San Francisco Does its Due Diligence in Fight for Public Power
January 5, 2022
The City of San Francisco continues to move forward with its efforts to purchase the local electric grid and expand its public power service. The most recent action is public review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) related to the proposed acquisition of PG&E’s local grid infrastructure.
What San Francisco is doing next in its transition to public power
January 5, 2022
The City of San Francisco has continued to move diligently forward with its transition to public power since making its initial offer to purchase PG&E’s local electric grid in 2019. The latest step is the City’s initiation of public review of the acquisition under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Read more about this process and how it fits into the City’s steady progress toward owning and operating our local power system.
Sacramento Bee Editorial: PG&E has destroyed enough California communities. It’s time for a public takeover
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board | November 5, 2021
“The state could also take advantage of multiple offers on the table from local governments, which would break up the company into smaller, government- or community-owned utilities. […] San Francisco even went so far as to offer $2.5 billion for PG&E’s lines within the city, but its offer was dismissed as “pennies on the dollar” by a company that is billions of dollars in debt to its victims.”