so we're interested in seeing pg&e treat their care customers equally and exempt them here in the pg&e service territory. so that's an issue that's being addressed at the cpuc now. >> what is typically the charge? >> you mean the dollar amount? about a penny per kilowatt hour. >> per kilowatt hour. >> yeah. so as we look at our program economics, our cca program economics, that's important to us because from the customer perspective the decision to move will have an economic impact, even if our supply is exactly the same cost as pg&e's supply, this will have that pcia cost that follows them as they leave pg&e, so we have to strive to have our program be a penny per kilowatt hour cheaper so that the customer is financially indifferent to make the change. what we are proposing here, or what parties are proposing here at the california puc is to make it so that low income qualified care customers don't have to pay that charge. >> what does pcia stand for? >> customer indifference adjustment. what's the p power. power cost indifference adjustment. >> and that would be as long as the sunri

is not community crisis is not a community project that has no competition it has competition from pg&e and there are political issues around community choice being b being we need to get the program approved before the election this november so we can't be slipping on the timelines and i would add with the not to exceed rate that we need to make sure at the next meeting on april 14th that you folks as a commission are saying to staff that okay. today we're going to tell you to send those not to exceed rates that match pg&e brown pourn a rates to the ratepayer i forgot the name of the board. >> the fairness board so there's no delay on that when we're seeing staff asking for details anything that can be accelerated needs to be accelerated that means if we accelerate taking not to exceed rates to the fairness board we needed freed need to do that more quickly if we don't get the rates pushed in the papers before pg&e roles out it's program and talks about it presumably great rate to market the product we'll be behind the eight ball marketing to the public it is really important for us

&e pg&e is that the expectation with our program? >> barbara hale that's our hope we will know after we go out to bid and see what the market is offering us if we can achieve that but that's absolutely where we want to be you know leading with affordability is the objective for that part of the program that competes with pg&e's default service. >> what is the mix of different energy sources that we're looking at com procter at at com to misnomer. to sonoma. >> they can go in sonoma because they have the geysers and we don't have that in san francisco i think the light green yes and the deep green -- there might have to be some outside because we don't have enough at a reasonable rate to be able to produce it here in san francisco that part might be slightly different if i'm not mistaken. >> so as we bring our program design to our commission, part of what we're talking about here is what's local embedded in what we're talking about sonoma is in a different position than us in terms of locally within the county's foot print so how we

kelly how do we know what the light green rate is going to be for pg&e we're making an assumption we don't know for sure. >> right now pg&e doesn't have a light green they're having a brown rate which is 25 percent returnable and we're looking at 3233 like marin we can offer that at the same price pg&e is offering their 25 percent so our product will be greener the same price and the beauty is those people will automatically be in our program we talk about their martha they're marketing the greener product and having people opt into that program we'll have those folks in your program so for me we have an advantage i'd like to move both the products once you have an opportunity to communicate with the rate fairs or the customers we would like to give them opportunity to convince them to sign into the greener product at the same time their automatically coming out our program that's what i want to do is give them a choice you can going come into our promissory note program or opt into a greener program with more build outs so we need to define that that is how i'd like to you know mark

say here's how much it's going to cost us and here's how much our rate is and set it a cent less than pg&e so you can claim to be to be cheaper and that gap tells you how much money you have for build out whether it's energy efficiency or behind the meter solar whether it's large-scale, you know how much money you have that's when you can then determine what kind of programs we can offer and how much can we actually build with this program when we get launched and that's the key thing and we issued this report in january it was actually out in early release and drafts and being finalizes and the mayor's office announced they then therefore wanted to do this work and at that point i'm going to hand it to assistant manager hale and i wanted to mention one key thing the sun shares program is a great program. we we should be figuring out how to utilize that program and sign up for a hundred for a hundred percent green program and then also how do we maybe create an energy efficiency program that uses that same type of model. we find contractors who can do the work and get those customers int

