as you might imagine, the california puc has been pressuring them to make those repairs as quickly as possible. to get a new easement where they would have to replace some of the pipe would take months. we are attempting to give them revocable permits that would allow them to start the work as quickly as possible. it does mean that we will be bringing back to you and to the board of supervisors permanent easements, but to be clear, we are giving memory vocable -- refocus it -- revocable permits that would be easier to say no to later. one of them would be the crystal springs golf course. they're trying to replace, in one case, 39 mi. of pipe. this is a big job and they're trying to do it as fast as possible. our intent in mind to be your and our objection would be to give them reach vocable permits the -- revocable permits. >> will there be easements granted? >> there will be easements, but in this case, they just tend to be over a little bit from where the pipes were. >> there just over a little bit from -- ? >> that is the norm. >> and it is natural gas? rex it is. -- >> is. >> my o

one of the issues i am pretty familiar with, you currently get your power from puc. and by california puc, at energy commission, you cannot become a utility. if you are putting meters in, they have to be put into the san francisco puc. they have not talked to ports at all. they were unaware of this going on. i am trying to say, there are so many loose ends that you cannot possibly get it by september. if you put that as a deadline, it will make it difficult for the staff to dig down the enough to come up with the solution. we need to have access, it be able to give you something to send out to each and every -- i never opened my bill. so that we can reach out to those people. we have enough time to do this dance like whether it is parking more power and so forth. -- loose ends like whether it is parking or power and so forth. >> susie smith. >> i am here because we have a family boats at pier 40. i am also here to plead for more time. a lot of people are unaware of what is going on. we have some people who are residents of the city, some who are not. i know people are up here reaching

have to pay up to 95% of the cost -- >> i find it offensive their proposal expects the puc to allow them to take from customers 1 1/2 billion dollars in profit. >> the california public utilities commission forced pg&e to upgrade its natural gas pipeline system after the 2010 san bruno explosion and fire. pg&e admits ratepayers would pay close to 85% of the coast but they call it fair. >> we believe this is fair pipeline maintenance required ongoing effort. >> hill is also promoting a bill that would prohibit pg&e from using ratepayers funds to pay foreexecutive bonuses. >>> fire -- fire crews making progress against a forest fire threatening three towns more than 3,000 residents remain evacuated since the lightning fire saturday. right now the ponderosa fire 30% contained more than 16,000 acres. seven homes destroyed and thousands are threatened. bay area fire crews are on the lines. last week's fires in clearlake were less than half the size of the ponderosa fire. >>> it would be nice if that got up there probably tomorrow then it will turn around and go away see the smoke in the northern parts of the sacramento valley and winds blowing the smoke to the nort

blast that killed eight people, the california public utilities commission ordered pg and e to test and replace much of its massive pipeline system. pg and e has requested the puclow the utility to ask customers to pick up the $2.2 billion repair tab. for customers that would mean an additional $2 a month for the average household for the next 40 years. san mateo assemblyman jerry hill today called that offensive. >> the puc should not allow pg and e to force its customers to pick up the tab for work resulting from decades of neglect. >> reporter: hill and the consumer group, turner are urging the puc to shootdown the proposal, and asking shareholders to pay for the repairs. pg and e says shareholders have already paid for repair projects the past two years. >> this proposed $2.2 billion is something that will continue to make our system safer in the future our system will always require maintenance. >> we've paid enough. we paid with lives. we paid with damage. >> reporter: the puc is expected to vote on pg and e's proposed rate increase in about 30 days. in san bruno, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> lawmakers in sacramento have now passed a bill that coul

blast that killed eight people, the california public utilities commission ordered pg and e to test and replace much of its massive pipeline system. pg and e has requested the pucallow the utility to ask customers to pick up the $2.2 billion repair tab. for customers that would mean an additional $2 a month for the average household for the next 40 years. san mateo assemblyman jerry hill today called that offensive. >> the puc should not allow pg and e to force its customers to pick up the tab for work resulting from decades of neglect. >> reporter: hill and the consumer group, turner are urging the puc to shootdown the proposal, and asking shareholders to pay for the repairs. pg and e says shareholders have already paid for repair projects the past two years. >> this proposed $2.2 billion is something that will continue to make our system safer in the future our system will always require maintenance. >> we've paid enough. we paid with lives. we paid with damage. >> reporter: the puc is expected to vote on pg and e's proposed rate increase in about 30 days. in san bruno, rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> lawmakers in sacramento have now passed a bill that co

the chronicle reports of safety program manager for the puc says pg&e is too concerned with financial performance now urging the commission to impose sanctions against the company. >>> a grizzly bear killed in california at killed a have california hiker in alaska the attack happened on prided the national park and the center of alaska the victim has been identified as a 49 year-old richard white of san diego and the park service said it appears the bear attacked whites after he got too close will taking pictures. >>> of course you need to be 21 years old to gamble at reno and harris but they may no exception to the skies to year-old male mountain lion spotted roaming outside of the plaza on friday, after he tried to get into the casino. they found him hiding under a stage and had to use 3 tranquilizer darts to remove him safely. >>> it was dangerous because of where it was it was in danger because of the behavior that was displaying and that's important. >>> the mountain lion was released today with tranquilizers or off researchers will now track his movements within ear tag and gps caller is not uncommon to see more animals in the city we have hot and dry weather. >>> when you board a commercial tou

the annual usage. >> the puc declined an on camera interview for this story and referred us back to pg&e saying it is their customer and their issue. the californiacommission says it lacks jurisdiction over the net energy metering program. so harry is left without a credit, though he did get that $10.35. so why that amount? turns out other homeowners complained about giving away the surplus. now a new state law does provide a small payment to homeowners for their extra energy. it is paid in a wholesale rate set by the state puc. that rate is now about $.03 cents per kilowatt hour. consumersconsumers are not intitled to be paid the full rate for their surplus electricity under the law. harry had a hard time, so we showed it to him, but still didn't make him happy. >> don't say i have a credit and tell me i don't have a credit. >> harry is upset because pg&e charges him $12 a month for electric tries distribution and public subsidees. he thought the fees were included in his credit. we reported that to the state puc, and they have agreed to investigate. we'll get back to you on that. and we will be talking to a state lawmaker who wants solar power

the annual usage. >> the puc declined an on camera interview for this story and referred us back to pg&e saying it is their customer and their issue. the californiay commission says it lacks jurisdiction over the net energy metering program. so harry is left without a credit, though he did get that $10.35. so why that amount? turns out other homeowners complained about giving away the surplus. now a new state law does provide a small payment to homeowners for their extra energy. it is paid in a wholesale rate set by the state puc. that rate is now about $.03 cents per kilowatt hour. consumersconsumers are not intitled to be paid the full rate for their surplus electricity under the law. harry had a hard time, so we showed it to him, but still didn't make him happy. >> don't say i have a credit and tell me i don't have a credit. >> harry is upset because pg&e charges him $12 a month for electric tries distribution and public subsidees. he thought the fees were included in his credit. we reported that to the state puc, and they have agreed to investigate. we'll get back to you on that. and we will be talking to a state lawmaker who wants solar powe