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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 customers to not just say that i want into the green tariff program, but also to say i support and want to subscribe to a particular project. and how that -- the details of how that would take shape is what is being discussed at the california puc now and that pg&e has been directed to present a witness on. so parties can better understand through the hearing process what pg&e is proposing and how it would work. >> and what is the -- is there an added rate for the green tariff program? >> that is one of the components that is being discussed at the cpuc. pg&e had proposed a separate rate for the green tariff program that would be higher than the rate that other cust
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 customers to not just say that i want into the green tariff program,...
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gÑç residential customers ranked pg&e 6 out of 9.ess customers ranked pg&e ninth out of ten. >> so we directly ask both business and residential customers whether they're going to improve safety? assuming gas and electric actually has the highest response in the nation for that company. >> highest awareness that heath says should translate to better customer reviews. >> we're going to keep making all the upgrades we've committed to make. in doing that, we might see those scores increase. >> it could take two, three or even four years for the utility company to have a noticeable impact on customer satisfaction. bottom line, pg&e is not the safest, most reliable energy company in the country. it is on its way up. that does seem to be true. >> just see sam's reality check on our web site. you can also submit story ideas for him to check out. >> a story coming from a bay area teen alleging that her pimp is behind bars, accused of kidnapping her and forcing her to work as a prostitute. the teen ran away after a fight with her parents. acc
gÑç residential customers ranked pg&e 6 out of 9.ess customers ranked pg&e ninth out of ten. >> so we directly ask both business and residential customers whether they're going to improve safety? assuming gas and electric actually has the highest response in the nation for that company. >> highest awareness that heath says should translate to better customer reviews. >> we're going to keep making all the upgrades we've committed to make. in doing that, we might see...
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general fund departments pay the rates that are from 35 to 62 percent below what they would pay if pg&e were the electric provider and they don't have the electric incentive to make the investment and which is why for those customer departments we are performing the soup to nuts service and making the investments ourselves. and that frees up the kilowatts that are not consumed at that department to sell at a rate that is more advantageous to us than those highly subsidized rates that the departments pay. >> so, if you save a kilo watt hour you can sell at a pg&e or a wholesale? >> today it is largely at a wholesale rate as our customer base grows, for example, as the hunters point shipyard neighborhood develops and our customer base grows, the hours could be sold at an rate that is more comparable to the pg&e rate and we factor that into the economics of the decision and with respect to the solar and the systems that we have installed it and that they are paying for completely are a more expensive resource, than the hetchy resource, absolutely, but it still makes sense for us to diver
general fund departments pay the rates that are from 35 to 62 percent below what they would pay if pg&e were the electric provider and they don't have the electric incentive to make the investment and which is why for those customer departments we are performing the soup to nuts service and making the investments ourselves. and that frees up the kilowatts that are not consumed at that department to sell at a rate that is more advantageous to us than those highly subsidized rates that the...
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. >> also here the organization giving pg&e high marks for gas operations. san bruno says they're full of hot air. >> we didn't have any today. some hotter air is coming our way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment. >> have you had it with unwanted sales? sales? ahead on seven on your side [♪] >>> two city college of san francisco students took steps today towards suing their school after a demonstration turned violent. they filed a claim against san francisco police accusing officers of attacking protestors. student activists posted this video that shows classes with police back in march. changes emerged because of threats to yank school accreditation >> law enforcement conducted themselves with cruelty. i saw violence affected with glee on the elderly, sdald and young women without explanation >> we're going to be asking for retaining for police departments in order to try to stop city college says it's not commenting on the claims. >> pg&e getting high marks tonight from an international auditor but in san bruno officials are not impresse
. >> also here the organization giving pg&e high marks for gas operations. san bruno says they're full of hot air. >> we didn't have any today. some hotter air is coming our way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment. >> have you had it with unwanted sales? sales? ahead on seven on your side [♪] >>> two city college of san francisco students took steps today towards suing their school after a demonstration turned violent. they filed a claim...
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you know the pg&e customers. and in terms of opportunities for collaboration, and improvement, with the department of environment, cal referred to the financing option, that is certainly, promising and not just beyond bill financing option, but how we can really make sure that we are leveraging the go solar sf dollars in the best way. and that will be one of the areas that we will be focusing on for this coming year and on improvements for the go solar sf program. >> and here, on this slide, you can see, the go solar sf workforce, hires by zip code here in san francisco. and the larger bubbles, and near the zip code numbers indicating the larger number of residents who are employed in the workforce, through the workforce development program, on go solar sf projects. moving on then, to our customer municipal solar, mr. carlin at the opening of our day, talked about the power enterprise and we serve largely municipal targets and we serve at power provider for the hunters point neighborhood and the shipyard, project
you know the pg&e customers. and in terms of opportunities for collaboration, and improvement, with the department of environment, cal referred to the financing option, that is certainly, promising and not just beyond bill financing option, but how we can really make sure that we are leveraging the go solar sf dollars in the best way. and that will be one of the areas that we will be focusing on for this coming year and on improvements for the go solar sf program. >> and here, on this...
