pg&e -- renewables will always be in excess of pg&e. that has been keeping us pretty busy, as well as the rfp process. now i want to introduce dawn weiss from the marin energy authority and david orth. supervisor mirkarimi: right before we bring up our guest, would not you say from the tenor of the senate panel hearing that you and i, and others, attended, that there is a sea change in sacramento recognizing the level of interference or obstructionist practices by the private utility so that it is now on the radar. municipal governments should be free to pursue, in a unfettered way, their ability to become a cca. would you say that that have now captured the attention of others? lines have potentially been crossed where now cpuc is being involved. >> absolutely, there is frustration with utilities for not meeting their targets. sacramento may be thinking that municipalities like ours can help to achieve the state's targets. as well, general frustrations that pg&e and its other transactions -- they have definitely demonstrated that they

are they let back into the program since pg any made a mistake? what will be done to make sure the situation does not incur moving forward? >> currently, all customers who opt out are bound by the rule. it does not matter if they opted out under false pretenses. what will be done to address that issue? we are hopeful that the legislative reporting requirement will help bring that to light. we are considering bringing this issue to be cpuc on a separate document to address it on its own. as mike campbell i outlined, there are many issues happening there right now. we have limited resources. that is one we are eager to bring to the cpuc as soon as resources allow. that might be within the next few months. i understand there has been discussion at the energy committee of around cca cleanup legislation. that is one issue that might be inappropriate place to address it. one other thing i want to mention that i should have brought up earlier, i think a real problem is that our private utility really has an incentive to not perform well. it really does n

on regulating pg&e.happened in san bruno but pg&e has 1800 miles of gas pipelines throughout northern and central california. so this section of pipeline is right now under the microscope since it exploded here in september. but it looks like it was too little too late. an audit of pg&e shows that it put off crucial inspections on high pressure transmission lines for more than two years. the public utilities commission says that pg&e also failed to follow its own safety guidelines to make sure inspections were thorough. now, this report was done by the puc back in may well before the san bruno explosion. but the findings are only now coming out. the puc is supposed to oversee the utility but it has not issue a fine against pg&e for at least a decade. now, pg&e says they welcome these audits. a spokesman says they realize the number of findings is unacceptably high and, quote, we are moving on multiple fronts to ensure and enhance the safety of our gas transmission and distribution systems. now, the publi

they are asking pg&e for the records.says they don't have to release the records but they are interested in answering any of stanford's questions. frank. >> anne makovec, live at san bruno, thank you, anne. >>> was it a random shooting or was somebody aiming for a specific bus passenger? police in richmond are trying to answer that question this morning after a shooting near 3rd street and grove avenue last night. someone in a group standing on a corner opened fire on an a.c. transit bus. nobody was shot but one passenger was taken to the hospital after being cut by flying glass. >>> the egyptian government is threatening an army crackdown by martial law on the 17th day of protests as thousands of anti-government protestors are gathered in tahrir square in cairo. they are still vowing not to leave until president hosni mubarak steps down. those protestors are now getting additional support. egypt's public transportation employees are going on strike. organizers are reportedly calling on all 62,000 transportation workers t

we have got to remember that pg&e is vulnerable.this is our shot to do an omnibus reorganization of that legislation. in 2002, we passed ca after the bankruptcy bailout. this is a similar opportunity. we should go for it. i wanted to speak to one issue raised, the phasing of the customer base. for san francisco, i would caution against that. we have a bigger market, which means pg&e will be more likely to pull every trick in the book to make sure this market does not come in. they might have a ballot measure that would effectively strain and the remaining customers. we have a lot of major opportunities in that we have our revenue bond authority passed in 2001. that gives us a chance to come if we bring in all customers at once, show a bigger and stronger revenue stream for the project, and if you combine that by making sure we also do the full build-out of local renewable and efficiencies, you get stronger -- you will get much stronger economies of scale to make the thing strong and to have enough revenue to compete when pg&e start

