Power Play

Anya Kamenetz — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:15:12 -0400

Pacific Gas & Electric proudly calls itself the "greenest big utility in America." The California company has relatively low emissions, thanks to a mix of hydro and nuclear power. "We're investing in renewables like crazy," says Robert Parkhurst, PG&E's earnest, bespectacled environmental-policy manager. "We're trying to walk the talk here." But PG&E has struggled to meet a state target of 20% certified renewable energy -- wind, geothermal, solar, biomass -- by 2010; it's currently delivering just 12%.