Utility Offers Cash Grant, Employees Volunteer for 16 Park Restoration Projects SAN FRANCISCO, April, 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is joining the California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate Earth Day and clean up and restore 16 parks in Northern and Central California. PG&E is granting $170,000 to CSPF to help fund these events, and more than 1,000 company employees, retirees and their families are expected to participate in volunteer efforts. "PG&E has a proud history of environmental initiatives and contributions and we are honored to partner with the California State Parks Foundation once again to improve our parks," said Peter A. Darbee, President and CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. "Thousands of our employees have volunteered over the years to better their communities and the environment. We look forward to building upon those efforts this Earth Day as we work to restore these scenic areas." This year marks the eighth consecutive year that PG&E has partnered with CSPF on the Earth Day Restoration and Cleanup program. Overall, PG&E has granted more than $850,000 to fund vital maintenance and improvement projects at California's parks with more than 5,000 PG&E employees contributing thousands of volunteer hours. At 16 park sites on April 25, PG&E volunteers will clean up the shoreline, plant trees and shrubs, remove invasive non-native plants, clear trash and debris, and make other improvements, such as painting over graffiti and installing an irrigation system. "Now, more than ever, it is important to be involved with Earth Day programs across the state," said Elizabeth Goldstein, president of the California State Parks Foundation. "PG&E's support of Earth Day over the years, including the impressive participation of their employee volunteers, helps CSPF complete park projects and protect California's historic and natural treasures." The CSPF celebrates the 12th anniversary of the Earth Day Restoration and Cleanup Program on April 25. Since its inception in 1998, the CSPF Earth Day program has had tremendous impact: 63,000 participants have contributed more than 265,000 volunteer hours worth an estimated $5,250,000 in park maintenance and improvements. Including this year's grants, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 million to parks throughout California. On Saturday, April 25, PG&E employee volunteers, retirees, and their families will join the CSPF at the following 16 locations: PARK TIME PROJECTS Martin Luther King Jr. 9:00 am to Noon Shoreline cleanup, trail Regional Shoreline litter abatement and non- Alameda County native plant removal Mt. Diablo State Park 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Removal of exotic plants, Contra Costa County native plant restoration, trail maintenance, litter pickup and fence installation Millerton Lake State 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Clearing of invasive non- Recreation Area native plants, Fresno/Madera County landscaping, waterfront and park cleanup and fish habitat restoration Patrick's Point State 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Habitat restoration, Humboldt County Park removal of weeds and invasive plants The Park at Riverwalk 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Habitat restoration, Kern County tree planting, installation of tree guards to protect young trees from animal damage Angel Island State Park 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Beach cleanup, vegetation Marin County management, drainage and culvert maintenance and exotic plant removal Samuel P. Taylor 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Trail repair and cleanup, State Park fence repair and litter Marin County removal The Big River Unit of 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Invasive plant removal Mendocino Headlands State Park Mendocino County Auburn State 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Park clean up, remove Recreation Area vehicles and debris from Placer County the canyons, install park benches along hiking trails and paint over graffiti Folsom Lake State 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Removal of vegetation Recreation Area around historic Sacramento County structures and major trash cleanup along historic canal trail that runs along the American River Candlestick Point 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Planting, mulching, State Recreation Area habitat restoration, San Francisco County native plant propagation, garden repair and nursery improvements Caswell Memorial 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Native rose and State Park California blackberry San Joaquin County planting, removal of non- native plants, trail maintenance and litter pickup Montana de Oro State 8:30 am to 1:00 pm Trail maintenance, Park rehabilitation, San Luis Obispo County brushing, trimming and litter pickup Coast Dairies State 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Habitat restoration, Park removal of invasive Santa Cruz County plants and a full-scale cleanup of Laguna Beach Shasta State Historic 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Remove overgrown Park vegetation and Shasta County invasive species, build a fuel break to protect the park from wildland fire Clarksburg River 8:30 am to 1:00 pm Install irrigation system Access Facility to help establish native Yolo County plants, pick up trash along riverbank For more information on the volunteer project sites, please visit the CSPF website at http://www.calparks.org/programs/earth-day/ed09-project-sites.html. About Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, with 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million people in northern and central California. For more information, visit http://www.pge.com/about/. DATASOURCE: Pacific Gas and Electric Company CONTACT: PG&E External Communications, +1-415-973-5930; Julia Spiess, +1-530-601-8282, , or Sarah Sheehy, +1-310-779-6860, , both of California State Parks Foundation Web Site: http://www.pgecorp.com/index.shtml

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