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PG&E

Oakland, CA Founded 1905 Energy & Power

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Updated Oct 22, 2026

PG&E reaffirms 2026-2027 EPS guidance while strategic review targets investment-grade rating amid stalled California wildfire liability reform

PG&E's Q3 2026 call is defined by two structural tensions: the absence of California wildfire liability legislation that has forced a $2 billion 2027 capex reduction, and a concurrent strategic review — ranging from ring-fencing to asset separation — aimed at achieving investment-grade credit ratings without new equity through 2030. Core EPS of $0.41 in Q3 and $1.24 year-to-date keeps the company on track for full-year guidance of $1.64-$1.66, but Fitch's negative outlook revision and S&P's heightened-risk language signal that policy inaction is now translating directly into financing cost pressure on customers. Management's mid-teens FFO-to-debt target and explicit refusal to issue equity at current valuations define the guardrails for every structural option under review.

Tone: defensive

Revenue

$24.9B

PCG 10-K · FY 2025

Employees

29,010

Revenue FY2024

$24.4B

Founded

1905

Profile

PCG 10-K Item 1 · Feb 12, 2026

PG&E Corporation is a California holding company whose primary subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, provides regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution service to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers across northern and central California. The Utility operates under cost-of-service ratemaking overseen principally by the CPUC and FERC. Its generation portfolio includes nuclear, hydroelectric, fossil fuel, battery storage, and solar resources.

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PG&E Corporation, incorporated in California in 1995, is a holding company whose primary operating subsidiary is Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a public utility operating in Northern and Central California. The Utility was incorporated in California in 1905. PG&E Corporation became the holding company of the Utility and its subsidiaries in 1997. The Utility generates revenues mainly through the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers. PG&E Corporation's and the Utility's purpose is to deliver for their hometowns, serve the planet, and lead with love. In support of this purpose, the companies employ a Lean operating model designed to drive more effective and responsive decision-making, reduce the difficulties many employees face in their day-to-day work, and deliver better outcomes for customers and communities. PG&E Corporation and the Utility measure their progress toward this purpose by considering their impact on the 'triple bottom line' of people, planet, and prosperity, which is underpinned by performance; this consideration takes into account not only the economic value they create for customers and investors, but also their responsibility to social and environmental goals. The Utility operates under a cost-of-service ratemaking model and its CPUC-jurisdictional base revenues are decoupled from sales volume. The Utility expects customer electric load to increase in coming years primarily as a result of data center usage, electric vehicle adoption, and building electrification. The Utility expects customer demand for gas to decrease in the coming years, primarily in response to policies supporting California's climate goals.

Primary products

  • Electric generation
  • Electric transmission
  • Electric distribution
  • Natural gas transportation
  • Natural gas storage
  • Bundled natural gas service

Business segments

Electric Utility Operations Natural Gas Utility Operations

End markets

Residential Commercial Industrial Agricultural Public street and highway lighting

Geographies

Northern California Central California

Named customers

Data center operators Residential customers Commercial and industrial customers

No single customer of the Utility accounted for 10% or more of consolidated revenues for electricity sold in 2025, 2024, or 2023.

“The Utility also competes for the opportunity to develop and construct certain types of electric transmission facilities within, or interconnected to, its service area through a competitive bidding process managed by the CAISO.” Competitive position, as stated in the filing

Revenue commentary · FY 2025

Total operating revenues increased from $24.419 billion in 2024 to $24.935 billion in 2025, driven primarily by higher electric revenues, while natural gas revenues were essentially flat.

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