that's pg & e's price. we know what that is. we need to know what pg & e's rate is going to be. what we maybe doing on that portion is why don't we figure out when is the best time for us to launch. when can we get contracts to launch. when you look at marin and sonoma they launched in may, lancaster launched in may of this year. i don't think we can do it this year. but perhaps we look to spring of next year because of heche hech power maybe we'll get snowpack and perhaps we'll figure out when it's best to launch. set that rate. we already know what that rate is going to be. it's going to be a pg & e rate to launch. >> they actually go to the public utilities commission to set their rates. so we know there is a schedule for rates based on that presentation. so, that seems like we can tailor to what we are seeing is going to be decisions made at the california public utilities commissioner what the rates are for pg & e's regular power for customers. >> yes, there is going to be some guessing involved in that because pg & e can change their rates 4-6 times a year. there is going

it's 34 percent lower in greenhouse gas emissions than pg & e and rates that are 5-8 percent below pg & e rates. that's an apples to apples comparison. all of the recs, definition and renewable energy is apples to apples. i'm here today -- is that it? i'm here to encourage you to proceed in your efforts to launch a well designed program. a lot of what i did plan to say has been said. so just here to encourage you to do that and a senate for climate protections stand that they are ready to share our experience and in the 9 years led to launch sonoma clean power. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> public speaker: john rizzo with the sierra club. i would like to thank you for getting this report out. it's a lot of what we have been saying for a number of years and gives you a lot of great information to go on and will help to sell the program to consumers. we do believe that the puc commissioners should set the not to exceed rates as soon as possible. there is no reason we were #r5ed -- ready to do this, the puc commission was ready to do this when they set the

we are waiting for pg & e's rates. i'm not aware this is a general business practice that you wait for a competitor's product to set their prices to make your pricing. the other part of the question because i don't know the details of these proceedings can we not set a rate and change it later. there was reference earlier to change rules to contracting rules to be successful in a new endeavor. changing times calls for us to be more flexible. let's be flexible to see what might be possible to move forward perhaps more like a private business might. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> bruce wolf, i won't announce what i'm affiliated with. the reason why the rates weren't passed the last time, the plan, let's talk about the plan, the plan was not moved on last time was because the reason we were all told that the rate had to be set first. because the rates hadn't been set we had not moved on a plan. so i'm a little concerned about the message that we are receiving today. i would try to urge you commissioners

pg&e is one of them. specifically about pg&e, they are a charitable contributor to the academy of sciences. the contributions represent less than 1 percent of charitable donations and a mere fraction of a percent of the overall budget. corporate giving for the academy is less than 5 percent of our overall budget. of that, pg&e is approximately.007 percent. furthermore, i am not involved at all in soliciting, receiving, approving or using the moneys donated by pg&e. it does not impact my salary nor does it impact my benefits. with reference to my conversation with the city attorney, there is no conflict of interest. if it comes to serves on the commission and there is something i can smell from a hundred yards away that there might be a conflict, i will consult with the city attorney and act accordingly. there is 1 board member that is employed with pg&e. however, the board consists of 41 members employed in other areas, science, technology, finance. no one trustee has the power to influence the agency or

we know the pg & e at this moment with it's object. we knew that was coming almost a year ago. based on shawn marshall's statement that opportunity to get the ball rolling now. they should include the business sector. i have heard this that they need lower rates. they have refrigerators running all day long and it's a huge part of their overhead. that dictates them not being able to pay their workers more. customers opting out later shouldn't be different than switching out from cellphone companies. san diego, san luis obispo and others are implementing this program. it's time to move expeditiously. we want our rates and to get our rates cheaper and want to forget the unreasonable pg & e rates hike now. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. >> public speaker: my name is willie rat cliff. i publish san francisco newspaper and i own rising son investment and rising sun developers. it's about time that we moved on this issue. i'm so proud that we've been out stepped. that's been the problem. but even right now, the oil companies would like to take over what we are doing about sola

that's pg & e's price. we know what that is. we need to know what pg & e's rate is going to be. what we maybe doing on that portion is why don't we figure out when is the best time for us to launch. when can we get contracts to launch. when you look at marin and sonoma they launched in may, lancaster launched in may of this year. i don't think we can do it this year. but perhaps we look to spring of next year because of heche hech power maybe we'll get snowpack and perhaps we'll figure out when it's best to launch. set that rate. we already

