San Francisco is taking the largest steps in history toward creating a fully public energy system.

In filings with the California Public Utilities Commission, the city has determined that PG&E's local property is worth about $2.3 billion – and if the commission agrees, the city can seize those assets under the power of a significant one Apply for ownership.

This would fulfill the century-old promise of the Raker Act, which allowed San Francisco to build a water supply dam in Yosemite National Park on the condition that the city also establish a public power system.

Almost everyone agrees that it's time for SF to take over PG&E's facilities

Much of this happened under the public's radar: None of the major news media outlets have reported much on the proceedings, which date back to 2021.

But the implications are enormous: At a time when PG&E is largely unpopular, the chances of San Francisco running its own electric utility that could deliver cleaner electricity much more cheaply and reliably are much closer to reality.

A little background:

Since 1913, San Francisco has been under a federal mandate to provide public power to its residents and businesses. That was the deal that allowed the city to build a dam in Yosemite National Park. You can read the entire story here (I spent weeks at the National Archives in Washington DC collecting this data.)

But PG&E, through its political influence in City Hall and its unlimited campaign funds, managed to block any effort to make this mandate a reality, and after the 1950s the Interior Department stopped caring.

The sticking point was always a choice: To take over PG&E's system, the city would have to condemn it as an honorary domain and seize it for fair market value — but that would mean a bond act that required a two-thirds vote. PG&E has spent countless millions (from taxpayers) to ensure this never happens.

But times have changed, and thanks to a move a few years ago by Sup. Aaron Peskin, the SF Public Utilities Commission can now issue revenue bonds for clean energy projects, including a public power system. Tax bonds are backed not by the city's property taxes, but by a specific source of revenue – in this case, the money the city would make from selling retail electricity.

SF starts here with a big advantage: The city already has a huge hydroelectric dam that produces enough clean electricity to power all city departments, including Muni, with plenty left (in good water years).

The city already has a CleanPowerSF operation that offers 100 percent renewable electricity.

What the city doesn't have is a distribution system. This belongs to PG&E.

All San Francisco needs to do at this point to get rid of a company that charges far too high fees and provides poor service that, among other things, hinders the construction of new housing is to file the legal paperwork to take over this system.

Every time I run these numbers, and I have done it many times over the years, the results have been clear and unequivocal: San Francisco could spend up to $3 billion or more for the existing lines, poles, meters, trucks etc. pay for other infrastructure, invest millions in modernizations, reduce interest rates significantly – and not only pay off the bonds, but also generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year that could flow into financing affordable housing, for example.

Under the U.S. Constitution, the government cannot seize private property without paying fair compensation—that is, fair market value for the property.

That's why the SFPUC, under General Manager Dennis Herrera, has filed a series of complex documents with the California Public Utilities Commission over the past two years to determine the true value of PG&E's local distribution system. The CPUC agreed to proceed.

The documentation is extensive and sometimes difficult to understand – but when you get to the end result, it looks like this:

The system is worth between $2.3. and $2.8 billion. At that price, a buyout financed with revenue bonds would be a huge bargain for the city. Remember: Once San Francisco takes over the system, all the money we now pay to PG&E would go to the city. That's hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

PG&E is doing everything it can to delay the process. But at some point the CPUC will demand a counteroffer — and at that point, which could come in the next 24 months, the city will take the next step.

In an ideal world, Barbara Hale, the deputy general manager for energy at the SPFUC, told me, PG&E would come to the table and negotiate. In the real world, the company will try to delay and obfuscate – and work to elect a mayor and supervisors who would refuse to move forward.

Mayor London Breed is on record supporting a PG&E takeover. I have no doubt that six Sups – everything we need to file the eminent domain lawsuit – are now on board.

Of course, that could change in November.

I haven't seen much PG&E money in the mayoral or superate contests, This makes sense: The company is extremely unpopular right now, especially given recent rate hikes and power outages, so no one wants to be a “PG&E candidate.”

But with its most lucrative fortune at stake, the company with more than 100 years of history will consider all sorts of political angles.

At a hearing last week, Sup. Myrna Melgar asked PG&E officials why power keeps going out on the city's west side – even when there isn't bad weather. Representatives didn't have good answers – but people who live there lined up to talk about how impossible it is to get help, how some power outages last for days and how “we feel abandoned.”

No powerful lobbyists can counter this widespread feeling.

So the process is moving forward like never before, and when it's over, the lights are back on and the city has money (pretty much every public power grid in the country is making money), the city can move to 100 percent renewable energy for everyone including rooftop solar power that PG&E is trying to undermine, we can all have a big party and thank Bruce Brugmann, founder of the Bay Guardian, who has been fighting for public power for more than 50 years.

