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Opinion: A Conversation on California’s Clean Energy Future: Generating Cleaner Power for California (SFGate)

By Tony Earley, Chairman & CEO, PG&E Corporation

Climate change experts agree that to curb greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, the world eventually must wean itself off of fossil fuels. The answer to the question of how to do that is where the debate begins.

One thing’s for sure: just as we have all contributed to creating the problem, we must all be part of the solution. Here in California, electric power production contributes just over 20 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Another 37 percent of carbon emissions come from transportation and the rest comes from industry and other smaller sources.

We at Pacific Gas and Electric Company are proud to help California set the pace. PG&E developed the first commercial geothermal power in the United States, in Sonoma County.

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