SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that scholarship
applications are now being accepted for college-bound high school as
well as current college and continuing students. The awards from the
company’s employee resource groups (ERGs) will mean that at least 170
students in PG&E’s Northern and Central California service area will
receive from $1,000 to $10,000 next year for exemplary scholastic
achievement and community leadership.
PG&E’s 10 ERGs—each representing the company’s diverse 20,000-plus
workforce—award scholarships annually to help offset the cost of higher
education. Scholarship information, including criteria and applications,
is available on PG&E’s
website. To be considered for a scholarship, all applications must
be submitted by Feb. 1, 2017.
In 2016, PG&E’s ERGs awarded a record $430,000 in scholarships to 176
deserving students. Many recipients are the first in their families to
attend college.
Since 1989, $4.5 million in scholarships have been awarded to thousands
of recipients. The funds come from employee donations, fundraising
events and Campaign for the Community, the company’s employee giving
program.
“The cost of attending college continues to rise. The ERG scholarships
help offset the cost of higher education while recognizing the positive
accomplishments by students in their schools and communities,” said PG&E
Director of Performance and Inclusion Joyce Ibardolasa, who’s also the
board president of the Employee Community Fund, the umbrella charitable
organization that provides governance for the ERG scholarships.
More than 5,000 PG&E employees belong to the ERGs. Each group helps
contribute to the company’s commitment to serving its communities and
growing employee engagement.
PG&E’s 10 ERGs include:
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Access Network (individuals with disabilities)
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Asian
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Black
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Latino
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Legacy (tenured employees)
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NuEnergy (new employees)
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PrideNetwork (LGBT employees)
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Samahan (Filipino)
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Veterans
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Women’s Network
In addition to the ERG scholarships, PG&E provides engineering and
information technology (IT) scholarships to need-based high school and
college students through its Better
Together STEM Scholarships. The Pacific
Service Employees Association (PSEA), a non-profit mutual benefit
organization serving employees and retirees of PG&E, also provides
scholarships for dependents of company employees.
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 energy companies 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
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