pg&e doesn't know quite how much yet.re appealing to energy regulators to see whether consumers can chip n sydnie? >> christin ayers in san bruno this morning, thank you. >>> 6:58. and a big holiday weekend coming up. a lot of people off on monday. some off all next week. so we need some sunshine. lawrence? >> yes. and i'm still looking for it. [ laughter ] >> but we got some showers out there this morning. cold showers to begin your day, folks. you got the showers moving in through hayward and union city. check this out, though. this could be interesting. cold air in place, a wintry mix and snow in the mountains. watch out along the 680 corridor you could see very cold temperatures right now and really as we head toward the afternoon it's going to be chilly highs only in the 40s and 50s. showers continuing and chance of showers into the first part of the weekend, at least sunday we'll try and sneak in a little sunshine. let's check traffic with gianna. >> thank you. we have some slick surfaces out there due to this wet w

and pg&e customers may have to pick up part of that tab. jade hernandez joins us from san bruno top explain why. jade. >>> good morning. at this point we don't know how much they would have to pay for expenses. pg&e is facing a whopping $763 million tab after the san bruno blast september 9th. and funding is an issue. talk swirls around where that money will come from. pg&e says lawsuits will most likely be covered by the companies insurance. they will allow them to pass the cost allock to customers. if this work is direct result of negligence, shareholders not customers should bare some of the burden. part of the problem is the company expects to spend twice the amount on pipeline tasks, record searches, and other activities related to the san bruno blast. the cost expected between $200 and $300 million. regulators have ordered pg&e to conduct has sparked heated debate. that is not over. that's why we are here at the san bruno bart station this morning. how do they feel about shouldering part of this burden? we will talk to some of the bar

safety is always pg&e's number one priority. jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. >>> another phase of construction for san francisco new central subway started. is already causing problems problems problems for drivers. kron 4's reggie kumar has more. >> reporter: al owned this flower stand for 65 years. and now that construction -- now that construction has begun for the $1.6 billion central subway project, he has to move to a new location nearby. and within a short period of time he is already seeing a decline in business. >> reporter: do you feel it will hurt business? >> temporarily. >> reporter: have you seen a decrease in sales? >> yes. a little bit. but, not too much. but -- progress. we have to live with it. >> reporter: just a couple blocks away eric is not only worried about business, drivers are upset about the lane closures and detours. >> it hasn't effected business too much but you can tell the frustration with drivers, it gets to them a bit. so it's been heck tick. >> reporter: this area will be under construction over t

&e to provide the information because frankly we can't rely on pg&e. >> and pg&e did released this statement tonight admitting the pressure exceeded all safety stan -- standards and the company says they are taking steps to improve operations. live in millitas, lisa amin gulezian. >>> a san francisco police officer was charged with embezzlement and vehicle registration fraud. 45-year-old gregory hooie is accused of taking the registration sticker off the car he pulled over last year. this is video from an interview we did back in september of 2009. prosecutors say he put the sticker on his own car that had an expured registration tag. he will enter a plea at his arraignment. the date for the court hearing has not been scheduled. >>> the federal government is paying for extra police patrols on bart trains. a $3.5 million grant from the transportation security add -- administration will cover the cost of eight bart police officers. they will patrol the trains on critical routes including underground tunnels and the trans bay tube where terrorists could do the most damage. >> they are able to f

--pilar niño hablo hoy con la compaÑia pg&e sobre la situacion y estas son sus explicaciones.kg take pkg son imagenes dificiles de olvidar...el recuerdo de la explosion de un gasoducto en san bruno hoy como nunca persigue a residentes de south san francisco....se conocio un reporte que indica que al menos cuatro fugas fueron halladas en tuberias de gas que corren debajo de su ciudad. marta sanchez 23;43 cuatro fugas cuanta mas puede haber? sino han hecho bien su trabajo desde un principio 23:47 el reporte fue hecho por la misma compania pg&e despues de la explosion en san bruno. encontraron 59 escapes en mas de seis mil millas de sus gasoductos. pilar nino 28:32 ademas estas fugas eran de la categoria uno, las mas peligrosas de todas por los danos que pueden ocasionar en los vecindarios 28:39 joe molica/vocero de pg&e 8:13 we have alguien que se queda ahi hasta que esa fuga es el vocero de pg&e respondio que todas las fugas fueron reparadas inmediatamente y que la mayoria fueron en valvulas pequenas, algunas de las cuales solo necesitaban ser ajustadas y lubricadas. 24:08 pued

