Published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, February 6, 2001, page A5:

"The World of PG&E Corp."

PG&E Corp. is a holding company with two subsidiaries.

PACFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC CO.
     The California utility distributes gas and electricity to customers. It generates electricity from the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, 68 hydroelectric power stations, and two fossil-fuel-burning plants, one in San Francisco and another in Eureka. It also buys power from independent generators.

NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP
     The group is a collection of national energy businesses set up after passage of the state's energy deregulation law in 1996. They are not regulated by California authorities. Its operating units are:
 

  • PG&E Gas Transmission owns pipelines extending 612 miles from Canada to the Oregon-California border.

  • PG&E Generating operates or is developing 30 power plants in 10 states, mostly in the NorthEast.

  • PG&E Energy Trading, headquartered in Maryland, swaps billions of dollars' worth of gas and electricity annually.

  • Source: Chronicle research.



    Additional References:

    1. "Export of Electric Power from California to Mexico".

    2. "Export of Natural Gas from California to Mexico".

    3. "Mexico's Energy Crunch".

    4. "PG&E  Bargains with Natural Gas Suppliers Sempra and Goldman Sachs".



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