SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E) today issued a statement supporting the decision of the
California Air Resources Board (ARB) to adopt a new statewide fuel standard
that calls for at least a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of
California's transportation fuels by 2020. Adoption of this regulation is one
of many measures identified by ARB to implement AB 32, the California Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
to 1990 levels by 2020.
"We applaud the Air Resources Board for continuing California's long record of
environmental leadership by approving a low carbon fuel standard," said Nancy
McFadden, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at PG&E. "As a supporter of
alternative fuels, we believe this aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions is an important step in combating climate change."
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:
PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the
United States. Based in San Francisco, with 20,000 employees, the company
delivers some of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million people in northern
and central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/about/.
SOURCE Pacific Gas and Electric Company
External Communications Department of Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
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