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San Francisco Asks State Regulators for a Public Investigation of 40 PG&E Outages Since the December Blackout

October 10, 2026 by Brian (Local SF Guide)

PG&E Mission Substation at 1200 Mission Street, the Mission and 8th streets site of the December 2025 fire and part of the grid the city proposes to buy - San Francisco

San Francisco’s mayor, city attorney, board president and SFPUC chief asked the CPUC on October 8 to publicly investigate 40 large PG&E outages since the December 20 blackout.

San Francisco’s PG&E Grid Takeover: The Supervisors’ Vote Tuesday and the October 20 Price Deadline

September 21, 2026 by Brian (Local SF Guide)

The Board of Supervisors hears PG&E’s appeal of the environmental review for San Francisco’s proposed grid purchase on September 22, and PG&E must file its own valuation of the assets by October 20. The city’s estimate is $3.4 billion.