The City of Rocklin has issued a letter in support of the City and County of San Francisco
December 1, 2022
The City of Rocklin is writing in support of the City and County of San Francisco’s petition asking the California Public Utilities Commission to set a price for Pacific Gas & Electric’s assets in the City of San Francisco to facilitate their move to an electric utility that will be publicly owned.
San Francisco Wins Public Power Service Dispute With PG&E
October 21, 2022
City Attorney David Chiu and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) General Manager Dennis Herrera released the following statements after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order in line with a January 2022 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the City’s favor. The decision diminishes PG&E’s attempts to obstruct the City’s public power efforts and ensures that the City can continue to provide public power to broad categories of municipal customers that it has been serving since 1992. The types of municipal customers that were grandfathered in include City departments and agencies as well as related entities that serve a civic purpose like schools, museums, and public housing
As PG&E wobbles, we can’t let the utility stop the growth of public power in California
March 9, 2022
Our relationship with PG&E is way past its expiration date, and the corporation needs to finally call it quits. San Francisco is tired of accepting an unreliable company with a history surrounded by bankruptcies, federal investigations, and overcharging customers. Public power is already proven to be a safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electrical service—and San Francisco is ready.
In an Op-Ed in the Sacramento Bee, California State Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) tell the truth: It’s time we say goodbye to PG&E and hello to public power.