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PUC and Commission on the Environment meet to map shared steps on toxins, water and clean energy
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Commission on the Environment held a rare joint meeting to review overlapping work on toxics reduction, water conservation, wastewater upgrades, fleet electrification and renewable programs, and to identify opportunities for joint pilots and workforce development.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Commission on the Environment met in joint session to review areas of shared responsibility and identify opportunities to coordinate on environmental programs and workforce training.
Public Utilities Commission President Vince Cortney and Commission on the Environment President Joshua Arce opened the meeting by urging sustained collaboration between the agencies and with community groups. Cortney said the session offered “an opportunity to showcase a lot of the things that the PUC has been able to do” while Arce emphasized the need to engage communities historically excluded from environmental policy discussions.
Staff from both agencies presented program-level updates on toxics reduction and integrated pest management, water conservation and education, wastewater system renewal, fleet electrification and municipal renewable projects. Presentations highlighted recent achievements — reductions in city pesticide use, a new customer web portal that shows household water use, and municipal solar and efficiency pipelines — and flagged operational and funding challenges tied to ageing infrastructure and the drought.
Members of the public urged more aggressive action on contamination in Bayview–Hunters Point and urged the city to move forward on Clean Power SF, a community choice aggregation proposal. Jeremy Pollack, representing Supervisor John Avalos, asked that funds needed to launch a CCA be preserved and cited a July target for program launch planning.
Commissioners agreed the joint session provided important information sharing and suggested routine joint meetings and targeted pilot projects where PUC operations and Environment Commission policy overlap — for instance, integrated pest management at golf courses and combined water/pesticide reduction pilots. President Cortney moved to adjourn at the session’s close; the chair declared the meeting adjourned.
