PG&E (NYSE:PCG) shares slide despite earnings beat as data-center pipeline stays early-stage
PG&E Corporation closed at $17.54, down 3.1% on Thursday. The drop came despite an 11% core-earnings beat and lower operating costs.
PG&E cuts power in Monterey, Clovis, Shasta County with fire-weather risk rising
Power went out for PG&E customers in different parts of northern and central California this week. Local outlets reported outages stretching from the Monterey Peninsula up to Clovis and Shasta County. Storms and early-summer fire weather hit the region.
Why electricity prices are still high in 2026 — and the fight over who pays next
Electric bills are climbing across much of the U.S., with a Fast Company report on Thursday pointing to the AI data center boom as a major stress on the grid. In the Bay Area, PG&E’s average bill has jumped nearly 70% over five years, the report noted. A Bloomberg analysis it cited found electricity prices near some data centers have soared as much as 267% during the same stretch. Ryan Hledik of Brattle Group said, “We are seeing utilities run out of that spare capacity.” Fast Company added that Microsoft has pledged to cover grid upgrade costs tied to its new data centers. Oregon has taken a different approach, passing laws requiring data centers to pay their own bills. Some proposals would even classify these facilities as “interruptible,” meaning “they’re going to be the ones that get shut off first, not Grandma’s house,” said NRDC’s Jackson Morris.
San Francisco PG&E Power Outage on Dec. 20, 2025: 125,000 Customers in the Dark, BART and Muni Disrupted After Substation Fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 — A massive, fast-moving PG&E power outage swept across San Francisco, leaving roughly one-third of the city without electricity at its peak and triggering cascading disruptions: darkened streetlights and traffic signals, halted or rerouted transit service, and shuttered or cash-only businesses on one of the busiest weekends of the holiday shopping season. San Francisco Standard+1
PG&E Stock (PCG) Today: Price, Fresh Ratings, and Regulatory Pressure – November 26, 2025
As of early afternoon U.S. trading on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, PG&E Corporation is trading around $16 per share, up roughly 1.6% on the day after opening at $15.89 and touching an intraday low near $15.73.PG&E Investors
PCG Stock Today (November 21, 2025): PG&E Slips as Undergrounding Decision Delayed and $73 Billion Grid Plan Looms
PG&E Corporation’s PCG stock finished lower on Friday, November 21, 2025, as investors weighed fresh regulatory uncertainty around California’s undergrounding rules against the utility’s ambitious $73 billion grid-upgrade plan and a solid third-quarter earnings report.
Stop Vampire Appliances from Sucking Your Wallet Dry – Slay These Hidden Power Drains
With electricity prices climbing, every saved watt counts. This Halloween season, energy experts and utilities across the U.S. are urging consumers to hunt down and “stake” these hidden power vampires before they drive up the bills. Duke Energy Florida notes standby loads lurk in every home – from phone chargers to game consoles – and “can drain energy – and potential savings – accounting for as much as 20% of your total energy costs”news.duke-energy.com. Similarly, Pacific Gas & Electric warns idle appliances can quietly add “$100 a year” to a typical billprnewswire.com.
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