And in the QT I know a former PG&E lobbyist who promised to buy the first round.

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SAN FRANCISCO — As PG&E moves forward with the utility’s plan to bury thousands of miles of power lines underground, there are some who question whether there’s a cheaper alternative to keep the Bay Area safe.

The utility company says it is on track to put hundreds of miles of powerlines underground by the end of 2023. 

KPIX got an up close look of the Vacaville underground circuit. It sits in the burn scar of the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires. It is a high fire risk area because of the winds. 

“We had a lot of doubters and I am happy to report that today we completed the civil work for the 350th mile. Our goal is to bury 10,000 miles of line,” said PG&E CEO Patti Poppe. 

She says the underground mission is to  prevent future wildfires and reduce public safety power shutoffs. But it comes at a cost to customers.

“I think what most people are worried about is affordability,” said Poppe. “I just want your viewers to know it is less expensive to bury the lines as we are doing than it is to continue to do overhead conductors and all the vegetation management that goes with it year after year after year.”

“The goal is to have these lines live by the end of the year,” she added. “And once they are all energized, you see those high voltage lines? They are all taken down. “

PG&E is still in the early stages of its undergrounding plan that is scheduled to continue through 2026. Some consumer advocates are opposed to the operation and say it is too expensive. 

“What PG&E has proposed is not affordable for customers,” said Katy Marsony with TURN (which stands for The Utility Reform Network). It advocates on behalf of ratepayers and says a faster and cheaper solution is to insulate power lines instead of burying them.

“We don’t believe that undergrounding is the solution in the customers best interest. With insulating power lines, there is a much lower price point and it is installed much more quickly,” said Marsony  

PG&E’s undergrounding plan still needs the final approval  by the California Public Utilities Commission. A vote is expected in November. Until then, Poppe says the utility company is hoping to deliver on its mission.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A 36-year-old man has been accused of blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric transformers, causing explosions that left thousands of utility customers in the San Francisco Bay Area without power.

According to the San Jose Police Department, Peter Karasev was arrested last Wednesday after investigators used surveillance camera footage and cellphone tracking to link him to the December and January blasts.

It was not immediately known if he had an attorney who could speak for him.

Authorities searched Karasev’s home on Friday and found explosive materials along with an “inactive” meth lab, police said.

No casualties were reported in the December 8 and January 5 blasts that damaged two PG&E transformers, KGO-TV reported.

Karasev faces multiple charges, including arson, explosion of a destructive device, destruction of an electrical line and possession of materials with intent to make a destructive device, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said.

Karasev appeared in court for the first time on Friday and was ordered to return on April 26. He is being held without bail.

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LIVERMORE (KPIX 5) – A power surge in Livermore early Tuesday fried thousands of appliances and likely caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, as it impacted 521 homes.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said it happened around midnight Monday night into Tuesday morning when a palm frond falling across a high voltage distribution line and a lower voltage transmission line at Elaine Avenue and Holmes Street in Livermore.

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It caused a power surge so powerful it blew the meters off houses and fried electronics.

“I had the TV on and I literally can see the smoke and sparks flying. It was like a big fire, poof, and then it was over. Completedarkness. It was scary,” said Christy Garcia, one of the impacted homeowners.

“Our dishwasher we just bought is like completely destroyed, coffee maker, Xbox, monitors are fried,” Garcia recalled.

Neighbors also said they lost solar panels, pool pumps, hot tubs, TVs, computers and other small electronics, garage door openers, kitchen appliances, HVAC systems, sprinkler controllers – basically anything that was plugged in when the surge hit.

“How do you have that much electricity going through your house at one time to cause that much damage?” Garcia wants to know.

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“We’re extremely busy right now. Non-stop calls,” said Tim Agront, is one of the project managers for Five or Free, a local Livermore electrical company.

Agront told KPIX 5 that they have worked on 36 houses Tuesday and 43 houses Wednesday.

“Cost of repairs that I’ve seen, probably on the high end, would be at least up to $40,000-$50,000 and that’s just in appliances alone,” he says.

PG&E said impacted homeowners can file a claim on their website but told KPIX 5 in a statement that “Although the palm tree was not in PG&Es right of way and we are not responsible for its maintenance, we will review and consider each claim.”

Agront said one way to prevent something like this from damaging electronics in your home is to have a whole house surge protector installed or ensure all electronics are plugged into strip surge protectors before they’re plugged into the wall.

