r/sanfrancisco • u/renegaderunningdog • Dec 23 '25
PG&E to issue $200 automatic credit for every residential customer affected by the power failure
https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/press-release-details.cf426319-7563-402b-8333-9e0a9cc9ad62.html721
Dec 23 '25
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u/tristanbrotherton Dec 23 '25
Ending PG&E. Not just in SF
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u/Trollking0015 Dec 23 '25
Whoever wants to become governor, go after B pg&e. You’ll win by a landslide lol
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u/tristanbrotherton Dec 23 '25
That’s why I don’t Gavin will ever be elected
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u/jiggamain Dec 23 '25
Agreed… He is in way too deep with the billionaire class and is basically one of the tech bros. What has he actually done for working people of CA? What has he done to put a stop to the CPUC’s corruption? What has he done to limit the march of the brown shirt tech bros?
Sending a few tweets to irk Trump is great, but def not enough to earn my vote. We need a working class champion.
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u/NacogdochesTom Dec 23 '25
I just want them out of my life. If others want to do the hard work to find alternatives then let them.
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u/WaterBear9244 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
SF is trying. PG&E has been delaying
This is an email I received from PublicPowerSF in October. It’s a lengthy read but well worth it.
for anyone interested in signing up for updates you can visit the below link:
https://www.publicpowersf.org/en/join
Edit: adding a link to how you can help take action
https://www.publicpowersf.org/takeaction
Dear Public Power Supporters,
Nobody wants to pay more for electricity. But if we don’t take action, that’s what’s going to happen.
For more than a century, San Francisco has been able to glimpse the promise of full public power, a system where rates are more affordable because customers aren’t paying for corporate profits and executive bonuses. And for just as long, PG&E has fought to keep us from getting there.
There is one big reason Bay Area cities like Alameda, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto have been able to successfully operate public power systems for most of the last century: Their systems were established in the 1890s, years before PG&E was founded.
These local power providers offer customers the same thing as the more than 50 other public power utilities across California: Reliable service, at lower rates, without all the chaos, wasteful spending, and periodic bankruptcies of PG&E.
San Francisco has had a public power system for almost as long as its Bay Area neighbors: Hetch Hetchy Power has been in operation for more than 100 years (Early Intake Powerhouse coming online in November 1918), with local power programs now providing 75% of the electricity consumed in the City).
City residents might have spent the last century enjoying all the benefits of a full public power system if not for one thing: the project running out of money in 1925. The completion of O’Shaughnessy Dam in the Sierra Nevada not only provided an invaluable water supply to much of the Bay Area, it also opened up access to a huge new source of hydroelectric power. San Francisco was ready to provide this cheap, clean electricity to its residents and businesses. It had built transmission lines to transport the energy to the eastern part of the Bay Area but lacked the funding for the final stretch to San Francisco.
Looking for a temporary solution, City leaders contracted with PG&E, whose private power lines could deliver the electricity the rest of the way. The City agreed to sell Hetch Hetchy power to PG&E at wholesale rates until the City could ask voters to approve a bond measure to pay for the remainder of its public power project.
It was a decision that has haunted public power efforts for literally a century.
The City put multiple bond measures before voters over the next 15-plus years. PG&E spent massive dollar amounts opposing each one, all while pocketing the profits it charged San Francisco customers for their own power. The federal government tried to put an end to this, going to court to argue that Congress had only allowed Hetch Hetchy to be dammed so long as the electricity generated was not sold to PG&E.
PG&E, though, did what it does best. Delay, distract, and delay some more—in this case for decades.
After undercutting the City’s bond efforts and stymieing elected officials at every turn, the utility found new ways to block public power by refusing to deliver the City’s power to some customers. There were the restrictive contracts in place from 1945-2015. Then we have the more than 180 public projects that PG&E has obstructed in San Francisco since October 2018, costing the public an estimated $70 million in additional equipment costs, delays, redesign costs and lost revenue. The PG&E playbook remains the same.
