they just filed with the california puc for a rate increase. pg&e's green tariff option as estimated by pg&e and the press would be about 11-1/2 cents. if you add the penny to the base rate expected in january for pg&e, you would get a 12.5 cent green rate for its proposed tariff. we think if we launched today with the information that we have about shell and hetch hetchy power we could have a rate of less than -- less than 11 cents per share and probably less than 10 cents. i have a slide called water recs, but i'm not going to go through because i understand ed randolph is here from the california puc. he's an expert on the state's renewable portfolio standards and will do a much better job than i will explaining that to you. and now, commissioner arce, getting to your question about build outs, when i joined in april, local power had just finished its report to the sfpuc on a business model for this program which included a very aggressive, very aggressive approach to buildout. and that contract ended in march. since i've been there, i've tr

we want to invite institutions like our california puc, our san francisco puc, our department of the environment, organizations and private institutions like sun run or pg&e to potentially create the network of their innovative sites and their innovative divisions to work together and potentially in a physical location or just begin networking first, and start working with the major universities and their research entities on their sites so we can start anchoring these institutions within san francisco and create another ecosystem of anchoring institutions. that proved successful in the delivery of pharmaceutical answers to medical challenges. i think it will prove to be helpful here to have them focial exciting center to come and look at and draw the attention i think of even more start ups, and the third part of this clean sf initiative is make sure that we do everything possible to support clean tech start ups. we can do that with partnership with the clean energy fund and our departments and their funds for grants and help green start with all of these start ups and make sure the

the california puc might vote on regulations for those services.ers are opposed to the online based transportation service. puc will meet at 9:00 this morning in san francisco. >>> bob filner did favors for some of his staff before he stepped down as san diego mayor last month. seven staffers got pay bumps as filner was on the way out. the former mayor used public money to give the staff members pay raises worth more than $80,000. the interim mayor has taken away some of those raises but allowed others to remain. >> i think the ones who actually are retaining all the raise are people making $35,000 a year. these are people who are not wealthy doing public service. in other cases, we have an individual who is actually asked to take on more duties and as such, you know, she will be paid a little more. >> filner resigned amid sexual harassment from women. >>> officers in oakland are doings briefings and filing reports in neighborhoods where crime is high so they can respond more quickly to any calls in those areas. yesterday was just the first day and

i want to commend mayor lee, there is nothing in the california statute that requires the sf puc to be the response offer cca. i do think it would be the most logical choice, but given the political stalemate, i think it's smart for you to look at alternatives and there are many alternatives i think including marine, i think it's definitely work a conversation with them. there are cities in the formation process and this maybe even an opportunity to join statewide effort. i would welcome a conversation with you, miss miller in the future because i think there are some options that you ought to be considering. a couple quick comments. one is to let you know on wednesday, the county board of supervisors in san diego unanimously approved funding for cca study for the renewable energy program. i offer that up as an example as another large california city moving towards the cc accessible -- model. they have a way to go but in that direction. and the longer this goes, the more missed opportunity not only from a green perspective but from an economic perspective you have going on. we know th

. >> mark steward is the director of the greater california livery association. he believes the puc could do more to crack down on illegal carriers. >> it's very frustrating that, you know, our own regulatory body and other agencies just sit back an nothing is actually done. >> the puc decline our request but they tell us there is over site, they must show they have insurance and do safety training. but those rules only apply for carriers that report to hold ten or fewer passengers. for vehicles with more than that, they're subject to safety inspections by the california highway patrol. but here is where the problem comes in. if you've ever been inside a problem like this, you know. you can squeeze a lot more than ten people inside a limo and we found that many airiers are reporting to transport fewer passengers so they never get inspected by the chp. >> you want to check this out? >> yeah. remember the bay limo in milpitas. that's what they allegedly did. it was only licensed for a five-passenger vehicle. but trying to get our business, the drivers bragged they squeezed 11 kids in

and the reason why rooftop solar only delivers an unbundled rec is there is a puc provision that says -- a california public utilities commission be, not confuse things. california public utilities commission provision that says the owner of the solar panel for rooftop solar owns the rec, not the utility. so, the utility takes the legislate. the customer owns the rec. so, at that point by its nature, it is now an unbundled rec by the nature of the puc rules. the reason why we set those rules up that way is to give the more economic value to the people putting solar panels on their house. if they own the recs, the idea is hopefully some day they would be able to sell those recs into a market just like anybody else and that would give additional value to the solar panels. >> and, so, if san francisco were to do a lot of local buildout of solar power plants, they would not be able to count those -- that power as bundled or -- how -- >> that's an interesting question that i can't answer. as i said, that's not a california public utilities commission rule. that would be a clear issue for pg&e since we dir