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Claims with PG&E can be filed by calling the utility’s claims department at (415) 973-4548 or online at www.pge.com/claims. Each household can only file one claim per incident, so people need to make sure they check everything in their homes before filing the claim.

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SAN FRANCISCO – As San Francisco continues its efforts to buy PG & E’s electrical facilities and convert the city to public power, city officials said Tuesday they had asked the California Public Utilities Commission to determine the value of PG & E’s local electrical infrastructure.

The formal call for the CPUC to determine the value of PG & E’s electrical assets for the city comes after the utility twice rejected a $ 2.5 billion city offer to buy its local assets.

In 2019, after PG&E filed for bankruptcy as it faced liabilities for deadly forest fires across the state, the city made its first offer. The following year, PG&E turned down a second offer.

City officials claim the utility also charged more than $ 1 billion in new fees to urban customers and delayed basic electrical connections for public buildings, including schools, affordable housing projects, transportation projects, and a University of California research facility at San Francisco.

“Although I want to partner with this company, it has been very challenging,” Mayor London Breed said Tuesday at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

“Imagine if hundreds of potentially affordable housing units could be made available today to low-income families who cannot open because we cannot connect the electricity; because of the delays; because of the excuses; because of the cost of providing new equipment that we didn’t even know we had to provide at the beginning of the process. The goal post moves during the game so we have to deal with that all the time, “she said.

“We are more than ready to go before the California Public Utilities Commission and be clear about why we want to acquire these assets and what we think they are worth,” said Attorney General Dennis Herrera.

“PG & E’s failure to come to the table was made worse by his disability,” he said. “This obstruction, this delay needs to end, and we need to move forward to make sure we provide reliable and affordable public electricity to everyone.”

In response, PG&E said while it prides itself on providing over 85 percent clean energy to San Francisco residents, the city’s request was reckless as PG&E does not want to sell.

“Ultimately, PG & E’s assets are not for sale, and San Francisco’s request today for an assessment of PG & E’s electrical assets by the California Public Utilities Commission is yet another waste of time and resources,” PG&E officials said in a statement. “While CCSF has repeatedly offered to buy PG&E infrastructure for pennies per dollar, PG&E does not agree that the results of this type of ownership move will benefit customers, taxpayers, other local communities, the state, or our economy. For these reasons and many others, we believe that San Francisco’s long-term interest in acquiring PG & E’s facilities is not in the interests of the customers and the San Francisco neighborhood. “

Breed and Herrera argued that the CPUC request is necessary if the city plans to take ownership of local utility companies and meet its goal of using 100 percent renewable electricity through its public electricity programs, Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF by 2025.

Both programs currently cover more than 70 percent of the city’s electricity.

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QUINCY, Plumas County (CBS SF) – Blown fuses on a Pacific gas and power line are being investigated for a possible cause of the Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas counties, which exploded on 40,500 acres Monday night.

Meanwhile, new evacuations were underway in several rural communities as the fire progressed in the rugged terrain near the Bucks Lake Wilderness Area.

During the Cal Fire’s Sunday night briefing, the fire spanned 18,702 acres. After the last update from Cal Fire on Monday evening, the burn zone had grown to 40,500 acres. The fire is contained 15%.

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On Monday, Cal Fire said the Dixie Fire was very active and had created a large column of smoke. Firefighters built control lines to reinforce the perimeter and continued to fight aggressively from the air and the ground.

Authorities said ground crews were working to strengthen the emergency lines from Chips Creek to High Lakes. Air resources, including air tankers, very large air tankers, and medium Type 2 helicopters, and Type 1 heavy helicopters flew over the fire, assisting ground suppression efforts.

On Monday night, Cal Fire anticipates possible isolated thunderstorms in the entire area. The crews will continue to work to expand and strengthen the current direct and indirect control lines.

Dixie fire: Cal Fire Incident Report, evacuation information, road closures

PG&E filed its incident report on the Dixie Fire late Sunday night.

The utility said a mechanic discovered fuse damage on a power line on July 13 after the company’s outage system warned that the Cresta Dam on Highway 70 in Feather River Canyon was losing power.

“The responding PG&E troublemaker was remotely observing what he thought was a blown fuse on the PG&E Bucks Creek 1101 12kV Overhead Distribution Circuit uphill from his location,” the utility said in a report of an electrical incident at California Public Utilities Commission.

