WEBCAST ALERT: PG&E CORPORATION’S CFO CHRISTOPHER P. JOHNS TO SPEAK AT THE 19TH ANNUAL LEHMAN BROTHERS 2005 CEO ENERGY/POWER CONFERENCE

San Francisco, August 29, 2005 / PRN Newswire – FirstCall/ -- Christopher P. Johns, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), will make a presentation to investors at the
19th Annual Lehman Brothers 2005 CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 1:05 p.m. EDT. The presentation will be webcast at http://www.pgecorp.com/investors/investor_info/ presentations/index.shtml.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.pge.corp.com/investor_info/investor_info/presentations/index.shtml for 12 months.

PG&E Corporation is an energy-based holding company, headquartered in San Francisco, California. With assets valued at $34.5 billion, its operations include electric generation, natural gas and electric transmission, and electric and gas distribution. It is the parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

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