PG&E Pays Property Tax and Franchise Fee Payments to Cities, Counties to Help Fund Local Schools, Public Health, Public Safety

By: Pacific Gas and Electric Company via Business Wire

April 19, 2022 at 13:24 PM EDT

More than $464 million paid to 50 Counties and 246 Cities

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which serves more than 16 million Californians, is paying property taxes and franchise fees of over $464 million this spring to the 50 counties, 246 local cities and one district where it owns and operates gas and electric infrastructure.

“Property tax and franchise fee payments are one of the many important ways PG&E helps drive our hometown economies and support essential public services like education and public safety. These payments reflect the substantial local investments we are making in our gas and electric infrastructure to create a safer and more reliable system and to better mitigate against wildfire risk,” said Chris Foster, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for PG&E.

On April 12, PG&E paid property taxes of more than $310 million to the 50 counties in which it owns property. The payment covers the period from January 1 to June 30, 2022. Total payments for the tax year of July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, are more than $621 million. This is an increase of $84 million more than the prior tax year.

PG&E pays franchise fees to cities and counties for the use of public streets for its gas and electric facilities. The energy company completed payments on April 15.

PG&E’s franchise fee payments totaled nearly $154 million – nearly $106 million for electric service and more than $47 million for natural gas service. This is an increase of over $15 million from the prior year.

PG&E supports the communities it serves in a variety of ways. In 2021, PG&E and the PG&E Corporation Foundation contributed $23 million to communities throughout Northern and Central California to enhance educational opportunities, preserve the environment, and support economic vitality and emergency preparedness. This included more than $1 million in relief to communities and small businesses for COVID 19 impacts. PG&E employees provide volunteer services in their local communities. The company also offers a broad spectrum of economic development services to help local businesses grow.

PG&E’s Second Installment of Property Taxes Paid on April 11, 2022

Alameda - $39,173,605
Alpine - $86,777
Amador - $1,288,405
Butte - $6,415,167
Calaveras - $1,391,602
Colusa - $4,471,246
Contra Costa - $23,764,492
El Dorado - $2,204,039
Fresno - $21,143,559
Glenn - $1,131,060
Humboldt - $5,368,088
Kern - $11,198,327
Kings - $1,964,772
Lake - $1,101,814
Lassen - $67,314
Madera - $2,946,421
Marin - $5,880,776
Mariposa - $389,784
Mendocino - $2,220,860
Merced - $4,848,364
Modoc - $240,912
Monterey - $4,833,954
Napa - $4,893,029
Nevada - $1,722,089
Placer - $7,521,579
Plumas - $2,937,972
Sacramento - $8,542,713
San Benito - $947,500
San Bernardino - $1,803,434
San Diego - $864
San Francisco - $16,328,296
San Joaquin - $15,336,683
San Luis Obispo - $8,645,580
San Mateo - $17,380,941
Santa Barbara - $1,414,425
Santa Clara - $38,716,789
Santa Cruz - $2,487,566
Shasta - $7,289,376
Sierra - $163,908
Siskiyou - $107,691
Solano - $7,770,183
Sonoma - $10,623,581
Stanislaus - $3,254,843
Sutter - $1,673,284
Tehama - $1,831,363
Trinity - $239,288
Tulare - $702,334
Tuolumne - $1,116,036
Yolo - $3,362,125
Yuba - $1,805,813

Total payments -- $310,750,621.04

About PG&E

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit pge.com and pge.com/news.