Dixie fire: PG&E Dixie Fire Incident Report

“Due to the demanding terrain and the road works that led to the bridge being closed, he was only able to reach the mast with the safety device around 1640 o’clock. There he saw two out of three fuses blown and a healthy green tree leaning into the Bucks Creek 1101 12 kV conductor that was still intact and hanging on the mast. “

“He also observed a fire on the ground near the tree trunk. The interferer manually removed the third fuse and reported the fire. His supervisor called 9-1-1 and the 9-1-1 operator replied that they know the fire and are responding. Air support from Cal Fire arrived on site around 5:30 pm and began to drop fire retardants and water. “

Firefighters near the front lines of Dixie Fire, July 19, 2021. (Butte County Fire Department)

In a statement on KPIX 5, PG&E said it had filed a report with state regulators about the incident.

“Yesterday, PG&E filed an Electric Incident Report (EIR) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding the Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas Counties. The information provided by PG&E is preliminary and the Company has presented this report with great caution in light of the collection of PG&E facilities from CAL FIRE in connection with its investigation. PG&E is cooperating with the CAL FIRE investigation. “

PG&E equipment has been blamed for a number of major forest fires in the state over the years, and it wasn’t the first time the utility has been investigated as a source of a forest fire in the area. Cal Fire found that the 2018 campfire that killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise was caused by PG&E electrical transmission lines in the Pulga area.

Firefighters use the Union Pacific Fire Train to protect the railroad tracks and prevent the Dixie Fire from spreading in the Plumas National Forest. California Fire says about 14% of the area is contained, but access is limited as it burns in a remote area. pic.twitter.com/ZGydRdBtW6

– CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) July 19, 2021

Speaking at the briefing, Tony Brownell, the commander of the Cal Fire incident, said the firefighters faced a major challenge in fighting the northeastern area of ​​the massive fire.

“Today was a very active day by the fire,” he said. “There are three things that really affect a fire: fuel, topography, and weather. All three came into effect today when the fire became very active on two different sides of the fire. “

Brownell said the crews were trying to create a “catcher’s glove” out of lines of fire to keep the fire from moving north. Cal Fire also focused on not letting the fire advance towards Concow and Magalia, two towns in Butte County that were hit by the deadly 2018 bonfire.

The fire was fueled by winds and embers that were kicked up in a massive pyrocumulus cloud that rose thousands of feet above the fire.

“It got very active here, this is where you saw the column of smoke from the valley,” Brownell said, pointing to the eastern part of the fire on the map. “All the overheated air rises in the atmosphere … So it got over the Feather River down to (over) Tobin.”

The embers lit point fires in the dry scrub and in the trees, which accelerated the spread of the fire. The advancing fire forced officers to close Highway 70.

“It (big column of embers) is very common, especially in recent years, because our fuels are so dry from the drought, they kill insects, everything is absorbent. So if a spark falls into the unburned brush, it will most likely start a fire, ”Brownell said.

#DixieFire Update 7:00 p.m. 07/18/2021 Video https://t.co/MiYcqE3id9

– Vanessa Wilson (@NessaBurdette) July 19, 2021

The fire was contained to 15 percent on Sunday night, 1,918 firefighters fought the fire that threatened 810 buildings.

New evacuation orders were issued on Sunday evening for the Jonesville and Philbrook areas of Butte County and High Lakes, and for homes on the Butte / Plumas County line east of Twain, Meadow Valley and Bucks Lake.

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QUINCY, Plumas County (CBS SF) – Blown fuses on a Pacific gas and power line are being investigated for a possible cause of the Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas counties, which quickly grew to more than 30,000 acres overnight Combination of “fuel, topography and weather”.

Meanwhile, new evacuations were underway in several rural communities as the fire progressed in the rugged terrain near the Bucks Lake Wilderness Area.

During the Cal Fire’s Sunday night briefing, the fire spanned 18,702 acres. By Monday morning, the fire zone had grown to 30,074 acres.

Dixie fire: Cal Fire Incident Report, evacuation information, road closures

PG&E said a utility repairman discovered fuse damage on a power line on July 13 after the company’s outage system indicated that the Cresta Dam on Highway 70 in Feather River Canyon was losing power.

“The responding PG&E troublemaker was remotely observing what he thought was a blown fuse on the PG&E Bucks Creek 1101 12kV Overhead Distribution Circuit uphill from his location,” the utility said in a report of an electrical incident at California Public Utilities Commission.

Dixie fire: PG&E Dixie Fire Incident Report

“Due to the demanding terrain and the road works that led to the bridge being closed, he was only able to reach the mast with the safety device around 1640 o’clock. There he saw two out of three fuses blown and a healthy green tree leaning into the Bucks Creek 1101 12 kV conductor that was still intact and hanging on the mast. “

“He also observed a fire on the ground near the tree trunk. The interferer manually removed the third fuse and reported the fire. His supervisor called 9-1-1 and the 9-1-1 operator replied that they know the fire and are responding. Air support from Cal Fire arrived on site around 5:30 pm and began to drop fire retardants and water. “

In a statement on KPIX 5, PG&E said it had filed a report with state regulators about the incident.