the numbers have hit pg&e's bottom line. their profits plummeted 9.8% from last year so of course the question for consumers and pg&e customers is, how much is it going to cost? we don't know at this point. at this point, pg&e has simply asked energy regulators if they can pass some of those costs on to customers. so wait and see for the mome . >> thank you. >>> there will be a ribbon- cutting ceremony in dublin to celebrate the opening of a new bart station. the west dublin pleasanton station will be open to passengers starting tomorrow. it's located in the median of interstate 580 between the castro valley and dublin stations. that $106 million station has a couple of garages with, get this and this is at a high premium, 1200 parking spaces. >> got have those to get on the train. >>> it's 5:07. a week after hosni mubarak gave up the egyptian presidency, there is a huge victory march in cairo going on right now. niece are live pictures. a million people are expected for the celebration of the pro- democracy movement. egypti

pg&e had miss someday deadlines on some lines. there was a section in the audits about potential weld problems on the line in between napa and sonoma, which pg&e hasn't fully inspected yet. so governor brown a couple of weeks ago appointed two new members of the commission, much more consumer-oriented members. we'll see if that, you know, is a tougher oversight. >> it's interesting, a lot of these things coming out are actually from the puc and pg&e itself about records and the companies that were building these pipes back in the '50s and how they had some problems even back then with these. it seems to be raising a lot more questions, not just about what happened in september in san bruno, but a lot more questions about what is under our feet everywhere. and i'm wondering, we had a couple of explosions across the country in pennsylvania and ohio, and i'm wondering, it's hard to imagine pg&e is the only one that wasn't inspecting pipes properly or had maybe some of these funky pipes. is everywhere, are folks everywhere sort of ask

so pg&e has quite a motivation to find all these documents.hey've got a deadline to find them all by march 15th. the documents would describe the pipeline and then the utility could make decisions how much pressure it could apply in that pipe. so big updates from pg&e this morning but still a lot of loose ends in this investigation. live in south san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. it's 5:02. a colossal blizzard blowing across a third of the country has paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow. nearly 100 million americans are in the path of this massive storm. national guard was mobilized in six states. the midwest arctic temperatures create heavy snow up to 2 feet in some areas. today will be a rare snow day for chicago students. the school system is closed for the first time in over a decade. the massive storm has shut down one of the nation's most important airports and with thousands of flights delayed and cancelled through that section of the country, you can bet on a significant impact on bay area airp

this is providing a 10% savings as proposed by pg&e. the capital investment arms provide an economic stimulus rate for providing customers into the regional mysterious and funding our public goods benefit programs and the stabilization reserves. pg&e's rates have 11.3% rate of return included in their rates so that is where we can provide some cost advantage because we're not looking for profit. specifically, what the rates look like on the right side for reflecting the 10% as proposed pg&e rates reflect the difference between the winter and summer variants and the customer charge which shows the raids on a daily basis which is between $13.20 dollars a month. -- $13 and at $20 a month. from a cost of service perspective, this is with the average cost of 9 cents a gallon over five years. on top of that, we are glaring at the additional contributions. we are projecting over the next five years assuming the bill that moves forward that we will be able to pull together about 1.3 million and the rate stabilization fund at about $3.8 million

it now appears pg&e severely underestimated the tremendous toll of that deadly explosion and christin ayers says customers may end up paying for it. christin. >> reporter: that's right, sydnie. pg&e customers including some of the ones out here in the very neighborhood where the pipeline explosion happened possibly asked to pay for part of that ever growing bill as pg&e handles the disaster and consumer advocates told me they are vowing to fight that. no one thought handling the aftermath of the san bruno pipeline explosion would be cheap. >> we also expect to incur substantial legal costs related to the investigation, third- party claims and stow forth. >> reporter: legal fees are one thing you but not even pg&e thought pipe maintenance and testing cost would climb so quickly. >> the scope of the work to be untaken is not clearly known but it must be done. >> reporter: work that's going to cost money, to be exact $200 to $300 million for pipeline tests and other inspections, $220 million for lawsuits from last year, and another $180 million for lawsuits this year. all together, $763

