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PG&E’s CEO says AI is ‘the best thing that could’ve ever happened to the grid’

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Fortune · Oct 23

‘This revolution is happening in years, not decades’: Verizon CEO Dan Schulman sees AGI within 18 months—and a century of progress in a decade

“I think you’ll see the collapse of the 21st century in the next five to 10 years,” Dan Schulman said at Ford Pro Accelerate.

Fortune · Sep 30

The end of climate stability is the end of the insurance market

Also: Tesla board must return compensation, Quantum computing stocks take big hit.

Fortune · Jan 10, 2025

PG&E's plan to bury power lines and prevent wildfires faces opposition because of high rates

Pacific Gas & Electric wants to bury many of its power lines in areas threatened by wildfires

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

Biden gives PG&E $1 billion to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open

The case for nuclear power as a climate solution got a big boost Monday when the Biden administration announced it's giving Pacific Gas & Electric Co. a $1.1-billion grant to help the company keep operating California's last nuclear plant.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 21, 2022

PG&E pledges net-zero emissions by 2040, will keep using gas

The nation's largest utility is pledging to take more carbon emissions out of the atmosphere than it emits by 2040

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

PG&E is planting wires underground to reduce California wildfire risk. How much will it cost?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp. put a cost estimate of more than $25 billion Thursday on its effort to plant thousands of miles of power lines underground in an effort to tamp down wildfire risks.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022

PG&E CEO is 1st woman to go from top of one Fortune 500 company to another

Patti Poppe goes from CEO of CMS Energy to the California giant.

Fortune · Nov 19, 2020