A city oversight committee voted Friday to commission a study on Golden State Energy, a state entity that could take control of PG&E’s infrastructure when the investor-owned utility fails or elected leaders consider it necessary.
Company representatives were absent from Friday's commission meeting. PG&E received The Examiner's request for comment and this story will be updated once we have heard back. Ex // Top Stories Has a federal injunction really made SF homelessness worse? City data shows mixed progress since last December’s ruling, with measurable proof of worsening homelessness hard to find
“We know we need a new system. San Francisco’s action today will lay the groundwork for a safe, reliable, renewable, worker and community-controlled energy system that serves all of us, not PG&E’s shareholders,” he added. Though Golden State Energy was created in June 2020 with the passage of SB 350, it only exists on paper as a backstop should PG&E fall short of the California Public Utilities Commission’s six-step “Enhanced Oversight and Enforcement” program, which was spurred in 2019 when PG&E entered bankruptcy after a string of wildfires.
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