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PUC hears update on citywide utility undergrounding; staff warns work stalls without new funding
Summary
Public Works reported the Utility Undergrounding Program is roughly halfway complete — 25 of about 45 miles undergrounded and 7,000 properties converted — but staff warned that without a citywide funding mechanism (Rule 20 surcharge or Board action) large-scale work will be limited until at least 2018.
Dan McKenna of the Department of Public Works told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on April 22 that the city’s long-running Utility Undergrounding Program has completed about 25 of roughly 45 miles and converted about 7,000 properties to underground electric service. "This summer we should be substantially or completely finished with the program," McKenna said, summarizing progress and remaining tasks.
McKenna described how the program began in 1996 and progressed in fits and starts because of litigation, utility bankruptcies and a petition-driven approach that created…
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