Overview

• PG&E's job posting demands combat shooting experience and a concealed carry permit for its executive protection officers.
• This marks the second executive protection hire in three months, expanding a unit dedicated to 24/7 threat monitoring, travel coordination and law enforcement liaison.
• PG&E and peers such as Southern California Edison say executive bodyguards are standard practice across the utility industry.
• Critics including Stop PG&E argue that ratepayers should not shoulder private security costs without a transparent audit of expenditures.
• PG&E also contracts with Allied Universal, which protects 80% of Fortune 500 companies, to supplement its internal security efforts.