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Draft EIR for city purchase of PG&E electric assets opens comment period; draft finds noise impacts would be significant
Summary
The Planning Department opened the public comment period on the draft environmental impact report for the city’s proposed purchase and separation of PG&E electric assets serving San Francisco; comments are due May 19, 2025.
The Planning Department on April 17 presented a draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the city’s proposed acquisition of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) transmission and distribution assets that serve San Francisco and opened a public comment period that runs through 5 p.m. on May 19, 2025.
Commission staffer Julie Moore, the department’s environmental coordinator on the project, said the purchase itself would not necessarily create physical impacts but that separation of the city’s distribution from PG&E’s system would require construction — including new transformers, switchgear and duct banks — primarily near the San Francisco–San Mateo County border and in…
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