The Serious Issues facing PG&E Executives
Pete Bennett once had offices in Oak Park Center. In the months before the San Bruno Explosion several characters requested services via former PG&E Mathemitician, a retired cop from San Francisco and a mysterious RFP filled with records connected to a specialized PG&Eamp;E electric supplier.
Peter A. Darbee
Peter A. Darbee is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation. Since becoming CEO in 2005, Darbee has spearheaded major new initiatives to establish PG&E as an industry front-runner in customer satisfaction, operational excellence and environmental leadership.
With a record of success in both competitive and regulated businesses, Darbee joined PG&E Corporation in 1999 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Before joining PG&E, Darbee was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO and Controller at Pacific Bell. Earlier, as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, he was Vice President and co-head of the company’s energy and telecommunications group. He also held positions at Salomon Brothers and AT&T.
Darbee earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has also successfully completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Darbee has become one of the industry’s most active leaders on the issues of climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, the “smart grid” and other aspects of energy and environmental policy.
Darbee also is active in numerous civic and community organizations at the national and state levels, including The Business Council, the California Business Roundtable, the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, the San Francisco Committee on JOBS, and the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors.