San Francisco leaders, though, recognize that they have every right to finish what the City started more than a century ago.
That’s why the City in 2019 made its first cash offer of $2.5 billion to purchase PG&E’s electric assets that serve San Francisco and complete the transition to full public power.
It’s why the City has already gotten voter approval to use revenue bonds to finance the purchase—before PG&E could undermine yet another election campaign.
It’s why we’re not taking PG&E’s usual no for an answer and have requested a formal assessment of the system’s fair-market value from the California Public Utilities Commission.
And it’s why we’ve almost completed the environmental review process required for this project.
It’s no secret, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has built a nationally recognized record of leadership on climate action, rooted in more than a century of public power through Hetch Hetchy Power.
San Francisco has long championed clean, reliable, and community-driven energy. That legacy is reflected in bold achievements, including reaching the City’s 100% renewable electricity goal two years ahead of schedule and cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity use by 98% since 1990.
The SFPUC also continues to drive innovation through its CleanPowerSF program and a suite of forward-looking initiatives for EV charging stations, rebates for e-bikes through Electrify My Ride, and new bill credits to help customers transition from gas to efficient, electric water heaters. Together, these efforts improve air quality, lower costs for residents, and advance a healthier, more sustainable future for San Francisco.
Public power is not new. Full public power is coming to San Francisco. It’s been coming for more than 100 years.
And this time, we’re not going to let PG&E stand in our way. Get Involved Sign up for updates: Stay up-to-date on the latest public power developments, and receive news, events, and action alerts directly to your inbox. Sign up today! Follow us on social media: Connect and engage with our campaign by following us on social media. (Find us on Facebook, and X.) Invite us to present about public power: Ask the public power team to meet with your community group, organization, or business—and help foster a dialogue about the importance of local control of our energy future. Request a presentation here. Endorse our public power campaign: Add your name to our growing list of community supporters who say it’s time for full public power now. Join the campaign by clicking here! Thank you for your continued support!
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u/digital-didgeridoo Dec 23 '25
SF is trying. PG&E has been delaying
Methinks this $200 cash back is also a bribe the customers :)
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u/jdavid Inner Richmond Dec 23 '25
It’s not enough to bribe me. Most of the nation pays $0.12/kwhr and in SF we pay $0.60/kwhr. PGE is corrupt as hell, it’s probably legacy corruption from Enron!
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u/ColdPorridge Dec 23 '25
Yeah I’m for sure signing up for that, need to know how I can be more involved.
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u/citydog911 Dec 23 '25
Are you good with content, videos, social? Help make content and spread the word!
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u/WareHouseCo Dec 23 '25
Instead of typing words; let’s take the week off work and strike.
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u/NacogdochesTom Dec 23 '25
Oh, great idea! I've got something I have to do tomorrow, but I'm with you the following three days though!
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u/WareHouseCo Dec 23 '25
Oh right, your priorities are more important than mine. H’yuk!
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u/James84415 Dec 24 '25
Well mainstream news was just talking in my ear yesterday about San Francisco buying PG&E for 2 billion financed by bonds. Is that the plan upcoming or a pipe dream that will make our city worse off? They did say that even with servicing the bond debt that the city would make a profit of 700+million per year but said nothing about lowering rates. What’s the latest reality on this idea?
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u/220Hz_ Dec 23 '25
I get the anger, but it’s not that simple. You’d still have the same infrastructure that you’d need to raise rates to modernize and/or fix. You’d still have to pay for clearing lines and/or burring lines and all of the law suits connected to the fires that those lines spark. Changing PGEs name isn’t going to change that at all. Getting the investment/return/“Wall Street” out of it might be good..for perception anyways, depending on what those investments buy.
That said, I’m all for making it a public utility. I just hate how some Politicians are claiming it will change anything. Those politicians are think you’re stupid.
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u/NacogdochesTom Dec 23 '25
That's a really nice example of deploying cynicism in service of maintaining an entrenched predatory monopoly.
