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 # Sacramento: PG&E Kicks Off New Era of High School Energy Training

 

##### Congresswoman Doris Matsui Joins PG&E for New Energy Academy Tour, Praises Program

 

 

 Sep 6, 2013 3:00 PM ET

  ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/300x200_NEA_sacto_1561.jpg "PG&E's Greg Pruett greets Congresswoman Doris Matsui, who toured the New Energy Academy at Foothill High and later praised the program. (Photos by David Kligman.)") 

 

 ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/300x200_NEA_sacto_1650.jpg "Adriana Durfee, a junior at Foothill High, explains to PG&E's Greg Pruett the energy savings from the school's award-winning Unplugged competition.") 

 

 

        

 

 

 



     ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/300x200_NEA_sacto_1561.jpg?h=eebaf6c7 "PG&E's Greg Pruett greets Congresswoman Doris Matsui, who toured the New Energy Academy at Foothill High and later praised the program. (Photos by David Kligman.)")   ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/300x200_NEA_sacto_1650.jpg?h=eebaf6c7 "Adriana Durfee, a junior at Foothill High, explains to PG&E's Greg Pruett the energy savings from the school's award-winning Unplugged competition.")  

   

 

[PG&E Currents](http://www.pgecurrents.com/2013/09/05/sacramento-pge-kicks-off-new-era-of-high-school-energy-training/)

By David Kligman

**SACRAMENTO —** Four years ago, PG&E created New Energy Academies at five high schools in the utility’s service area. It was an experiment, a new way to teach young people about energy, better prepare them for college and maybe one day work for PG&E.

Those first classes graduated last spring. Today (Sept. 5), a new era of the program kicked off as PG&E’s Greg Pruett, senior vice president of corporate affairs, and U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui toured the New Energy Academy at Foothill High School in Sacramento. The school is notable for winning a competition among the five high schools to save the most energy.

Continue reading on PG&E Currents: http://www.pgecurrents.com/2013/09/05/sacramento-pge-kicks-off-new-era-of-high-school-energy-training/



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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