we are talking about setting a rate at the pg & e rate and then building a cost profile, a supply that fits within that ceiling. so i think we can parallel track those staff efrs with the rate fairness board and with staff on the program design and consultants on program design. >>supervisor john avalos: does that parallel process help to expedite? >> it should, commissioner. and depending on what sort of other changes we might be able to make to the prior program plan on the activities that happened after rate setting, i'm sorry to tell you that i think it's not doable to launch a program. i think the earliest i heard during this afternoon's conversation was this summer. it's just not, we are not physically able to do that given the requirements of notification, given the fact that we can't negotiate a contract for supply in that amount of time under the existing city contracting rules. it's just not physically possible . >> what would be great to see given that. you do seem to have some constraints to develop the process. if you can give us different scenarios that way we can have so

what are the rates that can be sustained and can we be competitive with pg & e rates doing so. all of this would feed into an updated implementation plan that would need to be filed with the california public utilities commission. there was a quick overview, but i know there is a lot to talk about. with that, i will take questions. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, we can have questions now or we can hear from the public utilities commission staff. i think harlin kelly was up next. if you have questions that you want to ask. >> thank you. >> you are here, okay. >> ms. hale. >> thank you, barbara hale. sf puc. i want to thank you for the information. i want to say the collaboration and dialogue that we had with taf was constructive. the report reinforces the number of program design elements that the puc was already considering in the cleanpowersf program. there is five key points from the enernex report that i think from a business perspective are worth emphasis. first is the report recommends that we set the energy price and then figure out the mix of supply that we can aff

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but it's also about creating independence from pg & e, or at least creating some competition for pg & e. i think that one of the reasons why the city and county of san francisco has been where it has been when it comes to its power and energy is because we've had a monopoly for many years. you know, i grew up and was born in guatemala, and in guatemala, in the town that i grew up in power went out all the time; and as someone who was living in a third world country, you never thought something like that would happen in the united states. yet, in san francisco the reliability of our system is not what you would expect and if you can ask so many of our residents who have had to deal with issues over reliability and the reason why that's there is because we have a company that has had a monopoly for so many years that it hasn't had the incentive to really address those tissues in the way that you would expect. so one thing that i am very fearful of i don't want to see cleanpowersf to be a trojan horse supported by pg & e. that is a very real fear that i have and a very real fear that man

pg&e brought in crews from oregon and washington to help with the outages. at 4:00 this morning pg&e was wiz supposed to send out an e- mail giving us an update on how much power. we will pass that information along to you. >> thank you, tara. >>> public works crews are cleaning up debris. cars splashed through flooded areas. at times people were slamming on their brakes to avoid some accidents but not everyone has success. slick roads, high speeds, and low visibility contributed to a number of crashes. >> i really worry about that. my car actually spins. so after that i just carefully drive. >> tow truck drivers say they saw 2-3 accidents per hour. high winds caused many flights to be canceled in and out of sfo. the airport duty manager tells us 118 flights were canceled yesterday alone. winds of up to 45 miles an hour made it too dangerous for some planes to land and take off. >> coming in it was pretty rough. we hit some turbulence and i feel like we had to get rerouted. >> even though there are scattered showers and winds expected today, sfo does not exp

. >>> pg&e going up for an upgrade. >> using more and more power. and we are improving the infrastructure to make sure it is there. >> another health scare for b.a.r.t. riders. what you need to know about a passenger diagnosed with the measles. >> sprinkles towards the weekend. what that means for saturday and sunday. >> and a live look right now that thursday evening commute. a live picture of 80 near university avenue in berkeley. headlights are drivers heading south. it is heavy. >> look at the toll plaza for the bay bridge. jammed up. looks like a morning commute there. the headlights heading into san francisco. really heavy for a thursday night commute. bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress any size for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is on now. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >> an explosion at a tech company injured two people and triggered a hazmat call. police say two employees were using hydrogen, i

