Pacific Gas & Electric wants to boost its solar output by adding 500 megawatts of photovoltaic power in California. The utility wants to invest at least half of that in solar panels placed on commercial rooftops and on ground-mounted modules that PG&E would own and operate. The other half is earmarked for long-term contracts with… [Read More]
Retiree Letter: Thanks for the Raise
Dear Mr. Dalzell, I want to thank you and the members of IBEW 1245 for passing the recent increase in the PG&E pension for Surviving Spouses. My husband, Al Meyers, was a line crew foreman in Auburn and on Long Term Disability due to a job injury for almost one year when he died in… [Read More]
PG&E POWERPATHWAY OFFERS CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR HIGH-DEMAND ENERGY SECTOR JOBS
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PowerPathway—a best practice workforce development program—is collaborating with community colleges, workforce investment boards, labor, government, and industry partners to systematically prepare individuals for energy sector positions. Two PowerPathway programs are taking applications now: City College of San Francisco “Bridge to Utility Worker” program (limited to veterans*). 1. Starts in April 2009…. [Read More]
RETIREES SOUND ALARM ON HEALTH COSTS
Local 1245 retirees are sounding the alarm about the cost of health care as the union resumes negotiations with Pacific Gas & Electric over health care benefits for active and retired employees. Local 1245 met with negotiators from PG&E on Jan. 7 and 26 in sessions largely intended to research the facts that will be… [Read More]
PG&E & Union Examine Gas Challenges
Pacific Gas & Electric is facing unprecedented challenges in the gas side of its business. On Jan. 21, PG&E Senior Vice Presidents Ed Salas, Geisha Williams, and Helen Burt met with IBEW Local 1245 Business Manager Tom Dalzell and approximately 30 IBEW members at Weakley Hall in Vacaville to review the current challenges and the… [Read More]
GAS TRAINING FACILITY DEDICATED AT LIVERMORE
Pacific Gas & Electric formally dedicated its new gas maintenance operations training facility in Livermore on Dec. 3, assuring that its IBEW-represented gas employees will continue to be among the best-trained in the country. The dedication was an opportunity for both management and the union to acknowledge the critical link between training and safety, and to… [Read More]