Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is taking sides in the California marriage debate by opposing the state marriage amendment headed to the November ballot.
PG&E recently contributed $250,000 to defeat Prop. 8, which would amend the state constitution to restore the traditional definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
PG&E is violating its trust with California citizens as a public utility. California’s largest power company is brushing aside the views of millions of its customers who want marriage and family protected. Even worse, PG&E is openly encouraging other businesses to follow its lead in opposing the marriage amendment.
TAKE ACTION
PG&E’s actions must be challenged. Please call the board members and ask them to explain how the definition of marriage can possibly affect the company's operations.
The members of the Public Policy Committee are the most important individuals to contact.
To leave a message for all board members at once, you can call any of the PG&E numbers listed below. We've provided several numbers to ensure you can express your views.
Please follow the automated prompts with the first three numbers to reach a live operator who will take your comments. The Customer Relations number will allow you to leave a voice mail for the board members, and a PG&E staffer will call you back to confirm receipt of your message.
In addition, three board members have separate contact details listed under their names. Please remember to be firm, but polite, when you speak with the board members and staff or leave a message.
PG&E Customer Service: (800) 743-5000
PG&E General Numbers: (415) 973-7000 and (415) 267-7000
PG&E Customer Relations: (415) 973-8295 (voice mail will be returned by a PG&E staffer)
David R. Andrews
Chair, PG&E Board Public Policy Committee
Retired Senior Vice President Government Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of PepsiCo
Richard A. Meserve
Member, PG&E Board Public Policy Committee
President, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Direct dial number: (202) 387-6404
Assistant to President, Sharon Bassin: (202) 939-1114
Executive Assistant, Lisa Klow: (202) 939-1116
Mary S. Metz
Member, PG&E Board Public Policy Committee
Retired President, S.H. Cowell Foundation
Peter A. Darbee
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, PG&E Corporation
William T. Morrow
President and CEO, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Barry Lawson Williams
President, Williams Pacific Ventures
Williams Pacific Ventures number: (415) 896-2311
C. Lee Cox
Retired Vice Chairman, AirTouch Communications
Retired President and CEO, AirTouch Cellular
Maryellen C. Herringer
Attorney-at-Law
Barbara L. Rambo
Vice Chair, Nietech Corporation
Main Nietech number: (888) 730-9241 (press "0" for the operator)
In addition, we've launched a citizens' petition, to give you another way to protest PG&E's donation. Please take a moment to sign our PG&E petition and then forward this e-mail to your family and friends in California so they can make their voices heard as well. We'll deliver the petitions to PG&E and ask the company to immediately withdraw its donation.