christie smith is live at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. the company even opened up emergency operations? >> yeah that's right. they have a room full of people doing things like ordering new utility poles, utility lines when necessary. they say they're using this break in the weather to try and restore power to the majority of their customer that lost power during the storm. their emergency operation center actually open yesterday morning around 6:00 a.m. it's going to stay open through monday. it was last used during the rain in december. they say in the bay area about 96% of the impacted customers, their service has been restored now after strong winds and rain washed across the bay area toppled trees on to power lines leaving thousands of customers in the dark. more than 2,000 pg&e workers have been helping with the response. they say they have been gearing up for this system. >> it's planning ahead of time. we have tools that tell us especially our weather people where we think the storm's going to hit hardest, where the wind's going to

when all the mud is moved by caltran, pg&e will replace this. caltran will send someone to check for more cracks on the hillside. if there are cracks they may have to remove the trees at the top to stabilize all of the mud. of course this is taking place in the santa cruz mountains where mudslides are not that uncommon. boulders and debris end up in the car's path with wind and rain. >> there is nothing you can do. now we are saturated. we are getting decent rain this career. it is finally coming back. we might be on a if year. >> mudslide is okay here or there. >> part of living in the mountains. >> the road should be hopefully opened tonight. until that time, use highway 17 as the detour. >>> a neighborhood in vallejo is going on the 14th hour without power after winds brought down the power pole. people living near baxter heard a loud explosion around 9:00 last night and say the noise was splitting a power pole. there was so much wind they feared for their safety. there was wind so intense i thought it was bling in the back door and there was

pg&e tells me this happened just after 10:00 last night. so it's going to be no power for neighbors as they are gearing up for round2. we are expecting wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. we are getting a little bit of a break right now. pg&e restored power to most of the neighbors in the area. about 20 are still without power tonight. the rain will pick up later midnight. live in sausalito, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> we have a few lingers showers in the valley. from modesto and then south to merced they have some good cells. that's more on the way. overnight we got 2.5" at ben lomond. in redwood city about 1.5". here in san francisco, a little more than half an inch. up in the north bay about the same from 1.33 inches in saint helena two .75" in santa rosa. over the pacific northwest the first storm went through earlier. look at the left-hand side of your screen, that's where the next storm is coming in. we'll have the latest on the weather forecast in a few minutes. don't forget you can check the latest on the weather with our cbs bay are

pg&e is working to restore power to thousands tonight and they are asking people to have an emergency kit with the flashlight ready. >> we will see outages with the storm and we want for our customers to be as prepared as we feel we are. >> at the same time, matt jensen with elite tree service says crews are anticipating work while cleaning up from a storm in december. >> considering we're not expected to see winds that high, i think we could see a lot, but it can happen. >> as the rain rolled in, many were doing last minute preps. >> most of our neighbors getting sandbags to get ready for the storm and, you know, have to be prepared. >> nothing could have prepared william. >> they are pretty, but not the safest. >> for the tree that is now sprawled across his front yard. >> this is just the beginning. that was the first gust that we've had of the incoming storm. i don't know what we can anticipate. >> one thing pg&e says you can anticipate are more downed power lines. if you are around one, assume it is live. get away from the area immediately and call 911 and pg&e. frank. >> we can

department of the environment can do something truly amazing and not just work with the funds that pg & e is forced to take out which are much smaller. i would reiterate what commissioner crews said and back it up. we need to get that rolling and the san francisco department environment a big role in the whole idea of the behind the meter and part of this and the behind the meter to be cooked up in a plan and we need to start planning these things now and that gets back to the mantra to get to the rate fairness board immediately so the board can vote for them as quick and possible and that gives us the framework to do all this. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner crews? >>cynthia crews: i definitely don't want to steal mr. broom head's thunder but he has some pretty fantastic idea. i met with him and he walked me through that cleanpowersf showed much greater than that then ever provide right now pg & e. i think it's exciting and would love for it to be broadcast so members of the public can see that as well. thank you. >>supervisor john avalos: that sounds great. thank you for you

i'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center.re pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. >> a fresno area couple married 67 years took the phrase from death do us part literally. >> they died at home within hours of each otherment their beds were pushed together. and they held hands as they simply passed away. their daughter says that he was a dedicated husband until the end. and tried to held on as long as he could. >> my dad died holding her hand. and my mom died five hours later. we felt blessed because we know that is what they wanted. >> floyd was 90, violet, his wife, 89. they met in grammar school

