PG&E Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report 2018

PG&E Chapter 11 Update

Key Sustainability Indicators

Business

2018 Result Legend

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Metric 2018 Target 2018 Result 2019 Target
Gas Operations
Strength-Tested Transmission Pipeline
(miles)		 259.0 286.4 102.6
Transmission Pipeline Replacement
(miles)		 28.0 40.0 14.4
Valves Automated
(number of valves)		 40 46 23
Retrofitted Transmission Pipeline
(miles)		 185 243 12
Gas Dig-Ins Footnote 1
(dig-ins per 1,000 Underground Service Alert tickets) 		1.84 1.61 1.70
Electric Operations
System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI)
average number of outages per customer		 0.978 1.081 1.089
System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI)
average duration of outages per customer in minutes		 114.0 126.9 129.2
Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI)
average restoration time per outage in minutes		 116.5 117.3 118.6
Nuclear Operations
Diablo Canyon Unit 1 and Unit 2 Performance Indicator Footnote 2 92.0 95.0 93.7
Compliance and Risk Management
Employees Completing Annual Compliance and Ethics Training 99.8% 99.9% 99.8%
Management Employees Completing Annual Code of Conduct Training 99.8% 99.9% 99.8%
  • 1. Total number of third-party dig-ins (i.e., damage from a third party resulting in repair or replacement of an underground PG&E facility).1
  • 2. Refers to the sum of 11 performance indicators developed by the nuclear power industry for nuclear power generation.2

Safety

2018 Result Legend

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Metric 2018 Target 2018 Result 2019 Target
Public Safety
Leak Repair Performance Footnote 1
(number at year-end) 		100 or fewer 239 N/A
Gas Emergency Response Footnote 2
(minutes) 		21.0 20.6 21.0
Electric Emergency Response Footnote 3
(percentage within 60 minutes)		 98% 97.9% 97.5%
Public Safety Index Footnote 4 1.0 1.9 1.0
Asset Records Duration Index Footnote 5 1.0 1.3 1.0
Workforce Safety
Lost Workday Case Rate Footnote 6 0.418 0.392 0.350
Serious Injuries and Fatalities Corrective Action Index Footnote 7 1.0 1.6 1.0
Serious Preventable Motor Vehicle Incident Rate Footnote 8 0.239 0.190 0.18
Timely Reporting of Injuries Footnote 9 71.3% 74.9% 72.0%
Safe Driving Rate Footnote 10 6.5 4.9 N/A
  • 1. Number of grade 2 and 2+ leaks open at year-end. Grade 2 and 2+ leaks are minor and non-hazardous. For 2019, this metric has been replaced with a metric tracking the completion of first-time in-line inspections of natural gas transmission pipelines following the introduction of in-line inspection tools.1
  • 2. Average response time in minutes to an immediate response gas emergency order.2
  • 3. Percentage of time that PG&E personnel are on site within 60 minutes after receiving a 911 call of a potential PG&E electric hazard.3
  • 4. Weighted average of three electric programs that evaluate the effectiveness of compliance activities in the Fire Index Areas: (1) vegetation non-exempt pole clearing (25%), routine line vegetation management (50%) and tree mortality mitigation program (25%). Introduced in 2018, this index evaluates process compliance and drives process improvements related to wildfire safety.4
  • 5. Weighted index that tracks the average number of days to complete the as-built process in the system of record for electric and gas capital and expense jobs from the time construction is completed in the field or released to operations: (1) Gas: Transmission (30%), Station (5%), Distribution (15%) and (2) Electric: Transmission Line (12.5%), Substation (12.5%), Distribution (25%). Introduced in 2018, this metric drives timely updates of gas and electric records and systems.5
  • 6. Number of lost workday cases incurred per 200,000 hours worked (or for approximately every 100 employees).6
  • 7. For serious injuries and fatalities, this index measures the percentage of corrective actions completed on time and the quality of corrective actions as measured against an externally derived framework.7
  • 8. Number of serious preventable motor vehicle incidents occurring that the driver could have reasonably avoided, per 1 million miles driven. In 2019, PG&E began reporting this metric out only to the second decimal.8
  • 9. Percentage of work-related injuries reported to the 24/7 Nurse Care Line within one day of the incident.9
  • 10. The total number of alerts for hard baking and hard acceleration per thousand miles driven in company vehicles equipped with in-vehicle performance monitors. Introduced in 2018, this measure drives safe driving behaviors by employees in our fleet vehicles. Due to an unexpected issue in tracking this data in 2019, we are not setting a 2019 target. We are still reporting at the vehicle and business-unit level for targeted coaching and action and will establish targets for 2020.10

