Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) is one of the nation’s largest electric and gas utilities—providing power to over 16 million people across a 70,000 square-mile service area that stretches from the Humboldt Bay Area down to Bakersfield, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Sierra Nevada.
Peterman is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer for PG&E, overseeing the company’s regulatory, legislative, sustainability, and charitable strategies. Peterman’s career has included multiple senior-level government and utility roles focused on California’s clean energy future—including commissioner positions at the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission. She holds a PhD in Energy & Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and MS and MBA degrees from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
The Climate and Clean Energy Series is hosted by the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt, and seeks to provide illuminating conversations about complex topics in renewable energy, energy access, and community resilience.
Please contact the Schatz team at schatzenergy@humboldt.edu or (707) 826-4345 for questions or accessibility accommodations regarding this event.
- Scaling Our Energy Future: Insights from the Utility Sector with Carla J. Peterman
- Thursday, May 8, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- BSS 166 at Cal Poly Humboldt (located in the same building as the Native American Forum)
- Free and open to the public; accessible parking is available just south of the Forum