PG&E

PG&E has no corporate climate target covering its operational emissions. While the company promotes its role in enabling customer adoption of electric vehicles and heat pumps, its own decarbonization commitments are limited to a 2030 target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its non-generation assets—a segment representing a minor portion of its total climate impact. The utility’s continued and primary business remains the distribution of natural gas to approximately 4.6 million customers, with no announced plan to phase out this fossil fuel infrastructure.

The company’s lobbying practices further demonstrate a misalignment with climate policy. PG&E is a dues-paying member of the American Gas Association, a trade group that actively opposes building electrification codes and other local climate measures. Through its membership, PG&E funds advocacy that works against the residential and commercial fuel-switching necessary for deep decarbonization.

This combination—the absence of a comprehensive, science-aligned emissions target for its core business and financial support for a trade association obstructing key climate policies—places PG&E in direct conflict with the principles of corporate climate responsibility.