>> reporter: well, you know we got an update from pg & e. they're saying in san francisco. 150 customers are without power. at this hour. but overall, of those impacted in the bay area. 99% have had their power restored. with the break in the rain. people are getting ready for the next round. at pg & e emergency operation center in san francisco it is busy. they have been open since friday morning. managing response to the storm. now looking toward sunday. >> we are prepared. we obviously have material of the people in the right place to deal with the storm. looks like it may be not as severe the you are going to get impact. >> trees toppled on power lines in the storm. early this evening they restored, 92% of customers impacted system wide. though some were still in the dark. in berkeley. the high wind proved too much yesterday also. a 90-foot pine tree came crashing down across three back grardz yard. the roof was damaged. neighbors were amazed. no one was hurt. it could have destrid their house. people inside. residents nervous. what'd we

the second sheet, you see a row 7, activity which is prepare and finalize pg & e rate comparison. that is a required communication with potential customers. as well as the requirement rows in 32. the other thing you see in rows 25. education. we have an adopted education campaign dmoptd our prior program design. we are refreshing that. that's a multilingual multimedia campaign. we are as you noted we are updating our and were looking at ways trying to project out as part of the program what we can community actively before we have the program design detail set. we are trying to time and shape our communications to establish a voice and an accurate representation of the program consistent with what the information that we have and the approvals we have. so much of the really wholehearted multimedia communication happens after we have this final rate set, after we have a good sense of what the full program offering is. but in advance of that, we do want to have some communications and we currently have some collateral material that is reflective of the old program design and we are

pg&e has already installed lights on 10 of these towers. they have five left to go and they should be finished by the end of this month. near the san mateo bridge, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> structures built before 1960 like those towers are exempt from faa regulations on lights but pg&e is doing this voluntarily. >>> thousands of unloaded containers are left on the dock as the labor dispute at the port of oakland continues. the oakland port and 28 other west he could ports will be shut down for the three-day presidents day weekend. port operators are locked in a contract fight with the long shoremen while container ships have been sitting idle for days. experts say the economy could lose $2 billion a day if the slowdown grows into a full lockout or strike. >>> up to 25 people still staying in shelters after three fires in san francisco destroyed their homes last month. the fires displaced 117 people the week of january 26. today, the american red cross will turn the shelters over to the salvation army, which plans to operate them for another

. >> reporter: the fire crews stayed there until pg&e arrived. and commuters stayed busy trying to avoid the raindrops at the bus stop. >> i forgot the umbrella. >> and even those who remembered got wet. all four of the gentlemen have umbrellas and not out right now, but i am hoping for their sake the umbrellas make it through the night. they are in for a long night, and fan fest begins at 10:00 a.m. reporting live in san francisco, jeanne ellie. >> thank you. not for the faint of heart. trees down all over the bay area. the crews are clearing the debris at a home in alamo after a tree came crashing down. this happened not far prfrom the alamo shopping plaza, and luckily nobody was hurt. >>> and another sight in all of the rain, standing water. and drivers caught off guard in coleman and san jose. the water the was nearly two feet deep. we can handle the rain but not sure that the parking lots and trees can. nbc bay area peggy bunker is in los alamos and it has been howling there. >> and you can say that again. here in the las alamos we have rece

pg&e says more than 160,000 customers lost electricity. before this afternoon, 1400 are still without power. pg&e says 2,000 workers have been dedicated to storm response. they brought in crews from southern california as well as oregon, washington, and arizona to help get the lights back on. >>> the port of oakland with 2 dozen other ports along the west coast reopened today after a partial weekend shut down. there were some crews working over the weekend sorting through the back log of containers. the focus was on unloading the containers and while some did get move truckers say little was accomplished. >> we have nothing that effected us here. i don't know what work they did. maybe they cleaned up. it didn't give us a chance to move containers. >> some customers did get a few containers but not enough to maintain a normal production schedule. negotiations dragged on since may and both sides are dead locked. >> i could see it happening like 2002. shut down till the government forces them to do the cooling off period. i don't see any hope