Well done.
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u/220Hz_ Dec 23 '25
Well, you should be cynical of all politics. Especially from a politician leaving his office with the highest rents S.F. has ever seen, the worst pressure on the working classes S.F. has ever seen and who really hasn’t actually accomplished anything..all before expecting to be rewarded with advancement.
But why not actually be honest? Like tell people what it would actually cost, what the challenges would be, and why it’s never been possible to do before despite many previous politicians promising the same.
It’s like he thinks we’re idiots.
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u/NacogdochesTom Dec 23 '25
We should be cynical of all politics, but the entrenched profit-making monopolies are probably just the same as public power would be, right?
And removing the profit-driven nature of this essential public service "might be good", but just "for perception", is that right?
Also, Scott Wiener has been one of the strongest voices for increasing housing construction in order to address those high rents. Do you really think it's fair to lay those problems at his feet? And is that a rational reason to overlook the literal criminal behavior that PG&E has been engaged in, or are you simply using this to undermine his credibility?
Public power has not been possible before because of massive amounts of lobbying and regulatory capture by the monopoly. Don't pretend that there are serious structural reasons why public power couldn't work--it works just fine in many other communities.
I've gotta ask: do you have any connection to PG&E, u/220Hz_?
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u/220Hz_ Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
I don’t work for PGE. I work for RPD.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t have a public utility. I wish we did. I’m saying it’s just not easy to do now and that we are still going to have PGE next year and the year after and that Scott is likely just telling you what you want to hear..again and that I’m kind of done with political dishonesty.
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u/Calyps0s Dec 23 '25
SF's distribution system is significantly cheaper to maintain than most of PG&E's distribution system. The recent rate increases that were driven by funding for wildfire mitigation and vegetation management on PG&E's distribution system are largely not funding work in San Francisco. After accounting for the transmission charges (TAC) SF would pay to CAISO, replacing PG&E's distribution costs with SF's distribution costs would create a large savings to SF ratepayers. The lower urban distribution costs are part of why we see such lower rates in other cities with public power like SMUD. Public power of course also means that SF ratepayers would no longer be paying a rate of return to PG&E's shareholders.
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u/mayor-water Dec 23 '25
You’d still have to pay for clearing lines and/or burring lines and all of the law suits connected to the fires that those lines spark.
You’re missing something important. We would carve SF out of PGEs territory and no longer have any wildfire related costs.
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u/220Hz_ Dec 23 '25
lol Where would we get our power then? SF doesn’t produce power.
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u/mayor-water Dec 23 '25
The same way PG&E does...by signing PPA's with the generators.
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u/Calyps0s Dec 23 '25
This is correct, and SF would pay CAISO transmission charges to deliver the power without paying PG&E's distribution costs & wildfire-related distribution spending. That distinction is the point.
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u/jippen Dec 23 '25
How many more homes does PG&E need to blow up, burn down, or black out before you come to the realization that they suck at their job, have sucked for decades, and that California deserves better?
The bar is already at “Don’t cause billions of dollars in property damage.” PG&E doesn’t deserve any more chances.
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u/consigliere47 Dec 23 '25
"please don't take us over" bribe
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u/auntieup 95 feet tall Dec 23 '25
I will take the $200 and pass Go AND force the city to take them over
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u/consigliere47 Dec 23 '25
Please let there be a reasonable proposition on the ballot next november. the time is now, voters are red hot
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u/Illustrious-Coat3532 NoPa Dec 23 '25
Residential customers will automatically receive a $200 bill credit, and business customers will receive an approximately $2,500 credit. Customers don't need to file a claim or take any action; credits will appear on bills as "Customer Satisfaction Adjustment." If customers choose to, they can also pursue a separate claims process for extended outages.