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&e and a deep green service that offices one hundred percent renewable energy over the pg&e rate. the merry run clean energy has a renewable energy that creates jobs they'll be offering a local number of customers a benefit to buy one hundred percent locally generated solar power they'll pay a price premium located in for 20 years. it's safe to bet it pg&e dirty power will be more expensive so this product offered by merry run energy will be cost saving. in 2008, san francisco impacted an ambitious plan with emissions limits everyday we hear new reports about the scientific certainty that climate change it real and happening faster than we can imagine, however, san francisco is not active. the strategy states that moving to one hundred percent renewable energy is the best way to reduce green house gas emissions and the clean power roll out of a thirty wait power program will eliminate 2 point and 50 thousand plus tons of carbon dioxide every why were so clean power contributes to 1 hundred and 35 u 45 metric tons of carbon dioxide so since the public commission failed to pass this
&e and a deep green service that offices one hundred percent renewable energy over the pg&e rate. the merry run clean energy has a renewable energy that creates jobs they'll be offering a local number of customers a benefit to buy one hundred percent locally generated solar power they'll pay a price premium located in for 20 years. it's safe to bet it pg&e dirty power will be more expensive so this product offered by merry run energy will be cost saving. in 2008, san francisco...
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brian webb, kpix 5. >> pg&e says it's going to cut that tree. they will notify the homeowner before crews show up to prune it and they say they will try to keep the natural shape of the redwood tree as much as possible. by the way, if you have a complaint against pg&e, you can go directly to the puc. >>> i'm len ramirez in a jam- packed downtown san jose where commuters are trying to get home. they are facing roadblocks because the president is due to come in. the story is just ahead. >> plus saving under water homes. tonight we ask if richmond's eminent domain program is having any success. >> in the night he was tearing up the flooring. >> mysterious disease that can trigger psychotic and violent behavior. ,,,,,, everywhere i look, i see a country ready to move forward... and a congress standing in the way. their budgets are late; jobs bills are stalled... and special interests run rampant. as an economics teacher at stanford, i know education means good jobs. so here's my plan: i'd start teaching computer coding in public schools right away.
brian webb, kpix 5. >> pg&e says it's going to cut that tree. they will notify the homeowner before crews show up to prune it and they say they will try to keep the natural shape of the redwood tree as much as possible. by the way, if you have a complaint against pg&e, you can go directly to the puc. >>> i'm len ramirez in a jam- packed downtown san jose where commuters are trying to get home. they are facing roadblocks because the president is due to come in. the story...
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. >> also here the organization giving pg&e high marks for gas operations. san bruno says they're full of hot air. >> we didn't have any today. some hotter air is coming our way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment. >> have you had it with unwanted sales? ahead on seven on your side two apps promis gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> two city college of san francisco students took steps today towards suing their school after a demonstration turned violent. they filed a claim against san francisco police accusing officers of attacking protestors. student activists posted this video that shows classes with police bac
. >> also here the organization giving pg&e high marks for gas operations. san bruno says they're full of hot air. >> we didn't have any today. some hotter air is coming our way. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment. >> have you had it with unwanted sales? ahead on seven on your side two apps promis gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered...
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the things they accomplish against opposition from pg&e are incredible. however, we want to set an example in san francisco for a much more robust local build out of resource s from the beginning. california and the entire nation, in illinois right now, there are hundreds of ccas and almost none of them have any local installation component at all. so, san francisco needs to set a new standard. we need to take it to the next level with cca and show that we can get local installations and energy independence and jobs from this. the way we can do that is to make sure that as we explore these ideas for how to work with marin county or any other entity, we explore possibilities that are not just about joining their jpa, that are possibly just hiring their jpa for a certain function or having them perform a function that wouldn't require them to -- for us to be involved in their decision-making process or they to be involved in ours so that we can maintain a rock solid program that takes it up a notch in san francisco. thanks. >> thank you. and just in time, s
the things they accomplish against opposition from pg&e are incredible. however, we want to set an example in san francisco for a much more robust local build out of resource s from the beginning. california and the entire nation, in illinois right now, there are hundreds of ccas and almost none of them have any local installation component at all. so, san francisco needs to set a new standard. we need to take it to the next level with cca and show that we can get local installations and...
