sb 43 also directed the california puc to issue a decision by july 1st. so early this summer we should see some decision from the public utilities commission of california that tells us what the shape of this green tariff program will be and available to pg&e customers here in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, i don't quite understand how the green tariff program works with what you described as the community renewables program. >> to propose programs that would allow for community renewables. it's very much mimicking a program that is already underway in southern california that was sponsored by san diego gas and electric company. pg&e did not include that kind of an offering in their initial application to the california puc. a number of parties, including ourselves, suggested that there should be such a component to their program. it wasn't until sb 43 went through the legislative process and was adopted that pg&e then in compliance filed a proposal to incorporate a community renewables piece into their green tariff offering. so it would allow cus

as i say, that's all activity ongoing at the california puc. and then of course there is some legislative activity picking up. we have new legislate ~. we have a bill introduced by assembly member bradford ab [speaker not understood] that we're keeping an aye on and a bill introduced by assembly member ammiano, ab [speaker not understood]. we don't think they're meaningful so i'm not going to get into that. they are on our watch list so we encourage you to keep an eye on them as well. thank you. >> if you could give us an example of what 20 megawatt would be serving the community. >> so, for example, there are some large warehouses in the -- sorry, in the bayview hunters point area. we thought solar there would be less than 20 megawatts greater than 1 megawatt. those would be system that would be considered distributed under the rules. they'd be local. they could be located and what qualifies as a disadvantaged community here in san francisco. so, that's an example. >> great, thank you. and then what's the current status of our shell contracts?

i know you mentioned in your presentation that we have before us the california authority initiative which the puc was piggybacking off of is no longer available in northern california. number one, i just wanted to revisit when that rebate program went away and also if you have any insight as to whether something of this nature or similar may be happening or taking place and available for the public in the future. >> yes, thank you for that question. and if i could, i'll defer to assistant general manager hail because she is also an expert in that area, if i may. >> before she comes up, can you talk a little bit about new customers that -- and what that would do for puc profits? >> yes. i would say what that would do to recover costs, not even profits for the puc. so, for an example -- >> so, we don't make a profit for charging anyone for power or water or anything? >> as a municipal utility, we are barred from making a profit. so, that makes us unique compared to -- >> so, we're subsidizing it now. so, that's my concern is right now based on the rates that we're charging, we're subsidizing our wa

process with staff as well as the public so in general we do believe the puc rates in process as well as final rates do adhere to california state law a critical point to deliver and agree with the overall needs to pay for not only the inflationary o and m costs but we're recommending that the tier break for the water system for the single family has increased from 3 ccf the 748 gallons per unit in alignment with the customer usage patterns unique to the city and we're recommending on the wastewater side a single unit cost per water discharge to the system we're recommending an increase or slight modification to the capacity charge in alignment with your costs but also the capacity requirements of newcomers coming to the system and also recommending that you update your miscellaneous charges with respect to providing services to ongoing customers whether meters etc. with that i'd like to open up to any questions that you may have. >> commissioner torres. >> when you say that this city is unique with respect to water. >> san san francisco has the lowest consumption in the country. >> can you go back to the slide? >> the rec

california solar initiative. i do want to know -- and i think it's great puc is really working on trying to identify additional revenue sources and all that, but it does seem like from a customer standpoint or a -- that rebate program is really a huge incentive. and, so, what are [speaker not understood] that puc is working on to connect with some of the folks who are responsible for that program to say, well, you know, maybe we should continue this, bring it back up, just kind of want to know what the future of a rebate program might look like. >> so, we are active participants at the california public utilities commission and we do regularly monitor legislation in sacramento and at the federal level that affect energy issues. with state of california, when it adopted the california solar initiative program through the california public utilities commission -- implemented through the california public utilities commission, identified that the program would diminish over time, recognizing that the expectation is solar will become cost-effective. and you won't need to get to enrich it in order to have people participat

programs therefore resolved strongly urging the puc commission policy expenditures and also on the cap program as you know the big horn desert california supreme court ruled in 206 that this type of program is illegal the city needs to ask the board of supervisors you do to fund these programs if you find that low income water rate payers need help it should not be put on the rest of the rate pay ers thank you. >> thank you very much for being here lorraine. >> the next card and this is the last card i have -- unless -- is there any mail? is joan -- this is good. joan girardo is that right? >> hi joan good afternoon. >> thank you for the venue i wanted to say when we talk about an average bill it's a useless tool to understand your residential customer classes because the predominant occupancy of single family resident i want to say that pennies per gallon is also kind of useless to understand in effect and i took my neighbors's household five people measured by 1 meter to parents and 3 teenage kids and i gave them 50 gallons a day per person the lowest consumption rate in the state of california which we have achieved in san francisco