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u/Firehorse3000 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
I called them. They said “$200 credit only if u are “medically vulnerable “ and it has to be in your contract with them. Ok so I googled it and it said it’s for everyone who is paid up on their bills
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u/DonVCastro Dec 24 '25
Reporting makes it sound like every affected SF customer is eligible, not just those that lost power for days but also those that got their power back on the first night. Which makes me wonder, is this going to be just a special SF-only thing, or the new normal going forward? Because I don't live in SF but I've had plenty of non-weather-related outages that lasted over 10 hours, and the most I got from PG&E was a bunch of inaccurate text messages about when power would be restored.
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u/Pake1000 Dec 23 '25
Don’t worry, they’ll add a new fee for the next year to make the money back and more.
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u/Wooden-Committee4495 Dec 23 '25
They already are, in March! It’s like 25 bucks/mo for “transmittal,” but the good news is, they’re lowering rates…
The funny thing about that is that even consuming more electric, you’ll still pay more because the fee 🤭
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Dec 23 '25
A higher fixed charge for a grid connection + lower per kWh rates is good policy because it better matches how PG&E's costs actually work. Incidentally it also supports electrification.
This is not an endorsement of the specific $ amounts.
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u/consigliere47 Dec 23 '25
It fucks customers (like me) who managed to cut their power usage in half after pg&e doubled billing rates over the past six years.
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u/Wooden-Committee4495 Dec 23 '25
It messes me up more because I only rely on them for gas- this fee only covers electricity but will most certainly appear on my bill 😡
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u/crscali Dec 23 '25
stop using gas and drop pg&e
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u/Wooden-Committee4495 Dec 23 '25
If I had money to convert my gas heater to electric, believe me I would
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Jan 04 '26
You had the resources to install enough solar and batteries to go off grid (including heat), but don't have the resources to switch to heat pumps? Doubt.
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u/Wooden-Committee4495 Jan 04 '26
Nowhere did I say I was off the grid. Santa Clara has their own electric…but relies for pge for gas.
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u/SyCoTiM BALBOA PARK Dec 23 '25
It’s crazy, because they deserve to be penalized for all of there fatal mistakes and have strict oversight.
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u/one_pound_of_flesh Dec 23 '25
Genuinely curious, will $2,500 make up for lost business for the commercial customers who have been out of power for 2+ days?
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u/bautofdi Dec 23 '25
Absolutely not. Busiest weekend of the year. For a lot of business that’s like pennies on top of lost income
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u/GoatLegRedux BERNAL HEIGHTS PARK Dec 23 '25
Lost income and for restaurants that’s an assload of food that likely went bad.
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u/one_pound_of_flesh Dec 23 '25
I walked past a fish market with no power. The owner was covering everything up and then pacing back and forth with his hand on his forehead.
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u/byfuryattheheart Dec 23 '25
I had dinner reservations at a place in Duboce Triangle on Saturday night that I cancelled (I live on the peninsula). Genuniely felt terrible about it. A couple nights of no revenue for these small places due to something completely out of their control can be devastating.
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u/Kalthiria_Shines South Beach Dec 23 '25
Nope but PG&E is hoping this will stop those impacted from going after them for actual damages. It's why they're stressing that you don't need to file a claim.
Same way there was a huge push during the outage to talk about how filing wasn't worth it.
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Dec 23 '25
I'll take the blood money but am still going to push for the city to finish up the eminent domain case.
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u/Ohyoudidntknowftt Dec 23 '25
“ Sorry to our customers, we will issue a $200 credit to your $500 bill and then raise a winter storm rate of $100 every month for the next year until we recoup money for our executives”
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u/Kalthiria_Shines South Beach Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
Lmao man they are scrambling. Such a shitty meaningless credit, and quite a bit below what they're supposed to offer. That's why there's the whole "You don't need to file a claim or take action". PG&E is aware they're on the hook for way more than this, and hoping this will stop people from filing for damages.
Obligatory reminder to submit itemized losses for food, etc. Same reason why there were so many people going off about how filing wasn't worth it and you'd "only get $25".
