Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has awarded $400,000 in grants to seven community organizations as part of its Resilience Hubs Grant program. Over the past five years, the program has distributed a total of $2 million to 35 recipients within PG&E’s Northern and Central California service area. The grants have supported local governments, tribal entities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
The Resilience Hubs Grant program aims to help communities prepare for climate-related challenges such as flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and severe storms. The funding supports the creation of physical spaces or resources—known as resilience hubs—that provide power, shelter, and information during emergencies. These hubs are accessible year-round for community use.
A previous grant recipient, the city of Richmond, used its funds to establish a renewable energy-powered community space offering shade and electricity during extreme weather events.
“We are proud that our Resilience Hubs grant program has helped organizations taking the lead on building community-based climate resilience,” said Carla Peterman, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer for PG&E Corporation. “Working together, these innovative and sustainable solutions will benefit our hometowns for years to come.”
This year’s awards include four grants of $25,000 each for feasibility projects and three grants of $100,000 each for design and build projects. The smaller grants will fund assessments or conceptual plans for resilience hubs while the larger ones will support either new construction or retrofitting existing structures.
Little Manila Rising in Stockton is among this year’s recipients. Its grant will go toward developing a resiliency center in an area with limited community facilities.
“This opportunity will allow us to plan for extreme weather scenarios and coordinate with other CBOs (community-based organizations) and public agencies to both prepare residents for and to mobilize for times of emergency,” said Irene Calimlim, Little Manila Rising’s community development director.
The grant program prioritized projects serving disadvantaged or vulnerable populations. Strategies developed through these initiatives will be shared publicly to encourage broader collaboration among communities.
Funding comes from PG&E Corporation shareholders as part of required investments in wildfire resiliency under oversight by the California Public Utilities Commission. This year marks the conclusion of the five-year grant initiative.
PG&E serves more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. More details about PG&E can be found at https://www.pge.com/ and https://www.pge.com/news/.
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