PG&E mobilises to secure Super Bowl LX power; funds community financial education program

PG&E mobilises to secure power for Super Bowl LX

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is mobilising extensive resources to ensure reliable electric and gas service during Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026. Since September, the utility is coordinating with local government, public safety agencies and the Super Bowl 60 Bay Area Host Committee to conduct venue-specific inspections, identify at-risk overhead and underground transformers and confirm generation and transmission needs for the event and related festivities.

PG&E activates its Emergency Operations Center and local response centers in San Francisco and San Jose to provide around-the-clock support through Super Bowl week. The company is working alongside Silicon Valley Power, the stadium’s primary electric provider, to deliver transmission services and to synchronise operational plans. PG&E’s readiness checklist focuses on staging materials and fleet, ensuring crews and facilities are positioned to respond quickly to outages or safety issues that could affect visitors and local communities.

Senior executives stress the emphasis on resilience and community coordination rather than routine maintenance. Vincent Davis, PG&E’s chief customer officer, frames the effort as a community-wide undertaking to maintain safety and reliability for customers and national and international visitors. Angie Gibson, vice president of emergency preparedness and response, says cross‑team collaboration — from field crews to emergency planners and partner utilities — is critical to sustaining service continuity during high-consequence events.

PG&E Foundation expands community education effort

Separately, PG&E and the PG&E Corporation Foundation are marking the graduation of 25 high school seniors from the PG&E Community Financial Education Program with $7,000 scholarships each, awarded at a ceremony at UC Berkeley on Feb. 7. Launched in 2022 and taught at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, the six‑month program provides underserved seniors with instruction in personal finance, capital markets and wealth-building, pairing industry professionals and Haas students as mentors.

The program has enrolled 96 Oakland‑area students over four years and contributes to roughly $800,000 in scholarships funded by PG&E. Company officials say the initiative supports academic leadership and serves as a model as California phases in a statewide personal finance graduation requirement by 2031.