is restored
The notifications are sent to customers to help them plan and prepare for power shutoff by email, automatic phone call or text as fast as possible to make sure that everyone will hold the information if a problem happens. These notifications include power restoration times and estimated power shutoff, based on that customers can prepare for a Public Safely Power Shut Off.
