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14
DEPENDABLE In the high-tech economy, customer needs
and expectations for reliable energy are greater than ever.
PG&E is pursuing one of the industry’s largest multi-
year capital investment programs to support growth and
improve reliability in northern and central California.
We plan to invest $13.5 billion in our system over the
2008 through 2011 time frame. Additions to our infra-
structure will include new highly effi cient
power plants, new gas and electric trans-
mission lines to serve fast-growing areas
in the Central Valley and access renewable
energy supplies, and new and upgraded
equipment for our neighborhood gas and
electric distribution networks.
We operate one of the nation’s largest
electric and gas distribution systems, serv-
ing the world’s sixth-largest economy. This year we will
expand this system to take care of 116,000 new custom-
ers. In 2007, we put in 17 new substation transformer
banks, which enabled us to supply power to more than
530,000 customers. We also built 39 new distribution
circuits and replaced 2,980 distribution transformers to
serve rising demand from a growing population.
Additional projects are under way or planned
throughout our service area. One of the largest is a new
Construction began last year
on PG&E’s fi rst new power
plant in nearly 20 years.
The state-of-the-art Gateway
Generating Station near the
San Francisco Bay Area
will supply enough power for
nearly 400,000 customers.