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we've done this significantly. >> the auditor says pg&e is a better and safer company.t san bruno city manager says a recent audit by california public utilities commission finds there are critical areas that need improvement. >> the city does not believe the certification program or similar activities demonstrate this system is safer. >> we welcome folks to look at our testing we've been doing. and witness the work that has been done. >> certification once obtained needs to continue to earn it. >> in san bruno, abc7 news >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. i'm larry beil. abc # news at 5:00 begins right now with dan and katie. >> we need the community to have a forum and space to reflect on what happened here. >> memorial is underway for victims killed in friday's rampage. how a high school is planning to honor former student who died in isla vista. >> i'm upset ask disturbed by it. >> the bishop and morality clause the big meeting and who is told not to come. >> breezy and blue this afternoon. changes are coming later this week, straight ahead. >> students at uc santa b
we've done this significantly. >> the auditor says pg&e is a better and safer company.t san bruno city manager says a recent audit by california public utilities commission finds there are critical areas that need improvement. >> the city does not believe the certification program or similar activities demonstrate this system is safer. >> we welcome folks to look at our testing we've been doing. and witness the work that has been done. >> certification once obtained...
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there may not be a conflict of interest there, but if there is a possibility that pg&e could at some point threaten his business, that he does for them, we need to find out about that? because we don't want him to be in the middle of working on this and suddenly face this issue of being pressured by pg&e. so if you could all just check on that, that would be great. thanks. >>> thank you. just the comment about rex. i don't necessarily have a problem with rex. my concern and my questions about it has been that the lead administration and some of the commissioners have talked about rex as "dirty energy." and that is just not the case. and so if we -- you know, i think rex should be a tool that we could use to kind of build in a level of affordability for what power we generate. and as we go through the years of providing power, we can probably replace rex with renewable energy that we generate ourselves. so to me, it's not necessarily the worse thing. i just think that we should be consistent how we talk about it and how we use it and that has not been the case with the lead administra
there may not be a conflict of interest there, but if there is a possibility that pg&e could at some point threaten his business, that he does for them, we need to find out about that? because we don't want him to be in the middle of working on this and suddenly face this issue of being pressured by pg&e. so if you could all just check on that, that would be great. thanks. >>> thank you. just the comment about rex. i don't necessarily have a problem with rex. my concern and my...
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pg & e one of water right's holders, it's president promised the utility is doing its part to conserve. >> we're looking at our own responsibility to preserve our water usage. >> reporter: pg & e said its biggest use of water is for power. - - usage. >>> california's emergency water shortage is prompting eight water agencies to work on a plan to share our water. they includes east bay mud and santa clara valley, marin municipal and santa clara county. the aim is to maintain each agencies independence while tieing the systems together to share water when needed. >> it's just basically an understanding that hey we're all in this together. and there are things that we can do that benefit our rate payers more if we work together as opposed to separately. >>> the plan is in the early stages, the agencies are also looking into a long term plan toward creating a large scale desalination plant. >>> there are a lot of different restrictions when it comes to walter depending on where you live. to find out what your city requires you can go to ktv you can.com -- ktvu.com. we have a full drought s
pg & e one of water right's holders, it's president promised the utility is doing its part to conserve. >> we're looking at our own responsibility to preserve our water usage. >> reporter: pg & e said its biggest use of water is for power. - - usage. >>> california's emergency water shortage is prompting eight water agencies to work on a plan to share our water. they includes east bay mud and santa clara valley, marin municipal and santa clara county. the aim is to...
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going up because of capital regulatory electrical costs in particular the subsection agreement and pg&e has proposed to do very significant rate increases for transition distribution as well as the street lights of all san francisco. personnel covets and other costs are largely increasing the majority of our budget is in capital related. the next couple of charts summarize the important things like 90 percent plus gets paid for by service charges and property rentals as well. the use society is capital costs about half of our budget is through debt service e.r. capital that continues to be the course over the next several years. on the water department on slide 9 you'll see the changes are largely capital on the wastewater department slide 10 the changes are capital and general reserves and those will be used to curb on the impact over the years. the house/senate water and power which is the part of the discussion on april 30th shows you here that with large increases of electrical power costs and also the impact of the drought i should mention the cost of the drought meant there was
going up because of capital regulatory electrical costs in particular the subsection agreement and pg&e has proposed to do very significant rate increases for transition distribution as well as the street lights of all san francisco. personnel covets and other costs are largely increasing the majority of our budget is in capital related. the next couple of charts summarize the important things like 90 percent plus gets paid for by service charges and property rentals as well. the use...