pg&e is facing a whopping $363 million tab. wall street analysts heard pg&e would be covered by the companies insurance. they ask state regulators to pass along the san bruno related costs to customers. customers all over. funding is an issue. the type of the pipeline test andspections were different. and therefore might be more costly. pg&e says it wants to work with regulators on funding issues. the company expects to spend twice the amount on tests, record searches and other activities related to the san bruno blast. the cost expected this year alone between $200 and $300 million. regulators have ordered pg&e to conduct has sparks heated debate and that is not over. that's why we are here at the san bruno bart station. what do pg&e bart stations think about having to shoulder part? reporting live jade hernandez. >>> president obama is waking up here in the bay area this morning. that is following his meeting with a small elite group official can business leaders. ktvu news got a look at the motorcade. the private 90 minute d

assemblyman jerry hill criticized both the puc and pg&e calling their behavior unacceptable. >> pg&e has been, i think, recklessly taking shortcuts. they have been taking shortcuts that would allow them to do testing that was not what was approved, asking for exceptions to the rule that was established. >> reporter: pg&e told us today they recognize the number of findings is unacceptably high and they said they are moving on multiple fronts to enhance and ensure the safety of the company's gas transmission and distribution system. now, i reached out to the puc today to try and understand why the delay between may and october in getting that information out to pg&e and to the public. they did not return my calls. >> in san bruno, christin ayers, thank you. >>> coming up, it cuts calories but there may be something else to worry about when you start sipping that diet soda. >> and what was he thinking? how this photo brought down an east coast congressman. >>> as much as we're spreading bicycles, we are building businesses and teaching people how to support themselves. >> it's a powerfu

&e to provide the information because frankly we can't rely on pg&e. >> pg&e released this statementdmitting the pressure exceeded safety standards. the company also says it's taking steps to improve operations. in milpitas, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:36 now. this morning caltrain's board of directors could declare a fiscal emergency as the agency faces a $30 million budget deficit in the next fiscal year. the move would allow caltrain to raise fares, reduce service and close stations without conducting a full environmental review. at today's meeting the board is scheduling a public hearing march 3rd to discussion options. they might have to eliminate all lines except weekday commute hours. >> san jose police are trying to determine if there are more possible victims of a day-care center worker accused of sexual abuse. keith woodhouse is being held without bail on charges of committing lewd acts with students at trace elementary school. he works for the community development center which operates an after-school day-care facility on that school campus. police notified

in all 21 new gas leaks were found on pg&e's pipe line system.hree of them in south san francisco. the good news is those leaks have been repaired. the company flew small planes over thousands of miles of transmission lines using methane detecting technology. these are in addition to other leaks in october when pg&e completed its first set of inspections. the line ruptured and killed eight and wiping out 38 homes. the investigation into the cause is still under way but this morning pg&e admits hitting another red tape snag. coming up i'll explain this massive paperwork pileup that could further delay the investigation. live in san bruno, marla tellez, "today in l.a." >> they will take part in a mock trial and the competition will be judged by justice sonia sotomayor. two finalists will simulate arguing before the court. each must prepare a written brief and oral aryouments. >> people in north beach are bringing their bus stops. the neighborhood is the winner of muni's bus stop derby. that was a two-month-long promotion where passengers could play

pg&e has averaged two rate changes every few years. staff here, just like we did for water and waste water rates, we revisited the requirements. what you have seen here is an assumption for 2011 and for the last 12-18 months. if you want us to come back -- >> the question goes beyond that because if you came back every month, we would have roughly the same answer. there's nothing in here that talks about the market. there is nothing in here that talks about market value. this is cost-driven. if the market changes, you will come up with the same answer. i note this as a point of discomfort. i don't have a suggestion. >> we were interested in having our rates below are, the energy mix be greener, and i also thought was useful to save the stability and pricing for people which is a safe thing. one of our intentions is not to change this too often. that does not mean that you get out of sync with the market. we were intentionally trying not to make these changes on a frequent basis. quarks if there are no more questions -- >> if there are

