WEBCAST ALERT: PG&E CORPORATION SCHEDULES THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS RELEASE AND CONFERENCE CALL

San Francisco, October 6, 2005 / PRN Newswire – FirstCall/ -- PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) today announced that it will release its third quarter 2005 earnings results on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. EST. The presentation will be webcast at http://www.16yix.site/investors/investor_info/
conference/index.shtml.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.pge.corp.com/investor_info/investor_info/conference/index.shtml for 12 months.

PG&E Corporation is an energy-based holding company, headquartered in San Francisco, California. With assets valued at $34.5 billion, its operations include electric generation, natural gas and electric transmission, and electric and gas distribution. It is the parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

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