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energy and provide residents of san francisco with the option to stay in a program and not be on the pg&e operating with dirty energy and we've been stone walls by this administration by the commission additional also i believe by the staff of the puc if we're not dlooishl trying to resolve that those the other thing is to table your budget. >> thank you, thank you supervisor we've heard our comments and concerns. >> so we can have the public comment i want to make a motion to table our budget. >> understood. >> supervisor mar. >> yeah. i want to photocopy with supervisor avalos point. i i am really sensitive to mr. kelly but i won't support any budget that activates a reserve i'm not sure the puc a has been working hard enough i know you've identified $4 million in savings i want to know if the budget analysis can take a color look at how the puc could provide other options other than raiding fund >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i also in agreement with supervisor avalos i'm prepared to table the puc's budget i don't think it was done in a collaborative spirit and to use the program
energy and provide residents of san francisco with the option to stay in a program and not be on the pg&e operating with dirty energy and we've been stone walls by this administration by the commission additional also i believe by the staff of the puc if we're not dlooishl trying to resolve that those the other thing is to table your budget. >> thank you, thank you supervisor we've heard our comments and concerns. >> so we can have the public comment i want to make a motion to...
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private developer to are able to develop, the solar on it and then, sell it to, you know, back to the pg&e of the grid. >> yes. >> but that is an opportunity, that we could pursue, and you know, the lands that we control, first have a utility purpose. >> and the lands that we control, are largely controlled by the water department, or the water side of hetch hetch water and power and any arrangement that we make, will be the use of the land that goes to the utility purpose and that makes it attractive for a third party to come in because they would want a long term commitment without those kind of caviots but it is something that we explored and it also would allow us to extract the value of tax credits and such that as a public entity we can't. >> only. >> yeah. >> and but we have looked into that and are evaluating those opportunities. >> and one more question, and sort of totally, and have you explored, sort of in-pipe, small scale hydro. >> yes, we have a development under development at the university of mound and it is a 200 kilowatt system and we are looking at going forward with
private developer to are able to develop, the solar on it and then, sell it to, you know, back to the pg&e of the grid. >> yes. >> but that is an opportunity, that we could pursue, and you know, the lands that we control, first have a utility purpose. >> and the lands that we control, are largely controlled by the water department, or the water side of hetch hetch water and power and any arrangement that we make, will be the use of the land that goes to the utility purpose...
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and e the current encounter is a 60 percent encounter relative to pg and ee and summarized here for you the large cliff or shortfall was from required investment in capital notably the tunnel improvements and as well as pg and e's higher cost to transmit and then also a smaller amount for regulatory cost increases. the items currently being reviewed with the mayors office show increased faster than half a penny previously adopted by this commission some of the scenarios instead of a half a penny perhaps $0.02 or perhaps 2 and a half cents and so we continue to review that and then show those to policy makers. we have some historical context here we've been reviewing with policy makers as well showing that enterprise rates are auto adjusted but the general fund low cost for over 10 years now and financial plans as well as capital plans were balanced with hundreds of millions of dollars of capital cuts you reviewed with us so the scenario here with an additional $179 million of capital costs comes with risks and we want to make sure we identify that both with you and the mayor's offic
and e the current encounter is a 60 percent encounter relative to pg and ee and summarized here for you the large cliff or shortfall was from required investment in capital notably the tunnel improvements and as well as pg and e's higher cost to transmit and then also a smaller amount for regulatory cost increases. the items currently being reviewed with the mayors office show increased faster than half a penny previously adopted by this commission some of the scenarios instead of a half a...
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electricity at the port was back up and running by noon and pg&e crews worked through the night to get power back to the remaining customers. we do have a call into pg&e to see if that has happened. >>> there will soon be more wrapped muni buses on the street of san franciscos. those ads cover the entire bus including the windows. now supporters say the ads provide millions of dollars for muni and help replace the revenue lost when the city decided to end sunday metered parking. opponents say the wrap around ads are eyesores. >>> time is 5:34. the chief financial officer of ac transit is due in court today with charges he embezzled from his church. he is scheduled to enter a plea. he is accused of stealing more than half a million dollars. prosecutors say he spent the money on a luxury car, mortgage payments, golf membership and children's private schooling. >>> evidence against suspended state senator leland yee will remain a secret. the evidence will remain under wraps until yee, chow, and other defendants go on trial. charges against them include bribery, conspiracy and money laundr
electricity at the port was back up and running by noon and pg&e crews worked through the night to get power back to the remaining customers. we do have a call into pg&e to see if that has happened. >>> there will soon be more wrapped muni buses on the street of san franciscos. those ads cover the entire bus including the windows. now supporters say the ads provide millions of dollars for muni and help replace the revenue lost when the city decided to end sunday metered...