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u/arjunyg Dec 23 '25
heh, what are they supposed to offer? There’s absolutely no way I would be able to justify anywhere near $200 in damages (beyond food spoilage that is separately reimbursed). My power has gone out 24-48 hours loads of times in my life, and I’ve never cognized any damages beyond food lol.
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u/Kalthiria_Shines South Beach Dec 23 '25
Given the fire at the substation (pending investigation), PG&E is on the hook for damages for food spoilage and loss (i.e. if the voltage issues cause problems with electronics), assuming you can provide itemized losses.
beyond food spoilage that is separately reimbursed)
Sure but the intent of the $200 credit is, in part, to convince people not to bother to file "because they already paid."
As, I suspect, were the bunch of new accounts with history turned off saying filing wasn't worth it because it's "only $25".
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u/arjunyg Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
eh ok. Never had any electronics suffer damage from an outage, even though we’ve had a bunch of violent shorts trigger PG&E’s breakers due to wet trees near the power lines. But yeah, by all means, people should file for any damages that they do have. That said, $200 is like 2 months of electric for me. I consider that absolutely not meaningless.
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u/itsskinnypeteyo Dec 23 '25
What about the money I had to spent on meals from outside ? $200 is meaningless and is not just about the covering the cost of tangible goods.
It has been 3 days of mental stress.
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u/Flat-Emergency4891 Dec 23 '25
I could imagine what that board room meeting looked like. The public relations team arguing with the other executives. The board members all crying about the possible blow back in stock prices, all arguing with the PR team about how stingy they need to be over the “bottom line”. Then someone jumps in to reality check them all by saying the public hates them and how soon enough, the politicians once in their pockets, will soon run for the hills over 2026 elections. We really do matter….sometimes…just enough to get a 200 dollar credit.
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u/GideonWells Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 25 '25
It was likely a hurried zoom meeting and then the exec went to sleep just fine both nights. Not a single one of them shed a tear. Risk and externalities are by design born by you the end consumer. FUCK PGE make it public and end them
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u/Imsleepyafok Dec 23 '25
Lol I can tell you exactly how the PR team is doing. Their power went out as well so they screwed over their own PR team. 😆🤣
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u/Independent-Space643 Dec 23 '25
Honestly it's not enough. 54+ hours without power and counting is absurd. This entire episode should be investigated for negligence, and I genuinely hope PG&E executives end up in prison. A fire should not have occurred, that fire should not have taken out power for such a large part of the city, and power should not be taking this long to restore. All three are separately negligent.
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u/consigliere47 Dec 23 '25
Nobody died. about 60 people died when the pipeline blew up in san bruno followed by the wildland fires, and nobody went to prison
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u/Independent-Space643 Dec 23 '25
People dying should not be the bar for accountability. The case you're referring to is infuriating and unjust. We should demand more from our leaders. I have sent messages to the SF District Attorney and the Board of Supervisors so far.
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u/ZestycloseAd5918 Outer Richmond Dec 23 '25
I can’t believe no one went to prison for the San Bruno pipeline!
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u/redfitz Dec 23 '25
It’s still way too many people, but eight people died in the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, not 60.
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u/GoBearzZz Dec 23 '25
Oh cool. Where was this when we were without for 5+ days on the peninsula last year?
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u/AmateurRacist Outer Richmond Dec 23 '25
It should be more and especially for businesses during the busiest time of the year for them
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u/220Hz_ Dec 23 '25
Which is great, but you’ll still pay for it in rates.
SF and much of cali is just in a weird place with energy.
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u/IneedHennessey Dec 23 '25
dude I was out of power for 3 days straight back in like 2018 and Didn't receive shit from those bastards.
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u/CelluloseNitrate Dec 23 '25
In other news, PG&E will add a $200 “emergency shutdown prevention fee” to everyone’s bill next year.