more delays from pg&e.s time the embattled utility company says it has too much paperwork that's getting in the way of delivering answers to an bruno explosion victims. marla is live at the scene of the blast. this kind of news is infuriating to people trying to recover and find answers. >> reporter: it is. that is true, brent. the people want answers living in this neighborhood. the explosion site behind me, as you mentioned it comes down to pg&e is buried under a pile of paperwork. the newest problem, you could equate to searching for a needle in a hay stack. in its rent efforts to find the right documents that can prove it set safe pressure for its pipes, pg&e has brought in outside help to search more than a million records throughout 20 offices. to get the job done, close to 300 people are working around the clock 24 hours a day, seven days a week. the california public utilities commission has been given to march 15 to find these records, if they are not found it may be forced to shut down its pipelin

at least we know that pg&e is working on improving.hat's good. >> and there's another development on this story. pg&e wants you to know it's looking for documents for all of its pipelines. it's looking very hard. investigators asked to see the documents after the blast but the utility couldn't find them. the documents presumably would have details about the pipes that would help officials determine how much pressure to run through the lines. well, pg&e wants you to know it has dedicated 300 people to this problem. they're spending 24 hours day, 7 days a week scanning all their documents, indexing them. regulators have given them a deadline of march 15th to produce all the documents. live in south san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. almost 6:03 now. a colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country has paralyzed the heartland with ice and snow. more than 100 million americans are in the path. national guard mobilized in a dozen states. arctic temperatures with heavy snow, up to 2 feet. more proof? chicago can

news concerns about the pg&e pipelines. kraig debro joins us from south san francisco with new information that came from inspections after that huge pipeline explosion in san bruno. good morning, krai. >> reporter: good morning, pam. pg&e found two dozen gas leaks that they have already prepared on that same tran mission line. three here in south san francisco. they were found near highway 101 and grand avenue which is a heavily populated area. both 101 and grand avenue are. the cause of the september 9th explosion that killed eight endestroyed 30 homes. ptcuc ordered pg&e to exexpect 6500 miles of pipeline following the explosion. pg&e has found and repaired a total of 59 pipeline gas leaks. 21 of those were found in hazardous to population areas or buildings. utilities has a big job to finish. federal investigators said pg&e falsely believed the san bruno tran mission line was a seamless pipe. it was not. raising the possibility that the amount of gas pressure in the pipe might have been higher than a seamed pipe could h

pg&e still working on the situation.o one has been injured. >>> governor brown today offered ordered an end to state swag kind of free stuff that you get at convention and those sorts of gathering. state auditor california spent 7 and half million dollars from 2007 through last year on things like key chains, coffee mug and pens. agency like cal-trans give them away to promote various campaign like slowly for the cone zone or buckle up but the governor says there's no ramp for swag in this era of belt tightening. >> swag, we look for way of collapsing agency and reducing the government to the maximum degree i can. >>reporter: what is going to happen to all the swag that hasn't been given away to date? governor office says he is open to suggestions from the public about that. >>> san francisco sheriff hennessee announced today he's retiring after 31 years on the job. hennessee told staffer in an e-mail he will not seek reelection in november. he won the first election for sheriff back in 1979 and he is the lon longest ser

pg&e expects to spend up to $300 million this year alone. that is more than twice their previous estimate. it may have to bill customers to pay for pipeline tests and other projects. >>> about three hours from now there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for barts newest station. you can stop by tonight by but no trains will stop there. it has taken four years and $106 million to build the dublin/pleasanton station. you are invited to come down and take a look today. >> very good. >>> if you want to move fast through your commute you always pay attention to sal. >> yes. >> you know, dave, i think today you can move fast if you're going to be leaving the house within the speed limit of course. you can though drive on the bay bridge westbound approaching the span with little or no delay for now getting on to the span. the traffic is moving along pretty well on the upper deck of the bay bridge get into the city. also this morning's commute is looking good if you are driving on interstate 880 passing the coliseum in both directions. what an impro

