After 111 years, SF finally moving to oust PG&E and create a public-power system(48hills.org)
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After 111 years, SF finally moving to oust PG&E and create a public-power system
https://48hills.org/2024/03/after-111-years-sf-is-finally-moving-to-oust-pge-and-create-a-public-power-system/
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We don't have full Internet, but Massena, NY also has some amazingly cheap power rates and one of the highest reliability rates in the state if not the nation thanks to public power.
Less than 4 cents a kWh a month.
https://www.massenaelectric.com/residential
A good read: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena...
Less than 4 cents a kWh a month.
https://www.massenaelectric.com/residential
A good read: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena...
Don't forget the Tennessee Valley Authority.
TVA's CEO is the highest-compensated federal employee (by a significant margin) and it's because his position is worth it! We are grateful, every day, for the miracle of hydro and nuclear electric.
Yeah, the current line from the PG&E shills is that the rate hikes are justified because rural (and green) power is so expensive. It just beggars belief that anyone can say that with a straight face.
Considering how SF manages other stuff, where is the optimism coming from that they will manage this well? Genuine question.
Building a dam in Yosemite National Park sounds like it will be unpopular
The dam already exists. It was built in the Hetch Hetchy Valley, completed in 1934.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy
And it’s pretty popular.
I believe it also supplies most of the water to the area?
Yep. And it's run by the SF PUC.
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The reason coporations pay so much money fighting against electric co-ops (and unionized labor) is because it costs more money to offer better services — it's WORTH IT.
Congrats, SF, for finally escaping the clutches of Pacific Gas & Electric.