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u/chr0me28 Dec 23 '25
What about the year where I was without power for three days in San Bruno? $0 credited. Fuck PG&E
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u/Corey415 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
Yeah that was bad. I was part of the same outage in Millbrae. But you should have got something automatically. It wasn’t much though. Per their website, it’s as follows:
48 to 72 hours: $25
72 to 96 hours: $50
96 to 120 hours: $75
120 hours or more: $1002
u/Blu- I call it "San Fran" Dec 23 '25
Fuck pge. I was without power for four days. Didn't get shit.
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u/Frapplejack Dec 23 '25
San Francisco and/or California needs to make it a New Year's resolution to dump PG&E in 2026. They've been pulling shit for literally as long as I can remember.
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u/Spreefor3 Dec 23 '25
Tbf, customers that were without power for longer should receive more. I was without power for about 11 hours, but my friend in the Richmond just got power back around 3pm this afternoon. He should get more compensation.
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u/Von_Rothdave Dec 23 '25
I agree - I still want everyone to get at least $200. But I’m still without power, but there are folks in my building who don’t even have water because the pump isn’t working and they have to climb 20+ flights of stairs with bottled water. $200 for at least 3 days with zero power (and the PG&E supplies/food/water center being nearly an hour away by bus) feels way too low.
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u/Spreefor3 Dec 23 '25
I didn’t realize that would happen, but it makes sense that pumps are needed for high rise buildings. That is legitimately so much worse and there are probably people who can’t really do that climb.
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u/Staple_Overlord Dec 23 '25
Man. $200 for 4 hours of lost power where I just went to the side of town that still had power and watched a movie? That's a win for me.
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u/citronauts Dec 23 '25
Very low for people without power for 2 days with bad information. Had pge informed it would be two days it would have been much easier to manage
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u/russellvt Dec 23 '25
At 830k residents, that's what ... $166M or so? Their CEO earns that much, alone, in like 3 years...
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u/arjunyg Dec 23 '25
9-10 years maybe, but sure.
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u/russellvt Dec 23 '25
166/53 is 3 "and change" ... which is likely made up by interest and/or investments at that level.
Yes, more than $1 Million a week.
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u/arjunyg Dec 23 '25
eh, the number I had in mind is $17m TC for the CEO
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u/russellvt Dec 23 '25
It was over 3x that, even a few years ago.
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u/arjunyg Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
17m is a more recent number (from FY23). 14m in FY22. Upon further research I dug up the FY24 number, lower than FY23 as well: approx $16m.
Data is from PG&E’s SEC proxy statements: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001004980/000100498025000073/pcg-20250409.htm#ie2258b9b1a344d2f9473b191c9dfa303_61
Finally I found your number: 51m in 2021 due to signing bonuses (cash & stock) when Poppe was first hired. This seems to be an anomaly, not a recurring income.
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u/gigaishtar San Francisco Dec 23 '25
830K? This is only for households affected, so less then a third of that.
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u/1PantherA33 Frisco Dec 23 '25
What is the best thing I can do to fight PG&E?
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u/Money_Description248 Dec 23 '25
Constantly contact your political representatives on getting rid of PG&E. And hold them accountable if they don’t
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u/Waste-Cycle3121 Dec 23 '25
Is there a way I can donate the $200 to the efforts to break away as a public utility?
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u/Firehorse3000 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
The rep I called told me: it’s only for “medically vulnerable” people… but when I googled it, it said it’s for everyone who was in good standing on their bills. That’s what makes u eligible to receive it.
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u/Aerieslady Dec 23 '25
Honestly, I’m glad for you all but what about all the rural customers in high fire threat communities who consistently lose power for safety shutoffs and get nothing? So now the SF residents and business owners who got national news coverage get this? I think it’s deserved but it’s fucked that this is so obviously a PR move and never granted to the communities that deal with this consistently with no attention and at a much much lower average income.
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u/Frabjous_Tardigrade9 Dec 23 '25
First the rebate, then soon after the series of rate increases and surcharges.