our staff has considerable experience with pg&e's on bill finance program which has a minimum $5,000 loan and the application review is quite lengthy because they are not a bank and don't want to be in the business as such. some of our contractors avoid these on bill financing completely. there is talk at the cpuc of private financing but we fear higher rates for small customers. our department has led on the long road to a viable pace program and we think that will be a key offering to midand large size customers. again, we want to address small customers moving forward. this is what a comprehensive program might look like. this is a multi use build not guilty chinatown. in a future program we'd like to work with all the ray payers in a long-term phased project. we would start on the ground floor and do the led lighting we have done in so many of our other projects. then we'd move into our restaurant downstairs, we would build on our cool savings program, a pilot we are doing right now, looking to more accurately account for the savings from this project. we would move to the reside

city has the availability to apply for those moneys and some moneys actually still have to go through pg&e and they were pointing out some of differences and also the early discussion of this program was that it was going to be mostly focussed on residential but commercial and residential would be involved. it was in some ways on the back burner in some instances and so while the big picture stuff was on the residential and they were bringing up yes we know commercial can be done and highlighting some some of the things already in the program and the importance of of the commercial and industrial to the program. if we can change our climate and start reversing it back to where it needs to to be we might have some extra resource in hetchy and how we can utilize that better for for the residential and commercial customers in the city would be able to access hetchy if there's excess available after the city meets their net and solar incentives and behind the meter work and then they looked at how financing can work around these programs and looked at next steps and i guess i'm missing the o

i don't think what pg&e or the electrical union might try next time san francisco does this, but they they can be an ally and they can also fight and i think it's really up to them to decide which path they want to take but i think if you can engage your customers directly and make sure they understand that that pg&e doesn't lose profit because of this that you have a really close nexus to your customers and you can design the programs they are asking you for when pg&e pg&e might be more limited you can do things that are taylored to your city and you have more flexibility you can use data in ways that pg&e is restricted on because of puc rules and that can actually help your customers you can target customers with very high electric bills and do direct outreach as long as you are not engaging a private company to to do that outreach for you that's allowed and pg&e pg&e has prohibitions around that and i would encourage you to you to think about the possibility of a partnership and we've enjoyed that that in sonoma county and it is possible. we want you to succeed we're routing for yo

an attack on a pg&e sub station.nswered question -- was it a trial run by potential terrorists. now pg&e has made significant improvements to the substation in south san jose. chief investigative reporter tony coveleski reports on the potential failures in the company's security system. >> reporter: it's the sight and sound of change, a move the make this high voltage electric substation more resistant to an attack. >> no question it was a big deal. >> reporter: john wellinghoff is the former chair of the regulatoriy commission. this is security camera video of the 19-minute attack that destroyed 17 transformers, costing $15 million in damage and concern that it was either an act of terrorism or potentially a trial run for future assaults on the nation's power grid. >> i think it was a wake-up call for the entire industry, there's no question about it. >> reporter: local and federal law enforcement never named suspects, have made no arrests and no person or organization has publicly claimed responsibility. pg&e respo

do you think pg and e has done enough now to prevent another attack? >> we are working every day to make sure it never happens again, tony. >> reporter: but there was a clear difference between what pg and e was saying and what an nbc bay area investigation discovered last summer at substations in northern and central california. you were out of metcalf. is it still vulnerable to an attack today? it is vulnerable to the same kinds of attack from a different angle. would it take a little more time? probably. >> reporter: he has asked us to protect his identity because he has two decades of military experience. >> i'm looking for people. >> reporter: he visited and annized security at many of pg and e's substations including metcalf. >> reporter: guys trained like you, how long would it take. >> less than 15 minutes. >> reporter: and that vulnerability became even more apparent last august. 16 months after the original attack vandals executed a second security breach at the metcalf substation cutting their way through perimeter fencing and stealing thous

respond to the proposed massive financial penalty levy on pg&e for its role in the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion. >> stephanie chuang is joining us live. in addition to the record fine, the utility could face tougher safety measure tas too. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. we're set to hear from the san bruno mayor and other city leaders on this most recent proposal by the president that adds $200 million to the penalty ordered by two judges just last year. this, of course, against pg&e for the september 2010 explosion and fire and for the utility's recordkeeping practices. that explosion killed eight people, injured 66 others and destroyed 38 homes. they say the fines will deter future violations by not just pg&e but other gas pipeline operators. this week the city of san bruno is slated to file its response to the latest proposal and add recommended additional safety measures. the penalty proposed by cpc

