the increase to pg&e, if the california puc hasd estimated -- if they estimate incorrectly, the world would be responsible for making up the difference. >> i am not comfortable relying on the puc to take care of my ratepayers. i just do not. >> but ioff [unintelligible] that is the process we have. >> than you would have a class action. why should we have to pay? >> i am not an attorney soil will not speak to class action. >> we have an attorney here. >> the payers could a class action. i could check and get back to on that. >> one of the difficulties here is we do not know how much this is. it is hard to make decisions on a program when you have something that is undetermined. if that is under litigation, the methodology that cpuc is under litigation. are we involved in that litigation? >> yes. >> are we making the case that they pg&e should be obligated to assume whatever energy contracts are freed up by virtue of our default? >> that is one of the points we made. >> one of the points you made or one of the points that was negotiated? >> one of the points we made in litigation that

just 12 miles from the site of the explosion is the headquarters of the california puc, and in this caseance isn't just measured in mileage but rather the growing gap between the puc and pg&e. >> a litany of failures that began 50 years ago plus, and every week there are more revelations about failures by pg&e. some public and some that come up in our own investigation that will ultimately be public. it's very disappointing. >> it's an interesting reversal. for decades the puc and pg&e got along famously. in fact, critics contend they were too close for comfort, something that strikes a nerve with the puc. >> i think it's offensive and ridiculous. this regulatory body, this public utilities commission is a model across the united states for renewable energy policy, for energy efficiency, for the safety of the rail network, for work we do all across the board. and anybody who -- >> this is the perception, though? whether it's true or not, you know, perception is reality in many cases. the perception for many people. >> yeah. this is what i have to say to anyone with that perception -- it'

tier 1 and tier 2, the way we have tracked customers has been reviewed by the california puc, are typically small users and that is because of our stable demand profile. you may recall that from us -- our power rate study where we showed the use. we do not have large searches. we have large users in larger homes in the city. and what this would mean for 100% greener, cleaner, affordable program is the small user customer the right now uses 138 kilowatts per month, their bill is about $40 per month from pg&e. that power bill includes their electricity and natural gas. they get one consolidated bill. if they were to continue to opt in to the program that would be $7 per month for their family budget to incur. they could go from pg&e energy which is 16% renewable to 100% grenoble with clean power and for that customer household it would be $7 per month. that is 25 cents per day. many san franciscans -- this represents 43% of all households and that would allow them to enjoy that opportunity of choice. tier 2 is $16 additional. you can see the dollar's per month or cents per day make it afforda

. >> california puc is investigating the cupertino explosion. coming up at 6:00, the extraordinary steps pg&e is taking to ease fears in this cupertino neighborhood. be sure to join us for an nbc bay area news special report. "san bruno remembrance and recovery," it airs live a week from today at 4:00 p.m. next friday also marks the one-year anniversary of the san bruno explosion. >>> a san jose police officer charged with child abuse pleaded not guilty to all three counts today. ard gewith having arigo is inappropriate sexual contact with teenage boys. >> the defendant responded to a craigslist dating ad that a teenage boy listed. he introduced the defendant to several friends. through 2008 and 2009, the defendant had the boys at his residence in gilroy and provided them alcohol. that's when the alleged acts took place. >> the d.a.'s office says the teen's ad listed his age as 18 but says the officer knew the boy and his friends were in high school and under age. d'arrigo's attorney says he denies the allegations. he's out on bail until the nex

to be sure that the puc is adequately regulating the pipeline industry that utilities are operating safely, and that there is increased accountabilitiance transparency over california's management of its vital pipeline infrastructure. >> during last year's fire, it took more than 90 minutes for pg&e to turn off the gas. the legislature is expected to vote on hill's legislation this week. >>> in other bay area headlines, san francisco police are searching for suspects in a shooting near san francisco's aquatic park about 8:30 last night near jefferson and hyde. police found a wounded man in the street. that area was filled with tourists at the time but no one else was hurt. >>> contra costa fire investigators are trying to figure out what started this fire at a house under construction in concord. neighbors say they heard popping sounds just before the home on schuyler court erupted in flames yesterday afternoon. the house was destroyed, two nearby homes damaged but no injuries. >>> and a candidate for mayor of san ramon says he has had hundreds of dollars worth of campaign signs stolen in the past week. bill clarkson says they began disappearing off people's lawns a

the report also urged the california public utilities commission to conduct an audit of pg&e's operation. he is the puc execkive director. >> eight people died in san bruno. no one is hiding behind a rock trying to get away from the responsibility. >> pg&e says it embraces the board's recommendations for improving the operations and management of the gas system. the pg&e watch dog agency praised the ntsb report. >> lot of death and destruction could have been avoided if pg&e had done its job in terms of making sure it was inpecting pipe lines, maintaining it. >> reporter: back live here, the state attorney general is also continuing to investigate what happened here. reporting live in san bruno, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> fire investigators in seattle suspect a gas leak led to a home exploding this morning. just before 6:00. it broke windows throughout the neighborhood and sent debris reining down. some walked away hand in hand with their children. >> neighbor came running in, he said, he thought he smelled gas last night. i don't know. gas explosion. >> investigators say the home filled with g

the california public utilities commission says the utility must appear before all five members of the puc if it would like to increase pressure in major pipelines. they wanted to do that just by going to the executive director. in february, the puc ordered the pipeline pressure to be reduced. >>> today governor jerry brown may sign a package of bills stemming from the san bruno explosion. the bills by various bay area lawmakers are aimed at improving the safety of california's natural gas transmission system. state senator leland yee wrote one of the bills. he will be in studio with us at 6:10 to talk about his legislation. >>> the power is coming back on slowly this morning. an outage is affecting millions in arizona, parts of southern california and mexico. and we just checked the latest numbers and electricity has been restored to some 930,000 users. but the power outage has forced the cancellation of 11 flights to and from san francisco. so call ahead if you are flying today. the outage was accidentally triggered when an electrical worker removed a piece of electrical monitoring equip

puc, verizon, at&t, trying to figure out what each of those fees means. >> there are so many of them. >> quite a few. >> julie watts, thank you. >>> amazon has a deal for california. it promises to add 7,000 jobs and build two distribution centers in the state if lawmakers stop trying to force it to collect sales tax. a law went into effect july 1 requiring out of state internet sellers to collect sales tax on purchases made here in california. amazon is trying to get the law repealed. the retailer's trade group in favor of the tax collection guys missed said it's notserious. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we're working on for eyewitness news at 6. ployer threatens t >>> i'm dana king. here's something we're working on for eyewitness news at 6:00