i can report that with respect to the first item, the puc cannot limit procurement to unionized california facilities and in our discussion, members of the labor council agreed with that assessment. with regard to the issue of pla's for energy projects both generation and energy efficiency, you know, the labor representatives were helpful in sharing some examples of project labor agreements that they have with other jurisdictions, both private and public, but nothing has been resolved in these conversations. city rules require certain requirements to be met before a city agency could enter into a pla, it's certainly a considerable amount of work on our part if we were to engage in that effort and quite honestly, we're not sure that all conditions could be met, and so with that, i'll turn it back to the general manager, thank you. >> so, the last thing i would like to say is i really want to thank our staff who has worked tirelessly in coming up with the balancing the three items about being a green, affordable and have opportunity for green jobs and i just want to commend the staff and say

and planning and development divisions, a representative of the california state state coastal conservancy, and a representative from the puc's education and invier mental justice programs and possibly, a staff member, from a similar eco center located in the city of palo alto may be able to participate. >> the port staff will return to the commission to present the results and seek the commission's approval of the recommended proposal and final lease terms. and with respect to the schedule, we intend to issue the request for proposals as soon as possible, after port commission approval. and the presubcommittal conference, i have a change to the staff report that is required because there was a conflict with the reservation with the center so i need to move the conference from october 8 to the 10. and that will be in the rfp but it is a change to the staff report. >> and we are offering tours, of the eco center and during october, and to proposals will be due on november 8th. >> and that concludes my presentation. >> thank you. >> may i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment? >> commissioners an

if you take the shell letter that was sent to the puc, that said we can do 50 percent carbon neutral in california, you can pretty tell that the bucket rate from a different source from where we are getting the energy from can be much bett

if you take the shell letter that was sent to the puc, that said we can do 50 percent carbon neutral in california, you can pretty tell that the bucket rate from a different source from where we are getting the energy from can be much better for the city than what our overall goals are than what is transpiring from a bucket two and we are using system power to firm and shape our program. the interesting thing is you heard i bew for a long time when we talked about bucket 2 recs, complaining that it was just dirt power and now they are claiming that bucket 3 is dirty power and now that bucket one, which is probably the best energy. it goes from 10 percent in what was proposed at the time the board approved something to a year later 25 percent by a lot of good work by miss malcolm and the puc staff in creating a program that gets above and beyond anything that pg & e meets the, current offering and a build out that is competitive and all the things we want to do. the bucket 3 recs is how we would use it, is okay to use. we are putting carbon free energy into system and recs that are coming out of ca

level playing field. >> the puc plans to revisit today's decision one year from now to see whether it has affected anything from safety to environmental quality here in california. >>> other bay area headlines. as we reported yesterday, the golden gate bridge district has picked a design for a new median barrier. today the bridge board voted to replace those plastic pylons with a movable steel and concrete barrier. the goal, reduce the chance of head-on collisions. to complete the project, the bridge would close for a 5 2- hour period sometime next year. >>> today word a new casino in rohnert park will open november 5. the gratton resort and casino will be the largest in the bay area and will employ about 2,000 people. it will have slots, table games, poker rooms and 13 restaurants. the casino costs $800 million and is opening after years of legal wrangling and controversy. >>> san francisco's rec and park department apologized today for the accident at holly park where a city worker ran over a woman with a maintenance truck. >> our thoughts and prayers public and private are with them as they mourn their loss. i have spoken on a few occasions with representati

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california public utilities commission. >> his behavior was highly unprofessional and inappropriate. >> reporter: at a meeting between san bruno leaders and puc president michael peavy. >> we sat down and the first thing he said was, this is your meeting, you called it. what do you want? >> what was that tone? >> the tone was arrogance. i was a little surprised. >> reporter: san bruno's mayor and city manager called the meeting last december to discuss pg&e's penalty and safety plans. it was two years after the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion killed eight people, injured more than 60 and leveled an entire neighborhood. >> he said, what you did in front of my building was bull [ bleep ]. and i was taken aback. he was referring to press conferences we had had in front of the puc. >> what message did you take away from mr. peavy? >> well, i guess for me it was shocking. it was embarrassing. and it probably reinforced the arrogance that we knew was there already. >> mr. peavy displayed a level of behavior that i have never before witnessed in my 30-plus years of public service. >> reporter: the city of san bruno and the public utilities commi

produced right here in california, san francisco's cca would have made great progress towards our city's shared environmental goals. but that's not the deal with the shell oil that the puc commission just rejected. the program that they said no to included only 25% true renewable energy. this is a serious degradation of the environmental benefits. the san francisco public utilities commission took a look at the deal that the staff had negotiated with shell and the commissioners decided that using 75% renewable energy credits or recs did not provide the green benefits this board of supervisors had repeatedly insisted upon. recs, as you know, supervisor, are like certificates. they can be traded from one wall street speculator to another. they derive their value from commodity trading just like stocks. by the time those recs reach our community choice aggregation program, their environmental benefits are far removed. we're not even sure whether we can achieve any greenhouse gas savings from recs. we'd be dependent upon shell oil to help us reach our city's climate goals. and this certainly doesn't help reduce greenhouse gas emissions here in san francisco. this is all to

