Who serves Redwood City: WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy) supplies the electricity. PG&E delivers it, bills, maintains the lines and handles every new service request, upgrade and disconnect.
From city permit to PG&E meter in Redwood City
- City permit. Building permits go through the Building Division, using eTRAKiT.
- PG&E application. The new service, upgrade or disconnect is a separate application to PG&E. A complete package the first time is what keeps it moving.
- PG&E design and scheduling. PG&E assigns a job owner, designs the service and schedules its crews. This is where most jobs stall without follow-up.
- City final and release. PG&E will not start new gas or electric service until permits and final inspections are complete, and many cities forward the inspection result to PG&E directly. In Redwood City's eTRAKiT, the service inspection is listed as "ELECT SERVICE"; schedule it early and confirm how the result reaches PG&E.
- Meter set. PG&E sets the meter and energizes once it has the release and its own work is done.
Redwood City rules that affect PG&E work
Undergrounding
City Code Chapter 11 governs underground utility districts and new subdivisions. Check whether your lot sits in an underground district before you design an overhead service.
Electrification
Redwood City's all-electric reach codes (2020, updated November 2022) are under suspended enforcement, so gas service applications are possible. Confirm current status with the Building Division.
What MeterSet handles in Redwood City
- New electric and gas service for new homes and rebuilds, from application to meter set
- Panel and service upgrades to 200A and 400A, including Express Connect where the job qualifies
- Temporary construction power
- Electric and gas disconnects and the PG&E letters your demolition permit needs
- Escalation when a PG&E date slips, measured against PG&E's own published timelines
Questions Redwood City builders ask
Who handles new electric service in Redwood City, PG&E or WestLight Energy?
PG&E. WestLight Energy, formerly Peninsula Clean Energy, only supplies the electricity; PG&E handles applications, design, construction and the meter set.
Is Redwood City still all-electric for new homes?
Its all-electric reach codes are under suspended enforcement. Confirm with the Building Division before you design around gas.
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PG&E guides
How long does PG&E take for new electric service?Application to energization, by project type — and what the CPUC now requires.PG&E Express Connect: who qualifies, how long it takesThe ~100-day fast path for residential jobs up to 320A, and the two deadlines that knock you out of it.Upgrading to 200A or 400A with PG&EPanel upgrade, service upgrade, added load — which path you're on and what PG&E needs.PG&E temporary power for construction sitesWhen temp power is fast, when it isn't, and what to have ready before you apply.PG&E electric and gas disconnects for demolitionGetting services terminated before the demo permit — the step that stalls teardowns.
Sources. WestLight Energy board (member cities); Redwood City energy initiatives; Redwood City permit submittal; Redwood City eTRAKiT inspections; Redwood City Code Chapter 11; Redwood City reach codes; PG&E Building & Renovation Services; PG&E Greenbook. City rules were checked against these pages in October 2026 and can change; confirm with the city before you design.