December 30, 2024

This just in - it has been another record-breaking year for PG&E — and not in a good way.

Only a few years after exiting bankruptcy, doling out $50 million to its new CEO, and reinstating dividend payments to Wall Street shareholders, the company raised rates on its customers FOUR TIMES this year - with a potential FIFTH on the way — adding more than $400 annually to the average bill.

October 11, 2024

A recent survey of San Francisco residents found a sharp split in views on our local power providers. Not surprisingly, two out of three respondents said they have an extremely unfavorable view of PG&E, the for-profit utility whose skyrocketing rates, financial mismanagement, and massive wildfire liabilities have led to growing dissatisfaction.

October 10, 2024

As San Francisco celebrates Public Power Week, it’s worth taking a moment to focus on one of the biggest issues facing customers today: growing frustration with skyrocketing PG&E rates.

October 7, 2024

Today is the first day of Public Power Week, a national celebration of the 2,000 community-owned, not-for-profit power utilities across the country –which together deliver safe, reliable, low-cost electricity to more than 54 million Americans.

California alone is home to more than 40 public power utilities, supplying 25% of the state’s electricity load. And San Francisco is proud to be one of the nation’s longest-running and most successful public power providers.