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Supervisors and SFPUC press PG&E over requirements that city says have delayed projects and added millions
Summary
A committee hearing highlighted 68 city projects affected by PG&E equipment and tariff requirements, with SFPUC estimating about $19 million in added costs over three years. PG&E said its filings clarify safety and wholesale/retail distinctions; FERC has suspended a termination of unmetered service, allowing five months for settlement talks.
Supervisors, SFPUC officials and city department leaders held a prolonged hearing on PG&Es distribution equipment requirements and their impacts on city projects, from affordable housing to parks, pools, traffic signals and Muni electrification.
Sponsor Supervisor Hillary Ronan framed the dispute as a pattern of PG&E imposing large and costly equipment requirements on projects that the city says need only secondary connections. "PG and E has been requiring San Francisco to install expensive large equipment to power projects that don't require large amounts of energy," Ronan said, urging scrutiny of what she called anti-competitive behavior.
SFPUC General Manager Dennis Herrera described 68 active city projects where PG&E has demanded…
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