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

there, pg&e hydrographers take snow surveys, measuring the snowpack. but in california's current drought, spokesman paul moreno says, the snow levels are down. >> pam: "statewide, the snow pack is moreno said. "meaning, it is only nine percent of the snow it normally would be." >> pam: we are a long way from normal. california is still on the mountains is showing it. >> pam: "the reason why the snowpack is very important is the snowpack acts as an additional reservoir that will release it's water later in the year," explained moreno. >> pam: pg&e hydrographers are the people measuring the snow. they are at the lower lassen peak snow course this week, calculating the levels. >> pam: "knowing what the snow levels are for the year are very important because it allows us to forecast how much hydroelectric power we're going to be able to produce this year," said moreno. >> pam: pg&e hydrographers use a snow sampler to measure the depth of snow at any given water equivalent. >>"you drive this tube down grant higginbotham, a pg&e hydrographer. "get the depth.

pg&e deserve some credit here? >> absolutely no question.deserve some credit from moving on this. >> reporter: a move that includes increased on-site security, more security cameras, better lighting and concrete perimeter fencing that better protects the critical transformers. transformers responsible for powering much of silicon valley. they're all upgrades that follow pressure from state and federal regulators. >> pg&e is getting ahead of the game and getting ahead of those requirements and actually putting things in place that will protect those facilities. >> reporter: i'm tony coveless i can, nbc bay area news. >> pg&e declined our request to talk about the upgraids in front of cameras. instead, they released a statement that says, quote, the safety and security of our facilities is always our top priority and we'll continue to be vigilant in reviewing our facilities for any risks and threats. pg&e says it's also upgrading security at other facilities. if you have a tip for our investigative unit please give us a call at 888-996-tips or

has pg&e done enough to protect the metcalf station from attacks? >> we are doing everything that we can, tony. >> reporter: but, from what they are saying and what we discovered between northern and central california. is metcalf still vulnerable to the attacks? >> it is vuler inable from a different angle. would it take more time? prob probably. >> reporter: he asked to protect his identity, because he has two decades of training. he visits and analyzes the security at critical stations including metcalf. the guys are trained like you shgs, and what could be done, and how long would it take? >> metcalf could be repeated across all of the sites that i was shown in less than 15 minutes. >> reporter: and that vulnerability became apparent last august. less than two years of the attacks, vandals repeated the attacks cutting through perimeter fencing, and stealing construction equipment all unde undetected by what pg&e described high level security. and nouw, seven months later the construction crews and the heavy equipment is proving that pg&e is spen

pg and e is trying to force to [inaudible] for decades. pg and e is also trying to make the city pay for existing facilities the city already paid for years ago. if the city is forced to agree to the terms it will allow pg and e to export taxpayer dollars. last year there was a complaint filed thatologed pg and e unreasonable denied service to the city. it urges our state and federal representatives to express support. i want to thank cosponsors supervisor breed, compose, coen, kim, mar and wiener for your support as well. that will be going to the next weeks board meeting. the next item i have for introduction is a ordinance to better regulate political committees that encourage someone who is not yet a official candidate to run for office. the ethics commission approved this ordinance back in 2012 in the wake of the run edrun campaign. there were 2 different committees that encouraged edlee to run for mayor. one of which was registered as a primarily formed committee and registered undeer the less rigierly regialated general purpose comm

we're subjected to pg&e's authority and that of the cpuc's energy division. the result is more latitude in program design so bayren gives us a proof of concept. in just 18 months it's touched 95 hundred residential units and introduces new measures to get deeper energy savings built on actual energy saves and accessible because it works directly with the puc instead of through pg&e and effectively expanded on the energy watch model but want to do more for all of our customers. we think that cca gives us that opportunity our long-term vision is to continue to improve on our energy efficiency offerings and we know we can not do this right away and our current programs

included in the 28 acre sites they will be a port owned property on illinois outlined in pink was the pg&e on the corner of 22nd and illinois those properties are constituent as part of the special use district and analyzed as part of the environmental review process the more holistic plating approach so as contemplated in the term shoot you'll see the notice of precipitation those properties are included in the plan those properties have been the subject of much planning before the city has joined the project this is a master plan you'll see the 20th and illinois property as outlined as 3 ab on the site it was contemplated those will be residential use so consistent with the 2010 master plan the proposed projects has those properties and residential use pr moving south to the pg&e property the hocking down yard outlined in relayed you'll recall it is directly adjacent or across the street excuse me. from the pg&e switchyard on 22nd and it is a soil recycling facility that commission approved nearly a year ago a lease agreement for impaneling cable that included the terms to purchase the