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if not pg&e crews are the reason why the roadway is closed. south bay still jammed up on north bound getting up out of the type of the valley but especially heavy here from 280 from 8785 or interchange. with an accident right near to a peak of the bay bridge in hot spot this morning when early and in some back up on highway 24 is backed up into the macarthur maze. back up into the east shore freeway. san mateo bridge. spot to drive time is now pushing upward of 80 minutes and for your trip across the golden gate bridge on no one here getting a little heavy southbound but no backup the act are 79 to happen in now report to the villagers and nigeria have killed address this chorus of is expected- susopected boko haram militants in the believe planned to launch an attack. boko haram the group that kidnapped nearly 300 rose bowl last month. and continue to keep many of them hostage. the group of villagers turned vigilantes and in the nigerian military is in joining us and that boko haram is still attacking not muslims. fo happening now, the murder
if not pg&e crews are the reason why the roadway is closed. south bay still jammed up on north bound getting up out of the type of the valley but especially heavy here from 280 from 8785 or interchange. with an accident right near to a peak of the bay bridge in hot spot this morning when early and in some back up on highway 24 is backed up into the macarthur maze. back up into the east shore freeway. san mateo bridge. spot to drive time is now pushing upward of 80 minutes and for your trip...
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end segment blanca --pg&e anuncio hoy que recibio 2 certificados internacional por ser lider en su sistemade gas natural... vo ...pero... como que esto no le cayo muy bien a "jim ruane", alcalde de san bruno; ya que el funcionario municipal, ha criticado a la compaÑia de servicios publicos por sus practicas inseguras de operacion en sus tuberias atraves del estado. cesar si usted utiliza el lavaplatos y ha notado que algo diferente, no es el unico en algunas zonas del area de la bahia. take vo --esto se debe a la dureza del agua subterranea, de donde se extrae esta agua, sobre todo en comunidades al oeste del condado de santa clara. --la extraccion de este tipo de agua se debe a la ausencia de lluvias en nuestra zona. --el agua descrita como "dura" significa que es mas alta en minerales, especialmente en calcio y magnesio pero no es un riesgo para la salud. blanca --entre los vehiculos que mas son robados en estados unidos, take vo ---el "honda accord" sigue siendo uno de los favoritos de los ladrones. --de acuerdo con la compaÑia "lo-jack", el "accord" fue el mas robado de 2013, la quinta
end segment blanca --pg&e anuncio hoy que recibio 2 certificados internacional por ser lider en su sistemade gas natural... vo ...pero... como que esto no le cayo muy bien a "jim ruane", alcalde de san bruno; ya que el funcionario municipal, ha criticado a la compaÑia de servicios publicos por sus practicas inseguras de operacion en sus tuberias atraves del estado. cesar si usted utiliza el lavaplatos y ha notado que algo diferente, no es el unico en algunas zonas del area de la...
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is pay pg&e. is paying for it. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning, we are on a very unusual story, a struck crashed into a funeral home and sparked a huge fire and you can see the extensive damage and it is also affecting traffic and muni service and it is a very busy part of san francisco. alex savage has been on the scene coming up in two minutes he will show us more of the damage that was left behind. thank you for joining us, steve, can you take that heat down a nachos? >> i am working tonight, i've got the order in. not foggy yet, sea breeze is trying. and the fog is trying to come out the golden gate bridge. 46 half-moon bay, 65 antioch, 63 fairfield, even the city 62 and no sign of a breeze yet. most locations are calm and looking for a north wind at napa. fso says calm but it is getting closer and still it will be warm and cooler weather will start to kick in and i don't think it will be as hot as yesterday and then a big cool down takes us to the weekend. sunny and
is pay pg&e. is paying for it. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning, we are on a very unusual story, a struck crashed into a funeral home and sparked a huge fire and you can see the extensive damage and it is also affecting traffic and muni service and it is a very busy part of san francisco. alex savage has been on the scene coming up in two minutes he will show us more of the damage that was left behind. thank you for joining us, steve, can you take...
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a short time after pg&e made the announcement, the mayor made a statement saying pg&e must stop deceiving itself, the public and the press and the communities and cities it operates in. it's a bigger threat today than it was in september 2010. when pg&e's line 132 exploded, creating a shock wave with a magnitude 1.1 earthquake and flames. >>> it's a promise they feel was broken. oakland council members unveiled a plan today for reaching police staffing. the proposed plan would call on the city to set up programs to alert council members when police staffing starts dropping below projections and to reduce the number of officers leaving in the department. right now the opd has about 650 officers, that's nearly 250 fewer officers than oakland had at the end of 2008. >> oaklanders need to know that a cop will come when they call. no one has that feeling yet. we have got to get these numbers up. and at the very least, we've got to have officers on the streets, rather than just in the pages of the budget. >> the mayor's budget includes funds to get police staffing up to about 722 officers by ne
a short time after pg&e made the announcement, the mayor made a statement saying pg&e must stop deceiving itself, the public and the press and the communities and cities it operates in. it's a bigger threat today than it was in september 2010. when pg&e's line 132 exploded, creating a shock wave with a magnitude 1.1 earthquake and flames. >>> it's a promise they feel was broken. oakland council members unveiled a plan today for reaching police staffing. the proposed plan...
