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After 111 years, SF finally moving to oust PG&E and create a public-power system
- IAMMidway 3y agoConsidering how SF manages other stuff, where is the optimism coming from that they will manage this well? Genuine question.
- engineer_22 3y agoBuilding a dam in Yosemite National Park sounds like it will be unpopular
- devoutsalsa 3y agoThe 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
- jayzalowitz 3y agoI believe it also supplies most of the water to the area?
- inferiorhuman 3y agoYep. And it's run by the SF PUC.
- prepend 3y agoAnd it’s pretty popular.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI'll take any opportunity to rant positively about how great living in Chattanooga, Tennessee is: our local city-owned electric board provides (up to, customer's choice) 20gbps synchronous fiber optic to every single address it delivers power. 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.
- kotaKat 3y agoWe 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 https://www.massenaelectric.com/residential A good read: https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena-new-york https://nysfocus.com/2023/06/21/public-power-utility-massena...
- inferiorhuman 3y agoDon't forget the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoTVA'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.
- inferiorhuman 3y agoYeah, 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.
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