a huge fence is going up around the south bay of pg&e sub stations. this could have been the target of an attack that attack triggered a bay area investigation into the facilities at 14 different facilities in california. well, that investigation found that two facilities appeared to be completely unmanned. at several others security guards failed to controlpatrol the perimeter. pg&e says that this new fence at the sub station is part of a $100 million security improvement plan for all of the facilities. the met calf line is the first location where they are making improvements. now along with the fence they are also installing other high tech measures. the improvement should be finished by the end of the month. pg&e hopes to have all of the upgrades done by the end of the month. >>> newly released video leading to the suspension of two security guards at fremont high school. look at this video in fremont in january. you can see a student confronted by two security guards. then they put him in a chokehold. you can see them drag him across your screen

stchlt effort to better secure pg&e sub station in south san jose almost finished. sniper attacked the power station in 2013 then last year thieves broke in. lisa is live to explain the upgrades. lisa? >>reporter: right now the lighting is already pwechlts more camera up. more barrier and even more security guards and by the end of this month getting into this place should be harder than ever before. construction is in the final stage and security and power sub station. the work started in 2013. after sniper fired more than 100 rounds and knocked out 17 transformers. in a statement pg&e said quote we didn't wait for new legislation or new regulation to take action. but last year there was another security breach. thieves cut through that i know link fence and stole construction equipment i hope they do what they say they are going to did and they will complete security l. >>reporter: state senator hill cautiously optimistic and glad the work nearly completed in metcalf where a stone wall enclose the entire facility and security guards will patrol 24 security guards

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

he wants more than the $1.6 billion in penalties against pg&e. he did say he praised ctc president michael pickers decision to add $200 million to the fine. that's the proposal, anyway, on top of the $1.4 billion ordered by two judges against pg&e for the explosion and fire for insufficient record keeping. he also supports picker pfz proposal shifting hundreds of millions of dollars from the general fund for pipeline safety. that cuts the share holders payment into the state general fund from $950 million to $300 million, and adds $850 million to go specifically to pipeline safety improvements. that's in addition to $400 million in a refund to rate payers in the form of a one-time bill credit as well as $50 million to implement more than 75 safety improvements. the mayor said it's a fight not just for the people of san bruno but all californians and their safety. >> explosion in caramel, an explosion in cordoba. it's happening all over the state and it's not going to end. we understand there are accidents, but some of the most frustrating parts o

with pg&e, it's been challenging to expect them to do the right thing. >> pg&e promises to spend $100 million to secure its substation by 2016. >>> a small group of major leaguers can say they played for the giants and the a's. >> indeed. comedian will ferrell can say he played for both bay area clubs and eight others all in the same day. >> is it possible to win a gold glove in spring training? >> absolutely not. >> ferrell's baseball odyssey took him to five different parks to play five games around phoenix. buster posey's job is probably safe, after ferrell put on the catcher's gear. ferrell might be a little score this morning. he played all nine positions in the field and served as designated hitter. >> i don't know if i need it. i already signed up for rotator cuff surgery. i'm just going to go in and say cut me open. i'm pretty sure it's all shredded in there. >> ferrell's baseball blitz raised money for cancer research. >> he's so funny. be careful what you say about shoulder surgery. >> he told the a's short stop he might be on a bus back to toledo because he's not doing so w

firefighters in pg&e responded. pg&e used money that was supposed to go toward preparing an aging san bruno pipeline for raises. the la times reports records handed over show pg&e asked for $5 million in 2007. but the work was never done. it asked for another 5 million in 2010 to do the same job. that money came from customer. it was instead used to give executive raises. >> call it a sport or call it a show. wrestle mania is entertainment that attracts a large and loyal following. maria medina is live in san jose where the wrestlers and the fans are ready to rumble. maria? >> reporter: the first day of wrestle mania access, this is all leading up to the big match on sunday. >> everybody here having a great time so far? [ cheers and applause ] >> wrestle mania is absolutely the biggest week of the year. >> reporter: it is the big show ender of the wwe season. and for the first time ever, wrestle mania. >> yeah! >> reporter: is here in the silicon valley. >> this is such a big deal to me. last time they were in calif

