PG&E offers more excuses, and will seek to delay and obfuscate over public power - 48 hills

"These repeated outages raise important questions about how our power grid is managed and whether the current system is meeting the needs of San Francisco residents and small businesses. Electricity is a public necessity, and reliability, transparency, and accountability must remain core expectations. In light of this latest outage, I will be asking City departments to evaluate what options may exist to strengthen oversight, reliability, and the long-term resilience of our electric system, including an assessment of practical, fiscal, and operational considerations to better maintain a power grid in the public interest."

"Natalie Gee, who is running against Wong in D4, told me she supports a municipal takeover of the grid. So does Albert Chow, who is also a candidate in the district, according to his campaign staff. Sup. Bilal Mahmood, who is also calling for a hearing on the issue, supports a public power system, his office told me. So does fellow "moderate" Matt Dorsey. All of the progressives on the board are going to back the idea. If Wong comes along (and maybe even if he doesn't) there's clearly a majority in favor."

"That's a lot of words that fall short of saying: We need to kick PG&E out of City Hall."

Power outages hit the Sunset on Christmas Eve and again Dec. 27, underscoring ongoing reliability problems with PG&E. The outages prompted questions about grid management, reliability, transparency, and accountability, and prompted a call to evaluate options to strengthen oversight and long-term resilience of the electric system. The SFPUC has already examined municipal options. Several local candidates and supervisors, including Natalie Gee, Albert Chow, Bilal Mahmood, Matt Dorsey, and progressive board members, support a municipal takeover. Momentum for public power is growing and municipalization is likely to return to the local agenda in 2026.

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