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Tehama County: PG&E Workers Save Woman Trapped in Car, Honored as Heroes
To hear Ricky Nelson and Billy Rickett tell it, it was all in a day’s work. The two PG&E station construction electricians were driving in Tehama County on their way to the Big Meadows substation...
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Tehama County: Mammoth Restoration Project to Bring Back Endangered Salmon
By David Kligman A construction crew works at the site of the Eagle Canyon Dam. (Photos by David Kligman.) MANTON—Cold water from Lassen Peak’s winter snowmelt rages through a new concrete fish ladder...
View ArticleNevada County: Fire Safe Councils Get Boost from PG&E
PG&E has given a $1,500 grant to the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County for its residential program to chip fallen branches and tree limbs. The nonprofit organization has relied on memberships and...
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Tehama County: Increasing Number of Salmon Returning to Restored Habitat
By David Kligman Larger numbers of threatened Chinook salmon have returned to spawn upstream from where a PG&E hydroelectric dam once stood in Tehama County, the site of one of the country’s...
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Tehama County: Largest U.S. Olive Producer Receives Energy Efficiency Rebate
Olives are now processed in a more energy-efficient way at the Bell-Carter facility in Corning. PG&E has awarded a $114,000 energy-efficiency rebate to Bell-Carter Foods Inc., the largest table...
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Tehama County: For PG&E Employees, Special Olympics Has Become a Special Cause
By Matt Nauman PG&E workers have given their dollars and their time to help the athletes of the Tehama County Special Olympics succeed. For Ken Hess, a construction supervisor at PG&E’s...
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Tehama County: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Visits PG&E’s Battle Creek...
MANTON – Michael L. Connor, Commissioner of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, today (Oct. 16) toured the Battle Creek Habitat Restoration project that is in the process of...
View ArticleTehama County: Planned Power Outage on July 23 While PG&E Improves Electric...
MANTON — PG&E has scheduled a planned power outage for eastern Tehama County on Tuesday (July 23) while crews complete a power line upgrade. It is necessary to take the line out of service so that...
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Lost in the Wilderness: Near-Fatal Scouting Trek Provides Lasting Lessons for...
By David Kligman MAGALIA — Fifteen years ago, PG&E hydrographer Dan Stephens got the safety lesson of a lifetime. He almost didn’t live to tell about it. Stephens, then 22 and an Eagle Scout, was...
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Tehama County: PG&E to Host Public Meeting on License Amendment Application...
RED BLUFF — PG&E has scheduled a public meeting to gather comments on a draft license amendment application for its Battle Creek hydroelectric system. The public meeting will be held Thursday,...
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Tehama County: PG&E Donates 151 Acres to U.S. Forest Service as Part of its...
By Paul Moreno PG&E has donated a 151-acre parcel in Tehama County to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), marking the company’s second land transfer as part of its Land Conservation Commitment....
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Tehama County: PG&E Installs Technology to Improve Electric Reliability in...
By Paul Moreno PG&E is installing remote sensing devices on power poles to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages in Los Molinos. PG&E is installing new SCADA devices, at the bottom...
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PG&E Flying Low in Shasta, Tehama and Trinity Counties to Patrol for Dead Trees
By Paul Moreno As part of its response to California’s tree mortality crisis, PG&E will conduct low-flying helicopter patrols in Shasta, Tehama and Trinity counties this week to identify dead trees...
View ArticlePG&E Restores 93% of Customers Impacted by Oct. 23 Public Safety Power...
All Customers Restored in the Following Counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Placer, Plumas, San Mateo and Shasta PG&E Tracking Significant Dry, Wind Event This Weekend Once receiving the...
View ArticleCurrent PSPS Update: Restoration to Continue Friday Morning with a Goal of...
PG&E has already restored power to approximately 74% of customers affected by the Oct. 21 PSPS 12 Community Resource Centers Open Until 10 p.m. Tonight and Re-Opening at 8 a.m. Friday to Provide...
View ArticlePotential Sunday/Oct. 25 PSPS Event: Forecasted Highest Winds and Driest...
Portions of 38 Counties and 25 Tribal Communities May Be Impacted by Widespread, Severe Offshore Wind Event Beginning Sunday Customers Who Might Be Affected by the Public Safety Power Shutoff are...
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Improving Safety and Reliability for Our Hometowns: PG&E Upgrading Gas Lines...
RED BLUFF — PG&E is working on a multi-year project that will improve the safety and reliability of the local gas distribution system in Gerber (Tehama County). PG&E contractors are replacing...
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