. >> reporter: pg&e asked car dealers to bring in demonstrators of their vehicles. pg&e also invited some of their employees to try and possibly buy one. >> we want to encourage employees to lead to way. i brought a range of manufacturers out here. >> reporter: they already operates 3500 alternative fuel vehicles. cars and trucks. dealers representing 7 different brands of vehicles from lower end vehicles to detroit's pure electric. the cadillac. instead of using a closed course the employees took to the roads for a better idea of how the cars perform. the one draw back, since gas prices plunged, sales of electric dropped off too. some blame cold weather. february sales of the leaf are down 16% following a 15% decline in january. gm reports february sales of the volt were down 45% from a year ago. and toyota reports sales of the prius were down 6%. pg&e says they promise to have a strong future. >> with gas prices i think anyone would be fool harded to keep them low. you can charge on a very clean power mix of pg&e with 50% from carbb free sources. a win -- carbon f

stchlt effort to better secure pg&e sub station in south san jose almost finished. sniper attacked the power station in 2013 then last year thieves broke in. lisa is live to explain the upgrades. lisa? >>reporter: right now the lighting is already pwechlts more camera up. more barrier and even more security guards and by the end of this month getting into this place should be harder than ever before. construction is in the final stage and security and power sub station. the work started in 2013. after sniper fired more than 100 rounds and knocked out 17 transformers. in a statement pg&e said quote we didn't wait for new legislation or new regulation to take action. but last year there was another security breach. thieves cut through that i know link fence and stole construction equipment i hope they do what they say they are going to did and they will complete security l. >>reporter: state senator hill cautiously optimistic and glad the work nearly completed in metcalf where a stone wall enclose the entire facility and security guards will patrol 24 security guards

customers will get a bill from pg and e. >> mce says customers pay $1.50 less than with pg and e. 22%newable. >> not only staying with mce opted for a more expensive plan that uses 100% renewable energy. so what about maimy? >> if it works for people here, fine i don't think it will work for me. >> residents can opt out at any time. however, if you wait more than 60 days, that opt out will cost $5. go to abc7 news.com and look for me under the seks tab. >> couldn't look better. >> sunny skies around the bay area now. and there is a frost advisory going up towards mendocino county continuing until 8:00 a.m . so tomorrow nice warm, 80 degrees. 74 in los angeles here in the bay area sunny skies and warm conditions as well. and here is the accu-weather forecast. there goes my voice. temperatures dropping friday, first day of spring. and abc7 with larry beil live tonight. and warriors don't have allergy issues. and a prev female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing

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pg&e asked for $5 million in 2007. the work was never done. asked for another $5 million in 2010 to do the same job. money came from customers and was instead use to give raises to pg&e executives. >>> if you live in san mateo county, look out for lions. mountain lions! the latest big cat sighting happened on wednesday night on club drive in san carlos. so far, five mountain lions have been spotted roaming county neighborhoods in the past three weeks. neighbors say they are used to seeing wildlife but not mountain lions. >> we are concerned. at night we always make sure we close all the glass because you can't be certain as to what can happen. >> the california department of fish & wildlife says the drought is probably sending the cats into neighborhoods to look for food. >>> first of its kind religious freedom law in indiana not sitting well in the bay area. indiana's governor has signed a law that allows businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers for religious reasons. >> this bill is not about discrimination. and if i thought it lega

stchlt effort to better secure pg&e sub station in south san jose almost finished.ation in 2013 then last year thieves broke in. lisa is live to explain the upgrades. lisa? >>reporter: right now the lighting is already pwechlts more camera up. more barrier and even more security guards and by the end of this month getting into this place should be harder than ever before. construction is in the final stage and security and power sub station. the work started in 2013. after sniper fired more than 100 rounds and knocked out 17 transformers. in a statement pg&e said quote we didn't wait for new legislation or new regulation to take action. but last year there was another security breach. thieves cut through that i know link fence and stole construction equipment i hope they do what they say they are going to did and they will complete security l. >>reporter: state senator hill cautiously optimistic and glad the work nearly completed in metcalf where a stone wall enclose the entire facility and security guards will patrol 24 security guards will patrol 24-7. if it weren