pg&e customers may have to pick up part of the tab.dez joins us live from san bruno to explain why. good morning? >> we heard from one san bruno resident who told us she feels very strongly this is pg&e's fault and she doesn't think it's fair that pg&e forced customers to help pick up the tab about what regulators are forcing pg&e to do in order to make it safe. >> i'm paying for it twice. if they would have knicksed this, it -- fixed this it wouldn't have happened. >> i want to live in a safe environment. and if he are -- i think it's fair and we should share the burden. it's been a benefit for all of us in the state of california to be able to have our gas and electricity and that. so i really think it's fair for the citizens of california to help. >> pg&e is facing a $763 million tab after the pipeline blast which turned homes into infernos last september. pg&e has already spent $63 million last year responding to the blast. they set aside $20 million for lawsuits along with insurance money. but now pg&e may ask state regulators to

michael peterson with pacific gas and electric director of emergency planning for pg and e. my timing was outstanding to do this presentation in front of residents that are pg and e customers the front page of the chronicle talked about what, your rates are going up at pg and e and here i am. i mentioned, don't take a shot at me i'm a lonely security director trying to make a living. the other thought was why is pg and e talking about disasters when we cause disasters with our outages. i'm confident we will get that fixed. the key point i want to make here as a representative with pg and e and touched by some speakers. as an organization as a company we realize the importance of emergency planning. disaster planning, disaster recovery. we recognize it from the standpoint it's a grass-roots operation for us to restore power, either gas or electric that we need to have folks ready to planned and engaged in emergency mrarn itting makes our job easier. if it isn't there the crisis and confusion will slow us down from getting people back with lights on and the heat going. that's

slide to illustrate, if the secretary could show the slide please, are the rates that are charged by pg&e and the rates that are charged by the other electric service provider in the area of river bank, and you can see, on the top chart, what the rates are from 2007 through 2009. what we have been charging is what appears in a column titled sfpuc. the other was applicable rate is a transmission rate. that is what you see next. and then the mib ratwe. -- the mib rate. to show you what the revenues are associated with those rates, given the mere usage in 2007, 2008, 2009, we have the current billing chart, and you can see that for the puc, relative to the pg&e rates, we are showing about a $400,000 to $600,000 shortfall each year, revenue opportunity we are not taking advantage of. we also need to be cognizant as we approach riverbank with the fact that mid is also a potential service provider. we're looking for authority to begin this conversation, to renegotiate the rate. the floor would actually be to recover our full cost, but we sort of see as a ceiling the comparable rates that are

seems to be hamstrung or hijacked by special interest, and as we've seen private utilities such as pg&e to literally mastermind a monopoly by leveraging the ballots as evidence of prop 16 last year, but our ability to fight that back, then really a great amount of the responsibility is deflected onto municipal governments. so if we care to take care, then i think it's time to really press forward and on that note, i end on the cautious optimism in the conversations that we've been having with the p.u.c., ongoing conversations, of course, with lafco and advocates that the in the next six months or so i'm expecting that c.c.a. becomes a reality in 2011 and that, that reality is grounded in the fine work, in the bidding process and in the contracting process that we expect to be forwarded to the board environment supervisors and then to the mayor. with that i think with -- i think the stage well set, commissioner campos will do an excellent job of leading lafco, and i know the rest of the supervisors/commissioners and people here who like commissioner schmeltzer and others who are citize

caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com >>> pg&e caught skirting safety inspections before the san bruno blast. why safety regulators took so long to take action. >>> plus, decision day at cal. athletes just hours away from learning if their sports team will be cut. but could a legal issue change the game? >>> good morning, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. it is thursday, february 10, i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. thanks for joining us. time now, 4:30 on this thursday morning. >>> we begin this morning with breaking news in san francisco. right now, police are investigating a deadly accident in the inner richmond. anne makovec reports from the scene. >> reporter: well, we can tell you there's going to be a traffic issue in this area for some time this morning. one person has died in this accident here behind me. two cars were involved. a person in the gray car died. the fire department just arrived on scene. we are guessing that they are going to be extricating that person this morning. this is the intersection of an wayne low and -- an w