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. >> pg&e getting ready for big quake. the utility held a simulation and set up a command center at the cal palace. workers were sent out to check on downed wires and onlying damage to systems and says it's initial response would not be in the center of the destruction. >> those typically require rebuilds. as you move away from those centers, right, lights and gas can come on quicker. less work needs to be done. >> pg&e is testing out new technology. >> there is a special job fair to help military veterans. law enforcement agencies like california patrol and san francisco sheriff department took part in this. combat veterans have to fight the stigma from ptsd, organizers say returning service members have skills that are in high demand these days. >> company doesn't want to see you're an expert marksmen. many are excellent truck drivers and excellent mechanics. >> researchers say the breakfast cereal aisle might as well be the sugar section because cereals have more sugar thaun might think. among offenders are kellogg's ho
. >> pg&e getting ready for big quake. the utility held a simulation and set up a command center at the cal palace. workers were sent out to check on downed wires and onlying damage to systems and says it's initial response would not be in the center of the destruction. >> those typically require rebuilds. as you move away from those centers, right, lights and gas can come on quicker. less work needs to be done. >> pg&e is testing out new technology. >> there is...
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going up because of capital regulatory electrical costs in particular the subsection agreement and pg&e has proposed to do very significant rate increases for transition distribution as well as the street lights of all san francisco. personnel covets and other costs are largely increasing the majority of our budget is in capital related. the next couple of charts summarize the important things like 90 percent plus gets paid for by service charges and property rentals as well. the use society is capital costs about half of our budget is through debt service e.r. capital that continues to be the course over the next
going up because of capital regulatory electrical costs in particular the subsection agreement and pg&e has proposed to do very significant rate increases for transition distribution as well as the street lights of all san francisco. personnel covets and other costs are largely increasing the majority of our budget is in capital related. the next couple of charts summarize the important things like 90 percent plus gets paid for by service charges and property rentals as well. the use...
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power for the general honda hospital and others hospital that's 63 percent less than expensive than pg&e. it allows you and policymakers at that stretch the dollars dollars further it's savings over the next two years in the budget. this is to give you a couple of pictures on slide 22 the mountain you tunnel did single most expensive tunnel that's been it operation for the last 80 years we've done reinforcements but we've been able to photograph and track a bio segment of the tunnel where we have a cat traffic collapse or under arrest that's why you see the significant hetch hetchy balancing request. the solvency over the next 10 years comes down to a message you'll hear repeatedly from us keeping the healthy hetch hetchy that means we'll have to be back before you and the mayor's office and other policymakers every year asking for general fund rates to have the ability to have more fully paying customers or have more power revenue bonds or have to revisit which we do every year the problematic cuts or deferrals >> real quick it strikes me we're going to have a discussion around cca an
power for the general honda hospital and others hospital that's 63 percent less than expensive than pg&e. it allows you and policymakers at that stretch the dollars dollars further it's savings over the next two years in the budget. this is to give you a couple of pictures on slide 22 the mountain you tunnel did single most expensive tunnel that's been it operation for the last 80 years we've done reinforcements but we've been able to photograph and track a bio segment of the tunnel where...
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pg and e is among the water rights holder and the president promised the utilities is doing its part to conceive. >> it is something we focused on and take it seriously as a company on our own responsibilities to reduce. >> pg and e points out the vast majority is for generating power allowing it to be used by other water districts and california has required more water use reporting but the ap found those records often contained errors. in the newsroom, eric rassaman channel 2 news. >>> the drought has caused a lot of problems but for some it is actually driving demand for some very unusual firefighters. fire crews were stocking up for a barbecue when they were called to action and the heart warming surprise they got when they came back. >>> we had a significant temperature drop even though there is no fog. the winds are up and when will temperatures rebound? i will have the details after the break. . >>> two kaiser medical buildings are back open after being shut down. kizer received a specific criminal threat that prompted increased police presence and delayed opening of two medic
pg and e is among the water rights holder and the president promised the utilities is doing its part to conceive. >> it is something we focused on and take it seriously as a company on our own responsibilities to reduce. >> pg and e points out the vast majority is for generating power allowing it to be used by other water districts and california has required more water use reporting but the ap found those records often contained errors. in the newsroom, eric rassaman channel 2...
