For decades, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has provided public power to city departments, schools, museums, public housing and other city customers.
Court filings state that since 2018, PG&E's obstruction efforts have cost the city over $28 million in additional equipment costs, delay and redesign fees, lost SFPUC revenue and higher energy rates. In a joint statement, City Attorney David Chiu and SFPUC general manager Dennis Herrera said the commission's decision prevents PG&E from eliminating competition and ultimately derailing the city's efforts to provide affordable power.
"This ruling upholds the city's rights as a local power provider and protects our ability to serve the electricity customers we have served for decades," Herrera said in a statement.
I’m sure restaurant owners feel the same way about draconian covid restrictions placed on them. It’s a tragedy we lost so many good restaurants, unnecessarily. Fisherman’s Wharf is changed forever 😢
Hmm, as if the City of San Francisco has not done the same! The expensive trash cans, the gold toilet spring to mind. Not built of course but purchased so what ‘oversight commission’ is going to side with taxpayers over these obscene nonsensical purchases? LondonBreed sfgov CNN