. >> well, the puc's expected to vote on the new "rideshare" regulations september 19. >>> president obama has canceled a trip to california scheduled for next week. the white house says the president will instead stay in washington to press his case for strikes against syria. mr. obama was supposed to speak at a labor group convention in los angeles and attend a party fundraiser. >>> it was all smiles and cordial handshakes between president obama and russian president vladimir putin this morning. but behind the scenes both have an opposite agenda when it comes to syria. the u.s. is considering military action in syria but russia is a major syrian ally. the president arrived in russia today for the first day of the g20 summit. >>> and while at the international summit president obama will be working on convincing skeptical foreign leaders to stand behind military action in syria. the white house will also continue trying to sway lawmakers on capitol hill. a senate committee approved a resolution for military action yesterday. the full senate is likely to vote next week. >>> california prison inmates ended a nearly two-mon

california highway patrol's motor carrier safety unit says some limo companies dodge inspections because they can cost time and money if inspectors find problems. >> high beam, low beam. >> unlike the puc, the chp actually has inspectors like this go out and perform its own inspection of each vehicle reported to carry more than ten passengers. carefully looking over the fleet and scrutinizing maintenance records. >> passenger transportation is a main concern of the department. ensuring that the people that are operating and are driving on our highways are safe. >> certainly more should be done. >> senator gary hill representing the 13 state senate district. it's the recent location of a san mateo fire that killed five people. >> no one was paying attention to the vehicle itself nor to the certification or what happens when they modify a lincoln town car. >> he's now pushing for a law requiring safety inspections for all limos. regardless of how many passengers carriers say they are transport popping. >> why should you care if you never rent a limo? >> i don't want to see anybody else die. >> we reached oit to all the limo companies in that report. all declined to comment on camera. eac

puc annually is $415,000 each year. monitor recreation, education, maintenance activities at the tractv to ensure they do not compromise water and watershed management, work with the california department of fish and game -- fish and wildlife, to improve recreation fishing and opportunities at the lake. work with various local state agencies to ensure greater maintenance of roads and parking areas surrounding the lake. that's the puc. for rec and park, our responsibilities are listed as plan, program and manage recreational activities at the lake focusing on active outdoor recreation and water borne activities. currently at lake merced, we offer ka >>ing, both lessons and exploration of the lake. canoing ~ [speaker not understood]. stand up padling lessons in lake explore asian, and we have come summer day camps who use the tract and surrounding area quite heavily. continuing, we are to minute term the permitting process for the rec activities. respond within 7 days to the puc to any notices regarding the need to change activities that impact the lake, maintain the facilities surrounding the lake including paths, rest rooms, natural areas, those particular areas include 150

california, our legislature required school districts to provide free fresh drinking water during meal times in the school. again, a very -- it's a great, a great law and i know that our colleagues at the puc and the school district are really working to meet that requirement. on that note, our colleagues in the environmental health section of the health department conducted a study of water consumption in the school district and the goal was to increase students' overall water consumption, increase drinking water fountains in schools, and do some education and decrease environmental impact of bottled water. what they found through this study was by providing bottles to students, students brought bottles of water to school more. they filled them more. teachers allow students to drink more water. purchased bottled water was lower at those schools -- the intervention. and what they found was regardless of the presence of the filling station, most students drink water at school and that's because there aren't a whole lot of other options. again, it's looking at how we create the environment and set the environment for success. and about a quarter of the students are drinking four more glasses

. >> the puc plans to revisit today's decision one year from now to see whether it has affected anything from safety to environmental quality here in california. >>> another round of job cuts at wells fargo. today the company announced it is slashing 1800 jobs from its mortgage business citing a slowdown in refinancing and home sales. the cuts are nationwide. it's not clear whether jobs will be lost in the bay area. just a week ago they eliminated 2300 jobs from the same unit. >>> today we learned the cyclist killed near woodside yesterday afternoon used to be the chief financial officer for amazon. 50-year-old joy covey most recently served on the board of trustees at the san francisco- based national resource defense council. chp says that she crashed into a minivan that turned right in front of her from skyline boulevard on to elk tree road. it's unclear whether the 22- year-old driver of the van faces charges. >>> shattered glass along highway 101 shows the spot where someone fired bb or pellet guns at passing cars. police say the gunman fired at as many as 10 cars last night. no one was hurt. no suspects have been identified. >>> update

the california public utilities commission might vote on regulations for those services. taxi drivers are opposed to the online-based transportation services. the pucs kind of tough getting out of san francisco right now if you are heading toward the lower deck of the bay bridge. there was an accident eastbound 80 by fourth. it just cleared about 8 minutes ago. unfortunately, it's still stacked up on 101 looks like beyond the 280 interchange. if you are heading the over direction over at the bay bridge toll plaza it's backed up into the maze and slow down the eastshore freeway once you reach richmond. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> beautiful sunshine around the bay area now. today likely to be the warmest day of the week if you are heading out the door. a little cool in spots to start this morning. but plenty of sunshine throughout the day and that's going to heat things up in a hurry all the way to the coastline. should be sunny and bright. temperature-wise, you will see 60s, maybe some low 70s out toward the coastline, 70s and 80s inside the bay and some low 90s well inland. the next couple of days, though, changes much cooler tomorrow, a sl