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San Francisco Explores Taking Over PG&E’s Local Electricity Assets

February 9, 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

Almost as soon as Pacific Gas & Electric announced that it was saddled with liability from several deadly wildfires and would be filing for bankruptcy, San Francisco Mayor London Breed directed the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to look at taking local control of power distribution. On January 29, PG&E, California’s largest utility, officially filed for […]

How SDG&E Plans to Quit the Electricity Procurement Business

February 4, 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

California officials grappling with the fallout from devastating wildfires and the fate of embattled utility Pacific Gas & Electric will soon have to answer another weighty question: Should the state’s utilities get out of the business of buying and selling electricity? And, if so, what should be the default electricity provider for customers who opt […]