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pg&e may have to go out and buy gas powered electricity, that is more expensive.d though you won't see it right away, eventually you will. >> once a year we adjust rates. >> reporter: no one can predict summer heat and the future costs of replacement power, it is impossible to project how much more you might have to pay. another threat is the potential for huge wildfires. wildfires with thick smoke that could cause the lines to short out if power isn't rerouted quick enough. i am tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now for context here. california gets the majority of power from natural gas, 44%. renewables make up 15%. nuclear, and coal make up 8%. 16% of the power isn't specified. >>> new subscribers for netflix has to pay more beginning today. they are raising their price by $1 to $9 a month for new customers. the old price continues till 2016 for existing subscribers. >>> bill meant to protect people's personal information online passed the state senate. the bill extends rights over personal information posted on the internet and limits how the information is
pg&e may have to go out and buy gas powered electricity, that is more expensive.d though you won't see it right away, eventually you will. >> once a year we adjust rates. >> reporter: no one can predict summer heat and the future costs of replacement power, it is impossible to project how much more you might have to pay. another threat is the potential for huge wildfires. wildfires with thick smoke that could cause the lines to short out if power isn't rerouted quick enough. i...
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pg&e crews are working on the problem. but there's still no estimate on when power will be restored. much more on our website, ktvu.com, as well as twitter and facebook. >>> a frightening ordeal in the south bay after a family woke up to find their car set on fire. they say it's just the latest in a string of frightening incidents. janine de la vega joins us live to show us the security video that captured it all. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. a fire investigator came out here to the house to the examine the surveillance video that shows the cars that were here in the driveway being set on fire. now, all that's left is the black soot in the driveway and you can see those palm trees are scorched. one of the older teenaged children who lives here thinks he knows who may be responsible. in the surveillance video you see two people in hoodies approaching this home on sandpoint drive. one of them takes out a container and starts to drows fluid on the acdura -- douse fluid on the acura. the vandals r
pg&e crews are working on the problem. but there's still no estimate on when power will be restored. much more on our website, ktvu.com, as well as twitter and facebook. >>> a frightening ordeal in the south bay after a family woke up to find their car set on fire. they say it's just the latest in a string of frightening incidents. janine de la vega joins us live to show us the security video that captured it all. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. a...
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we are in the gas leak detection vehicle for pg&e.top there is an an ten. that antenna detects any gas leaks in your neighborhood. this is obviously a tool that pg&e would want to use. crews just had breakfast, sort of running around looking at this list of mock emergencies that they will have to respond to later today. crews had a pep talk early this morning out lining the different scenarios they will encounter in the field. geologists say there is a likely chance that a 6.7 magnitude quake or greater will hit the bay area in the next three decades. utility workers won't be responding to actual gas lines or electrical wires down today. instead, they will be receiving a note about what the problem could be. >> we put like tags out in the field. so we simulate, hey, if this facility was down what would you do? so we try to have injects into an exercise like this. >> reporter: in the walk of the 1989 loma prieta earthquake pg&e wanted to be fully prepared in case another one hit. they are setting up this cow palace as a base camp to st
we are in the gas leak detection vehicle for pg&e.top there is an an ten. that antenna detects any gas leaks in your neighborhood. this is obviously a tool that pg&e would want to use. crews just had breakfast, sort of running around looking at this list of mock emergencies that they will have to respond to later today. crews had a pep talk early this morning out lining the different scenarios they will encounter in the field. geologists say there is a likely chance that a 6.7 magnitude...
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>> we put tags out in the field so we simulate hey if this facility was down what would you do. >> pg&e tells us it wants to be fully prepared especially since geologists say there is a 62.6% chance that an earthquake will hit in the next few years. >>> and we have this report on the crash there, why they say the driver crashed on purpose. >>> plus firefighters rush to san diego to help fight the fire there, we will have a live report from the fire line as you look at these live pictures right now from san diego county. >>> a robbery at an antioch cvs pharmacy did not quite end the way the crooks had hoped, police say the would be robbers crashed their vehicle through the front window of the cvs just before 6:00 a.m. this morning, it appears they may have tried to take the atm, it was knocked down but not taken from the store, police spotted the car nearby and it led them on a chase, three suspects were arrested, 1 injured and his condition is not great known. >>> an accident happened there, the motorcyclist was turning when he was struck by the motorcyclist, he died at the hospital,
>> we put tags out in the field so we simulate hey if this facility was down what would you do. >> pg&e tells us it wants to be fully prepared especially since geologists say there is a 62.6% chance that an earthquake will hit in the next few years. >>> and we have this report on the crash there, why they say the driver crashed on purpose. >>> plus firefighters rush to san diego to help fight the fire there, we will have a live report from the fire line as you...
