ADVISORY/State Trade and Commerce Secretary Joins Pacific Gas and Electric Company to Release 2000 Economic Forecast.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (March 10)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:      Lon Hatamiya, Secretary of the California Trade and Commerce
           Agency
          Dr. Tapan Munroe, Consulting Corporate Economist
          Representatives of Pacific Gas and Electric Company
          Bay Area Community and Business Leaders

            Secretary Hatamiya and Dr. Munroe will be available to
          answer media questions.

WHAT:     Community briefing to release Pacific Gas and Electric
          Company's "California Economic Outlook 2000"

WHEN:     Friday, March 10, 2000
          9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:    Pacific Gas and Electric Company
          Auditorium
          245 Market Street, San Francisco

WHY:      For the past 14 years, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has
          published an economic forecast to help leaders across the
          state plan for the future. As the utility that serves 13
          million people in Northern and Central California, the
          company's future is inextricably linked to the state's
          economic well-being.

          The 2000 economic forecast predicts continued prosperity and
          slower job growth in California that is consistent with the
          national trend, but with the added bottleneck of labor and
          affordable housing shortages.

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