pg&e says they are safe and continue in marin county. others have a ban against the smart meters. >>> and a former bush administration lawyer looking to block google's move into on- line sales. they want to purchase the software for 700 million. the justice department would need to improve the sale. today, the former justice department attorney told market watch the deal could harm competition and consumers. and meeting with president obama, zuckerburg is scheduled to talk with the president. the white house says it is part of the out reach to the business community. coming up on bay area news, find out how the president's visit is tied to job creation and who else is on the guest list. >>> and it is crunch time now for the chinese new year parade. how mother nature is impacting the preparations for the year of the rabbit celebration ♪ atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho, eve. >>> well builders are working extra hard in san francisco to get everything ready for saturday'

rates for commercial and enterprise department accounts is we charge some of the otherwise applicable pg&e rates, and in this circumstance, the service provided at transmission levels so the other was the applicable rate is not a cpuc-approve rate. there is a little bit of variation because of that. and then, what we are looking to do is maximize our revenue stream, not just recover our costs. what might be helpful is to look at another data point. i think the resolution language if you are referring to does talk about recovering costs and thus also, in the body of the agenda item, described the fact that we are looking to charge comparable rates charged by pg&e. what i have by way of a slide to illustrate, if the secretary could show the slide please, are the rates that are charged by pg&e and the rates that are charged by the other electric service provider in the area of river bank, and you can see, on the top chart, what the rates are from 2007 through 2009. what we have been charging is what appears in a column titled sfpuc. the other was applicable rate is a transmission rate. that

&e to provide the information because frankly we can't rely on pg&e -- >> pg&e released this statement the pressure exceeded safety standards. the company said they're taking steps to improve operations. lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> developing news in egypt where the prime minister is promising to investigate who's behind the violence against anti-government protestors. gunshots rang out as army tanks tried to end the clashes between two sides. word just out of cairo. >> jenelle. >> a lot of information out of cairo, kristen. just searching word an egyptian prosecutor has issued a travel ban and frozen the bank accounts of several former ministers of the mubarak government. also receiving word that his son will not run in september when mubarak steps down. it's intense in that main square. continue to throw rocks and fire bombs at each other. appears both sides are going to be there for the long haul. here's a live picture of the square where most of the chaos has been going on the past 24 hours. people still milling around. they're bringing in supplies like bread, water and blan

there were 40,000 people that called pg and e about their gas. that means they call turned off their gas? did they need to do that? when do you have to? when there is a problem. how long did you think it takes pg and e to get out and turn it back on? 45,000 people. days weeks, may be a month. who has seen this in the streets. a lot of muck is in there is it's full of dirt and weeds you turn it to the right to tighten it and left to loosen it. your home work you have to look at your house, pop open the lid, look in there see what's going on in there it's not nice and clean like this. who has seen this around their house? everybody. each meter has a shut off. you want to find out where your gas meter is. you can keep track of your usage but you will know how to shut it off. here's the shut off. i have some tools up here, you can look at these. any hardware store has these. they fit on this and it allows you to turn off the gas. when we talk about the wheels it's these on top. if you have a broken pipe. they will spin like mad. when it's daylight, g

pg&e says crews are working as fast as they can to restore power to everyone. pg&e has a system to help predict where damage to power lines will be the worst because of high winds. the company has its own weather department to track storms. they do that by evaluating the storm's strength and path. pg&e uses the information to position crews before trouble strikes. >> the idea is to have crews ready, and in the right position and the right place. in order to keep the outage duration time to a minimum, and that so the customers can have lights on and have minimal disruptions. >> pg&e says the speed of its response often depends on the number of outages and that the largest outages usually get top priority. >>> the sierra is also getting slammed with snow which is great news ahead of a long holiday weekend. this is video from blue canyon this morning along interstate 80. forecasters are calling for one to two feet of the 5,000 foot level and the 4 feet at higher elevations. a winter storm warning is in effect for the sierra and schools in the school district up th