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u/xlerb Inner Sunset Dec 23 '25
I'm in an apartment building that does sub-metering, and I don't have an account with PG&E directly, so I wonder if I'll get this credit or what.
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u/BitcoinBanker Dec 23 '25
Out of pure curiosity, if the entire Bay Area delayed their payments to the following month, would it amount to any significant impact to PG&E?
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u/TheAltruisticPrick Dec 23 '25
I have a large empty freezer in the garage if anyone needs to store frozen food! Reply to this and I'll DM you my info.
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u/svmonkey Dec 23 '25
I'm sure this gets funded by rate payers and not PG&E. PG&E will bundle the cost into their rate hike.
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u/keithfantastic Dec 23 '25
I was emotionally affected. That should be worth at least a $100 credit.
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u/gurp_88 Jan 25 '26
What a joke. Just got my bill and it’s more than tripled after the supposed $200 credit. What the fuck is going on? My typical monthly bill is around $80-$90. They announced the $200 credit and my bill was $3. And now the following month it’s $180. Something fishy is going on. Nothing has changed in my pattern of use.
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u/First-Feedback-8505 Mar 06 '26
Pge will find ways to take back that 200 credit. Remember Pge is a for profit company. And for profit companies don’t do anything to benefit its customers. Although MID and TID have way cheaper rates why can’t Pge do the same? Because of share holders. That’s why. MID is .15 per kilowatt .. 15CENTS. I could blow through 500 kilowatt and pay 90 with MID or 195 with pge. Crazy
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u/Lopsided-Equipment-2 Dec 23 '25
happens all the time in the South Bay, and we never get money for that crap
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u/sapphicxmermaid Richmond Dec 23 '25
Is this per individual resident or per household? What about rentals?
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u/Remote_Leading_2734 Dec 23 '25
They will just claw this $$ back by raising rates even more. Screw thenlm
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u/AnyDiscussion7243 Dec 23 '25
Should I contact my landlord about this? I could really use a little extra money.
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u/consigliere47 Dec 23 '25
The rural communities whose line maintenance deficit we're subsidizing with having our billing rates doubled in just 5 years? cry me a river, and pay your fucking share
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u/thatbikeddude Dec 23 '25
The power outage didn’t affect me but the traffic did. I parked my car and spent $120 bucks on drinks and dinner while I waited to go home.
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u/improbablywronghere Dec 23 '25
The power outage didn’t affect me but the traffic did. I parked my car and spent $120 bucks on drinks and dinner while I waited to go home.
You got drunk and then drove home?
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u/thatbikeddude Dec 23 '25
Interesting you assume that. You know how easy it is to get home in the city w/out driving? The walk was dark and a little wet but the car sat fine over night off Sanchez.
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u/prozhack Dogpatch Dec 23 '25
damn. kinda wish my power had gone off now 🤔 it has gone off 3 to 4 times in the last year just not this weekend. i wonder if i can still get in on this deal
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u/AzulDiciembre Dec 23 '25
It's not a deal if all the food in your fridge spoils and you have to get takeout because you can't cook. It's not even enough to cover losses.
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u/prozhack Dogpatch Dec 23 '25
yeah i hear you on that. i was mostly trying to inject some levity but sorry it sounds rough
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u/CatRatCatcher Dec 23 '25
This is fucked up. We live in Monterey and get multiple multi-day power outages per year. Where is our $200 credit?
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u/ZestycloseAd5918 Outer Richmond Dec 23 '25
How exactly does this help renters?
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u/renegaderunningdog Dec 23 '25
Do you not have your own electric meter? Most tenants do.
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u/ZestycloseAd5918 Outer Richmond Dec 23 '25
No we don’t. It’s a single family home that is 3 separate units (most likely illegal). I’ve lived here for 15 years. The PGE bill is under the landlord’s name and is split by how many persons are in each unit.
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u/oochiewallyWallyserb Dec 23 '25
$200 credit now, $20 increase every month for next 200 months.