Producing, transporting, and distributing energy
can impact the environment and the use and
management of natural resources. PG&E recognizes the responsibility
we have to our communities, and society as a whole, to produce,
transport, and distribute energy in a way that minimizes our
impact on our natural surroundings and complies with all applicable
environmental laws. To ensure that we fulfill our responsibility,
PG&E has
put in place policies, systems, and processes to monitor our activities
and performance, to work constructively with regulators and impacted
communities, and to identify and implement innovative initiatives
and partnerships to find new ways to do more with less.
This section provides information on PG&E’s overall environmental
stewardship and presents detailed information on our current and historic
performance over a variety of environmental reporting metrics. Information
on our 2003 environmental-related charitable contributions, volunteer
programs, and environmental justice programs is provided in the OUR
COMMUNITIES section of this report.
Summary information on our environmental performance can be found
in the series of tables included at the end of this section. The
information contained in this table is generally consistent with
information provided in past years’ Summary Environmental
Reports. The primary difference between information included in
the tables included in this section this year and last year is that
this year’s report does not include performance data on the
operations of National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc. (formerly
PG&E National Energy Group), reflecting the separation of its
operations from PG&E Corporation’s operations in 2003.
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