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to you many streetlight enhancement projects and this was one project purchasing streetlights from pg and e and we could not identify a funding source so that unfunded project was eliminated so in the streetlight funding in the proposed budget as well as as well as the capital plan still increases 30 times so your investment that you have still going forward and included in the mayor's budget is significantly larger both repair and rehabilitation as well as a new streetlight work. the moccasin generator rewind was another project for example there's 2 units at moccasin that we were looking at one needs to move forward immediately but one of them doesn't need to move forward so each one of these projects was prioritized and revisited where we believed it was okay to do that at this time. those where the reductions totalled about 179 $179 million and then there were a couple of policy decisions in the mayor's office as well to increase so the first one mentioned by the general manager was the go solar moving that to $5 million in each of the next 2 years as well as hearing the call to d
to you many streetlight enhancement projects and this was one project purchasing streetlights from pg and e and we could not identify a funding source so that unfunded project was eliminated so in the streetlight funding in the proposed budget as well as as well as the capital plan still increases 30 times so your investment that you have still going forward and included in the mayor's budget is significantly larger both repair and rehabilitation as well as a new streetlight work. the moccasin...
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which calls for pg&e and the city to find a solution to cut down 735 trees to allow better access to the natural gas pipelines. the utility still has to deal with trees from bakersfield that drop 7,000 miles gasolines. other cities are opposing tree-cutting proposals in the statewide pipeline pathways program. >>> the president's speech on energy at mountain view's wal-mart this morning will go hand in hand with the announcement that the white house is now solar-powered. the installation of american machine made panels is part of a retrofit to improve the overall energy efficiency of the building. other improvements including installation of updated building controls and variable speed fans. white house officials say the project should pay for itself in energy savings over the next eight years. eight years would be good, right? >> carter originally put solar panels on. >> have to research that. >> that makes sense because he was a nuclear engineer he was an expert on power sources. >> yesterday, we did not maximize the solar energy. >> today is better and through the week. it will be
which calls for pg&e and the city to find a solution to cut down 735 trees to allow better access to the natural gas pipelines. the utility still has to deal with trees from bakersfield that drop 7,000 miles gasolines. other cities are opposing tree-cutting proposals in the statewide pipeline pathways program. >>> the president's speech on energy at mountain view's wal-mart this morning will go hand in hand with the announcement that the white house is now solar-powered. the...
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we had the requirements that we had some assumptions in there and the interconnection agreement with pg and e which was in there and the other thing we started out on the fiscal year 2014 trying to reserve or preserve the the cca $19.5 million we were trying to preserve the go solar 2 million in energy efficiency but as you see in in the 2 years if we were unsuccessful we would have to revisit those policies and also capital cuts depending on what the outcome would be on trying to get the general fund to contribute more and so that is the picture that when we entered into the negotiations with the mayor, this is what it looked like, and so it, you know, going into the mayor's office believe me there are a lot of challenges and choices and hard choices that we had to make to try to bring our financial situation in a place where we felt comfortable and so what i would like to do is present what, who these conversations what the mayors budget included. can you go to the next slide? so this is what it looks like now so what what the mayor chose to do is actually, we were able to increase th
we had the requirements that we had some assumptions in there and the interconnection agreement with pg and e which was in there and the other thing we started out on the fiscal year 2014 trying to reserve or preserve the the cca $19.5 million we were trying to preserve the go solar 2 million in energy efficiency but as you see in in the 2 years if we were unsuccessful we would have to revisit those policies and also capital cuts depending on what the outcome would be on trying to get the...
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what we need. >> reporter: pg & e is asking everyone to keep their thermostats at 70 while at home,at 80 degrees while they're away. they're concerned about the peak hours and they believe the grid should be fine tomorrow and the rest of the week. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and our coverage continues on ktvu.com. just click on web links for more information about heat illness and how to stay safe in this hot weather. >>> we're following developing news in san diego. 20,000 homes are being evacuated because of a growing wildfire. firefighters are asking people to evacuate from the rancho bernardo and fairmont and areas north of the city. the fire began just before 11:00 this morning and has now grown to 700 acres. fueled by canyons full of dry brush and those hot dry santa ana winds. and at this point calfire says the flames are only 5% contained. >>> there's new information tonight about the deadly crash during an air show at travis air force base and how long it took crews to get to stunt pilot eddy andrini after his plane came down and caught fire. john sasaki is li
what we need. >> reporter: pg & e is asking everyone to keep their thermostats at 70 while at home,at 80 degrees while they're away. they're concerned about the peak hours and they believe the grid should be fine tomorrow and the rest of the week. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and our coverage continues on ktvu.com. just click on web links for more information about heat illness and how to stay safe in this hot weather. >>> we're following developing news...