PG&E is Offering 1,500 Free Trees to Customers Through Energy-Saving Trees Program
October 24 2022 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Households in Northern and Central California
can claim their complimentary tree online
Starting Monday, October 24, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(PG&E) is providing 1,500 free trees for its customers in
certain locations across its service territory through the
Energy-Saving Trees program. The trees will be delivered directly
to the customer’s address.
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Arbor Day Foundation and PG&E are partnering to locate and
provide available native California trees and distribute them, as
well as offering knowledge of where best to plant them. Eligible
customers can sign up and reserve a tree at www.arborday.org/pge.
There, you can insert your address to learn about the most
beneficial location to plant the tree. PG&E’s “Right Tree,
Right Place” resources provide guidelines to anyone planting any
tree to ensure they do not interfere with overhead or underground
electric or gas lines.
“There are many long-term benefits to planting trees in our
communities, where we all live and work; including reducing your
electric bill, sustaining our planet by providing cleaner air,
reducing carbon emissions, and improving mental health,” said
Michael Seitz, Vice President of PG&E Vegetation Management.
“An online mapping tool calculates and shares the tree’s
contributions to those annual energy savings, reduced carbon
emissions and cleaner air, based on the most strategic
location.”
Each household can reserve up to one tree through the website
until all 1500 trees are reserved. Customers can select one type of
trees out of the below choices, and it will be delivered directly
to the customer’s address via mail at an ideal time for
planting.
- Japanese Lilac
- Kousa Dogwood
- Little Leaf Linden
- Service Berry
“This program enables utility providers, like PG&E, an
opportunity to become directly involved with their communities,”
said Kristen Bousquet, program manager at the Arbor Day Foundation.
“This unique program benefits utility providers, their customers,
and the communities they serve by finding natural ways to conserve
energy. The right trees in the right place provide shade to
communities, reducing the urban heat island effect which could lead
to a household’s reduction in energy use by up to thirty
percent.”
To see how the program works, watch this 2-minute video here.
For more information on the online mapping tool’s environmental
calculations, visit
https://energysavingtrees.arborday.org/#About
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric
utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square
miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
About the Arbor Day Foundation
Founded in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation has grown to become
the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting
trees, with more than one million members, supporters and valued
partners. Since 1972, almost 500 million Arbor Day Foundation trees
have been planted in neighborhoods, communities, cities and forests
throughout the world. Our vision is to lead toward a world where
trees are used to solve issues critical to survival.
More information is available at arborday.org.
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