“Yesterday, PG&E filed an Electric Incident Report (EIR) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding the Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas Counties. The information provided by PG&E is preliminary and the Company has presented this report with great caution in light of the collection of PG&E facilities from CAL FIRE in connection with its investigation. PG&E is cooperating with the CAL FIRE investigation. “

PG&E equipment has been blamed for a number of major forest fires in the state over the years, and it wasn’t the first time the utility has been investigated as a source of a forest fire in the area. Cal Fire found that the 2018 campfire that killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise was caused by PG&E electrical transmission lines in the Pulga area.

Firefighters use the Union Pacific Fire Train to protect the railroad tracks and prevent the Dixie Fire from spreading in the Plumas National Forest. California Fire says about 14% of the area is contained, but access is limited as it burns in a remote area. pic.twitter.com/ZGydRdBtW6

– CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) July 19, 2021

Speaking at the briefing, Tony Brownell, the commander of the Cal Fire incident, said the firefighters faced a major challenge in fighting the northeastern area of ​​the massive fire.

“Today was a very active day by the fire,” he said. “There are three things that really affect a fire: fuel, topography, and weather. All three came into effect today when the fire became very active on two different sides of the fire. “

Brownell said the crews were trying to create a “catcher’s glove” out of lines of fire to keep the fire from moving north. Cal Fire also focused on not letting the fire advance towards Concow and Magalia, two towns in Butte County that were hit by the deadly 2018 bonfire.

The fire was fueled by winds and embers that were kicked up in a massive pyrocumulus cloud that rose thousands of feet above the fire.

“It got very active here, this is where you saw the column of smoke from the valley,” Brownell said, pointing to the eastern part of the fire on the map. “All the overheated air rises in the atmosphere … So it got over the Feather River down to (over) Tobin.”

The embers lit point fires in the dry scrub and in the trees, which accelerated the spread of the fire. The advancing fire forced officers to close Highway 70.

“It (big column of embers) is very common, especially in recent years, because our fuels are so dry from the drought, they kill insects, everything is absorbent. So if a spark falls into the unburned brush, it will most likely start a fire, ”Brownell said.

#DixieFire Update 7:00 p.m. 07/18/2021 Video https://t.co/MiYcqE3id9

– Vanessa Wilson (@NessaBurdette) July 19, 2021

The fire was contained to 15 percent on Sunday night, 1,918 firefighters fought the fire that threatened 810 buildings.

New evacuation orders were issued on Sunday evening for the Jonesville and Philbrook areas of Butte County and High Lakes, and for homes on the Butte / Plumas County line east of Twain, Meadow Valley and Bucks Lake.

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The shares of PG&E Corp. PCG, + 0.77%, rose 0.9% in pre-trading on Monday after the California-based utility announced an agreement to sell its San Francisco headquarters to Hines Atlas US LP for $ 800 million. The utility announced that it would distribute the proceeds of $ 390 million to $ 420 million in sales to its customers, subject to approval by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The company remains on track to move into its new Oakland, California headquarters in the first half of 2022. “This sale and relocation will generate cost savings that will directly help reduce customer bills,” said Chief Executive Patti Poppe. “At the same time, it will give us an efficient and effective place to work in the Bay Area as we focus on serving all of the communities in which we operate.” Separately, the company announced that it would consolidate two more California properties in San Ramon and one in Concord into the new headquarters in Oakland. The stock is down 17.5% year-to-date to Friday, while the Dow Jones Utility Average DJU, + 0.07%, 5.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, + 0.44%, down 10.6% % has increased.

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The buyer is a Delaware-based partnership called Hines Atlas US.

The sale means PG&E is on the way to gradually relocating its new Oakland headquarters. That should start in the first part of next year.

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The new headquarters are located in the 28-story Kaiser Center skyscraper on Lake Merritt.

PG&E has been headquartered in San Francisco for more than 115 years.

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October 26, 2019 San Francisco / CA / USA – Close-up of the PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) mark on their historic headquarters in downtown San Francisco. (Shutterstock image)

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to sell its headquarters in San Francisco for $ 800 million. The giant utility company is seeking permission to return half of the proceeds to customers. With approval from the California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E plans to distribute up to $ 420 million to customers over the next five years to offset future customer tariffs. PG&E plans to move to new headquarters in Oakland.

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