Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which serves more than 16 million Californians, is paying property taxes and franchise fees of over $406 million this spring to the 50 counties, 246 local cities and one district where it owns and operates gas and electric infrastructure.
On April 12, PG&E paid property taxes of more than $268 million to the 50 counties in which it owns property.
The payment covers the period from January 1 to June 30, 2021. Total payments for the tax year of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 are more than $537 million.
Lake County received $961,632.
Neighboring counties received the following amounts: Colusa, $4,137,638; Glenn, $1,002,342; Mendocino, $1,824,242; Napa, $3,369,198; Sonoma, $8,764,068; and Yolo, $2,917,664.
PG&E pays franchise fees to cities and counties for the use of public streets for its gas and electric facilities. The energy company is submitting the fees by April 15.
PG&E’s franchise fee payments totaled more than $138 million – more than $42 million for natural gas and nearly $96 million for electric service.
In 2020, PG&E invested about $7 billion to enhance and upgrade its gas and electrical infrastructure for safety, reliability and wildfire mitigation across Northern and Central California, and the increase in property tax payments reflect those continuing investments.
The full list of county payments follows.
PG&E’s second installment of property taxes paid on April 12, 2021
Alameda — $32,404,709
Alpine — $80,538
Amador — $1,108,032
Butte — $5,667,359
Calaveras — $1,191,644
Colusa — $4,137,638
Contra Costa — $21,497,366
El Dorado — $1,740,390
Fresno — $18,276,652
Glenn — $1,002,342
Humboldt — $4,106,763
Kern — $9,771,985
Kings — $1,706,582
Lake — $961,632
Lassen — $51,276
Madera — $2,510,612
Marin — $4,750,923
Mariposa — $318,727
Mendocino — $1,824,242
Merced — $3,967,492
Modoc — $214,875
Monterey — $4,022,424
Napa — $3,369,198
Nevada — $1,357,769
Placer — $6,606,295
Plumas — $2,565,430
Sacramento — $7,024,199
San Benito — $877,418
San Bernardino — $1,450,867
San Diego — $6,446
San Francisco — $14,835,825
San Joaquin — $13,167,723
San Luis Obispo — $10,392,451
San Mateo — $15,317,959
Santa Barbara — $1,180,653
Santa Clara — $33,320,405
Santa Cruz — $2,016,295
Shasta — $6,227,812
Sierra — $124,531
Siskiyou — $100,917
Solano — $6,654,033
Sonoma — $8,764,068
Stanislaus — $2,904,283
Sutter — $1,415,569
Tehama — $1,551,202
Trinity — $181,612
Tulare — $610,668
Tuolumne — $910,615
Yolo — $2,917,664
Yuba — $1,474,638