Independent Director · PG&E Corp (PCG)

Chair, Finance and Innovation Committee

William L. Smith director compensation at PG&E (FY2025): $325K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for William L. Smith at PG&E Corp. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

PG&E Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PG&E reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$145,000$179,987$0$0$324,987
FY2024$140,000$179,992$0$0$319,992
FY2023$137,500$179,986$0$0$317,486
FY2022$120,652$139,998$0$0$260,650

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PG&E Corp DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001004980-26-000020, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the PG&E Corp filed document, accession 0001004980-26-000020. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2026.

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$324,987 William L. Smith, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 9, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

PG&E pays directors a $130,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in equity.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Finance and Innovation (Chair) · Safety and Nuclear Oversight · Executive

The rest of the PG&E board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Arno L. HarrisIndependent Director$304,987
Benjamin F. WilsonIndependent Director$334,987
Carlos M. HernandezIndependent Director$304,987
Cheryl F. CampbellIndependent Director$352,487
Edward G. CannizzaroIndependent Director$304,987
Jessica L. DenecourIndependent Director$324,987
John O. LarsenIndependent Director$258,174
Kerry W. CooperChair of the Board$499,987
Leo P. DenaultIndependent Director$288,654
Mark E. Ferguson IIIIndependent Director$324,987
Patricia K. PoppeDirector—
Rajat BahriIndependent Director$304,987
Sumeet SinghDirector—
W. Craig FugateIndependent Director$304,987

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