Customers and Communities

2018 Result Legend

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Metric 2018 Target 2018 Result 2019 Target
Customer Satisfaction
Escalated Customer Complaints Footnote 1 N/A N/A 12.2
Customer Connection Cycle Time Footnote 2 (business days) 10 6.3 10
Gas and Electric Meter Billing Accuracy Footnote 3
(percentage of bills)		 99.64% 99.69% 99.71%
Energy Affordability
Energy Savings Assistance Program
(number of homes weatherized)		 94,532 85,168 99,175
California Alternative Rates for Energy
(number of eligible customers enrolled)		 1,367,000 1,376,003 1,302,000
Customer Energy Efficiency Footnote 4
Electricity Saved (GWh) 916 1,288 1,079
Natural Gas Saved (million therms) 31.0 30.1 33.0
Generation Capacity Avoided (MW) 172 343 222
Supplier Diversity
Spending on Certified Diverse Suppliers
(percentage of overall purchasing expenditures)		 40.0% 41.43% 38.0%
  • 1. New metric for 2019, measuring the number of customer complaints escalated to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) per 100,000 adjusted customers.1
  • 2. Tracks the 12-month average design and construction cycle time for electric residential disconnect/reconnect work requested by customers and performed through Express Connections (our customer gateway). This metric was introduced in 2018.2
  • 3. Refers to the percentage of bills that are not adjusted after being mailed to the customer. Each year, a very small percentage of bills must be estimated, largely due to intermittent connectivity (similar to a cell phone temporarily losing its connection).3
  • 4. Data refers to annual energy savings or the first-year impacts associated with installed customer energy efficiency projects, as appropriate. Targets are based on mandated energy efficiency savings as agreed upon with the CPUC.4

Employees

2018 Result Legend

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Metric 2018 Target 2018 Result 2019 Target
Employee Engagement
Employee Giving Campaign Pledges/Donations
(participation rate)		 45% 50% 49%
Employee Volunteer Hours 91,000 78,844 N/A Footnote 1
Employee Engagement Index Footnote 2 70 68 N/A Footnote 3
Career Pathways
Training Effectiveness Footnote 4 4.52 4.63 4.28
PowerPathway graduates hired into industry jobs
(percentage)		 82% 96% 80%
Health and Wellness
Workforce Unavailable Due to Health Footnote 5 7.9% 7.9% 7.7%
  • 1. PG&E did not set a target for employee volunteer hours in 2019 as the program is being restructured.1
  • 2. This figure represents the percentage of favorable responses to questions on an employee survey that measure employee engagement.2
  • 3. There is no 2019 target because PG&E’s employee survey is fielded every two years, to allow more time to execute on action plans to address issues identified in the prior survey. Conducting biennial surveys is consistent with best practice among companies.3
  • 4. This figure measures the effectiveness of PG&E’s internal training program on a five-point scale through employee surveys on predictive data from employees on their ability to use training on the job.4
  • 5. This figure represents the percentage of full-time employees unavailable for work either due to long-term or short-term health reasons, as measured by total workdays lost for the entire year. 5

Environment

2018 Result Legend

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Metric 2018 Target 2018 Result 2019 Target
Compliance
Agency Inspections Without a Written Enforcement Action 90% 93% 90%
Natural Resource Stewardship
“Bird-Safe” Utility Pole Retrofits 2,000 2,329 2,000
Clean Energy
Renewables Portfolio Standard 29% Footnote 1a 38.9% 31% Footnote 1b
Supply Chain Sustainability
Supplier Environmental Performance Standards Footnote 2 75% 75% 75%
Reducing Our Footprint
Avoided Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
(metric tons CO2)		 100,000 Footnote 3 384,820 220,000
  • 1. California’ target is to achieve an average of 30 percent over the 2017-2020 Renewables Portfolio Standard compliance period. As defined in Senate Bill 1078, which created California’ Renewables Portfolio Standard, and Senate Bill 1038, which modified the definition of “in-state renewable electricity generation technology,” an eligible renewable resource includes geothermal facilities, hydroelectric facilities with a capacity rating of 30 MW or less, biomass and biogas, selected municipal solid waste facilities, photovoltaic, solar thermal, and wind facilities, ocean thermal, tidal current, and wave energy generation technologies. These figures are preliminary and will not be finalized until verified by the California Energy Commission.1a, 1b
  • 2. Represents the percentage of top-tier suppliers (approximately 200 critical firms that represented about 80 percent of PG&E’ spend in 2017) that achieve a score of three or higher on a five-point scale relative to key elements of PG&E’ Supplier Environmental Performance Standards. Scoring is based on suppliers’ responses to an annual survey conducted by the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance.2
  • 3. Represents the first year of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’ voluntary goal to avoid one million tons of cumulative greenhouse emissions from 2018 through 2022, compared to a 2016 baseline. The goal, referred to as the “Million Ton Challenge,” aims to reduce emissions from operations through energy-efficient and more sustainable facilities, continuing to deploy clean fleet vehicles, reducing methane emissions from natural gas operations, and adopting environmentally responsible products and services, with an initial focus on reducing the procurement of sulfur hexafluoride-containing electrical equipment.3