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$900K in PG&E grants to support ‘Nature Positive’

News release

OAKLAND — The PG&E Corporation Foundation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company are now accepting applications for their Better Together Nature Positive Innovation and Resilience Hubs grant programs totaling $900,000 this year for projects and initiatives dedicated to environmental stewardship and climate resilience.

For 2023 the PG&E Foundation’s Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant program will award up to $500,000 total — in five $100,000 regional grants — to fund projects that address the focus areas of land stewardship, air quality and water stewardship, according to a news release.

One grant will be awarded for each of the five regions of PG&E’s service area: North Valley and Sierra, North Coast, Bay Area, South Bay and Central Coast and Central Valley. This is year two of a three-year commitment to fund up to $1.5 million in projects supporting environmental stewardship.

Resilience Hubs Grants

The PG&E Resilience Hubs grant program is designed to help communities create a physical space or set of resources that supports community resilience — such as access to power, shelter and information — to climate-driven disruptions, including wildfires and public safety power shuto events. Once developed, these “resilience hubs” can also be accessed year-round as a community resource.

For 2023 the PG&E Resilience Hubs grant program will award $400,000 total in grants at both the $25,000 and $100,000 level. These grants will be funded by PG&E Corporation shareholders as part of PG&E’s investments in statewide wildfire resiliency and response, in accordance with a mandate from the California Public Utilities Commission.

“These two focused grant programs are designed to help the hometowns we serve meet the challenge of climate change and be stewards to our environment by developing unique, sustainable and equitable strategies that communities across our state can learn from and replicate,” said Carla Peterman, executive vice president of Corporate A airs and chief sustainability o cer for PG&E Corporation and chair of the board of PG&E Corporation Foundation.

Priority for both grant programs will be given to projects that address the needs of disadvantaged and/or vulnerable communities.

Better Together Nature Positive Innovation proposals may cover any stage of an environmental stewardship project, including but not limited to planning, construction, design, education and coordination.

To be eligible, applicants to either program must be a governmental organization (including tribal governments), educational institution or nonprofit organization. The deadline to apply for both grant programs is June 30. Learn more about the Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant program at bit.ly/PGEbettertogether. Learn more about the Resilience Hubs grant program at bit.ly/PGEresiliencehub.

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