About the Blog

Supported by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, NEXT100 provides an in-depth look at the intersection of the clean energy business and the environment. Drawing on the collective experience of PG&E and insights from its readers, the blog is designed to encourage an open dialogue on the trends that will most impact the energy industry and our customers over the next 100 years--PG&E's second century in operation.

NEXT100 is co-written and edited by Jonathan Marshall, Leonard Anderson, Jennifer Zerwer and Katie Romans. Postings on NEXT100 represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).

In addition to writing about what PG&E is doing, we also blog about emerging trends in the business of clean energy, new technologies, the environment, climate change, policy, and the opportunities and challenges of building a clean energy future.

PG&E is one of the cleanest utilities in the country:

• PG&E currently supplies 12 percent of its energy from qualifying renewable sources under California's Renewable Portfolio Standard program, and that number is expected to increase to 15 percent by the end of 2009.
• PG&E currently holds contracts for renewable energy deliveries that represent over 20 percent of its future energy needs.
• About 50 percent of all electricity delivered by PG&E comes from resources that emit no greenhouse gases - hydroelectricity, nuclear power, and renewable power from biomass, geothermal, wind, biogas, and solar energies

• Through its energy efficiency and demand response programs, PG&E has helped prevent more than 125 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, while saving its 5.1 million customers nearly $20 billion.

San Francisco-based PG&E is one of the oldest - and largest - utilities in California. The company was incorporated in 1905 but traces its early roots to the Gold Rush days when small hydroelectric companies dotted the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Today, PG&E's service area covers 70,000 square miles in northern and central California, from the far northern reaches near the Oregon border south to Bakersfield. The company provides energy services to 15 million people, or about 1 of every 20 Americans.

You can find more information about PG&E at www.pge.com.

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