california. >> and he wants an independent monitor to oversee the work the puc does in relation. george lost half of his home in the explosion. his reaction to the indictment. >> the burst is across the street there, we'll never see them again. they all perished. it's not an accident. it's something they -- i feel they could have prevented by repairing the lines and just taking care of people's safety. >>> and that was cheryl hurd reporting. several dozen demonstrators march through san francisco's mission district protesting ellis act evictions. the protesters marched down valencia street to the offices of a real estate company they blame for many evictions. this comes on the heels of a new report by a tenant's right group that says 3600 units have been taken off the market through the ellis act displacing tens of thousands of people. bonita facing eviction said it was aimed at sending a message to landlords. >> have him step up to the plate and come face-to-face with us seniors and those of disabilities, as well as educators they are displacing and also the families that have b

relationship between pg&e and the california public utilities commission created an atmosphere was something was bound to go wrong. he's going on the governor to replace the head of the puc and wants to levy a $2.4 billion fine against the utility and get true accountability. >> more needs to be done. the shareholders overall of these years didn't cause this, management caused it. >> i personally would like to see the people responsible for making the decisions not to upgrade the gas line and keep them safe for everyone, i would like to see them prosecuted. >> for its part, pg&e is standing by their statement from yesterday calling it a tragic accident and pledging to do the right thing for the victims, their families, and community. >> regardless of the next legal steps we want all of our customers and their families to know nothing will distract us in our mission to transform the century-old gas system in the safest and most reliable in the country. >> there is still no timeline for the federal criminal prosecution in this case. an arraignment date has not scheduled. >>> google is about to split its stock in a two-for-one deal. it will create a new nonvoting category o

service personnel responded to this fire, we just as a puc had over 300 people involved in the response. and it was the third largest wildfire in california, in the largest wildfire that yosimete has experienced. it is a little bit hard to see here, but the fire just expanded and progressed incredibly quickly. this is the first four days of the fire. so, the yellow you can see best is the second day, there is actually a smaller green and by thursday, we were at that red perimeter and so it was just really out of control situation, that we all needed to really respond to quite quickly. and so, what has happened with water during the fire, where we are happy to say that we didn't have any negative effects actually on our ability to deliver quality water to our customers, both in san francisco and in the bay area. we never had any issue with strabitiy and we were happy about that and however when the fire started we did put the plans in place and that included moving as much water from our source, up country down to the local storage reservoirs and we were able to do that fairly quickly, what that meant is that we had 3 to 4 months of reserv

california. nbc bay area investigate i have unit has more. >> reporter: michael peevey finds himself in the center of controversy and the bull's eye of one lawmaker. he wants tougher ethics rules that would prevent the pucpresident from accepting large amounts of free gifts and travel abroad. a story of influence, money and power. >> no better example than puc president michael peefry. >> on the steps of the public utility commission, he took aim at the man in charge. >> during his tenure, he has received $230,000 worth of international trips, gifts from nonprofits. >> reporter: our investigation last year questioned globe trotting trips by president peevey to exotic destinations like hong kong, sweden, germany, spain and israel paid for by special interest groups. groups buying access to the power of the public utilities commission. you were supposed to speak to senators today about the safety of the puc. instead you spent the day here in napa. >> reporter: they questioned the decision to ignore the request to talk to state senators last year and instead spend the day in napa with one of the special interest groups that fund one of many of his trips outside of the country. >> you spent time with the ut

california. nbc bay area's investigative unit tony kovaleski has more. >> michael peavy finds himself back in the center of controversy and bull's eye of one state lawmaker. he wants tougher rules to prevent the pucnt from accepting gifts of travel abroad. >> there's no better example of this than puc president michael peavy. >> reporter: on the steps of the state's public utilities commission, senator hill took aim at the man in charge. >> during his tenure, has received over $230,000 worth of international trips, gifts from non-profits. >> reporter: our investigation last year questioned globe trotting trips by president peevey to destinations like hong kong, sweden, germany, spain, and israel. paid for by special interest groups. groups buying access to the power of the public utilities commission. >> you are supposed to speak to senators about the safety of your puc. instead you spent your day here in napa. >> no, that's not true. >> reporter: our reports also questioned michael peevey's decision to ignore a request to talk to state senators last year and instead spend date in napa with one of the special interest groups that funds many of his trips outside the country. you spent time with th