San Diego voters will not decide whether to replace San Diego Gas & Electric with a nonprofit, municipal electric utility this November.If approved by voters, the ballot initiative would have authorized the city to purchase SDG&E’s electric distribution system and run an electric utility.
“However, this measure in front of us today is not a declaration of whether the costs are high or too high, or the profits are too great,” LaCava said. “The question in front of us is a fundamental shift in our energy model and governance.”Campaign chair Bill Powers said the thousands of signatures collected showed the public’s enthusiasm and interest.
“If enough San Diegans are aware that this is a possibility, then we have the potential to get it done at some point,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “Yesterday wasn’t unexpected, but it did require that those council members vote yes or no. Are you voting to sustain the status quo with SDG&E, or are you ready to take a bold but necessary step forward? And yesterday the answer was 'no.