2008

2008 Winner Profile

Pacific Gas and Electric

  • Project Description: Pacific Gas and Electric has deployed 240,000 SmartMeter gas and electric meters, with plans to install 1.3 million additional meters this year. The devices allow the company to read meters hourly or daily and charge customers according to their level of demand. PG&E is using two network technologies to transmit data: a radio-frequency network for gas meters and a powerline carrier system network for electric meters.
  • Project type: Data Warehouse, SOA, Supply Chain Management
  • Business Functions: Inventory Management, Customer service/support, Operations
  • Business Goal: Customer
  • CIO: $model.cio100.cioFirstName Lawicki, SVP & CIO
  • CEO: Bill Morrow, President and CEO
  • Headquarters: San Francisco, Calif.
  • Industry: Utilities
  • Revenue (2007): $13.23 billion
  • Website: www.pge.com
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2008 CIO 100 Awards: The Judges

This year's CIO 100 applications were each reviewed by two members of our judging panel.

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