SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently recognized seven
business partners as the best in several categories during the company’s
10th annual Supplier Awards dinner at the San Ramon Valley
Conference Center. Among the seven winners, BARNARD
Pipeline Inc. was named as the 2015 Supplier of the Year and 2015
Gas Operations Supplier of the Year.
“At PG&E, our goal is to provide safe, reliable, affordable and clean
energy to the nearly 16 million Californians we serve. We simply cannot
do this without the efforts of our suppliers. Our Supplier Awards
recognize these invaluable partners for helping us build trust with our
customers through excellent operations,” said PG&E Chairman, CEO and
President Tony Earley.
PG&E’s supplier network consists of 4,000-plus companies. These
enterprises from many different industries help the utility to deliver
safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy to nearly 16 million people.
PG&E does more than $4 billion of business annually with these
companies, which range from small and medium-sized local firms to larger
organizations.
PG&E’s supplier network provides various services and materials (from
power pole replacement and gas pipeline hydrostatic testing to laptop
computers) to help PG&E with its needs. The utility’s supplier
relationships represent a major part of its overall contribution to
California’s state and local economies.
“We were surprised and humbled to receive this award. It means a lot to
our people as they have worked very hard to achieve and maintain the
highest level of performance recognition. Our integrity, transparency,
open communications and collaboration with PG&E has been key to the
overall success of the Alliance Program. Working for PG&E has helped us
with improving our safety, quality assurance and quality control
management. We want to be a long-term service provider for PG&E,” said
Marty Jorgensen, president of BARNARD Pipeline Inc.
Recognizing the Support and Performance of Key Suppliers
Out of PG&E’s many suppliers, 44 were nominated. Winners were selected
on their performance in safety, quality of work and performance, cost,
responsiveness and timeliness, diversity, innovation and environmental
stewardship.
Accomplishments by the honored suppliers included:
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Exemplary safety performance
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Saving nearly $12 million in storing and safely distributing wood
power poles to job sites
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Posting near perfect scores according to PG&E standards in quality of
product provided
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Using diverse subcontractors
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Ensuring construction work wouldn’t adversely affect the environment
2015 Supplier Award Winners
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/
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