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May 22, 2019

San Francisco wants PG&E’s grid but its options are few

The city of San Francisco wants to buy its local power grid from Pacific Gas & Electric in a bid to create an independent municipal utility. But the path to "municipalizing" the city's power faces many obstacles that could complicate the process, legal experts said.

San Francisco wants PG&E’s grid but its options are few
A Pacific Gas & Electric transmission tower in Butte County in February. The city of San Francisco's desire to obtain its local power grid from the bankrupt utility could mean years of litigation and even higher rates (New York Times News Service).

The city of San Francisco wants to buy its local power grid from Pacific Gas & Electric in a bid to create an independent municipal utility. But the path to "municipalizing" the city's power faces many obstacles that could complicate the process, legal experts said.

San Francisco could only gain control of PG&E's access to the grid in one of two ways, according to George M. Soneff, a partner in the real estate litigation pra...

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