Episode 33 - Pitfalls of a San Francisco takeover of PG&E
How does power get to our homes here in San Francisco? What would it take--how much money--to take over PG&E? Why might a public takeover of PG&E by the city of San Francisco actually spell inequity and not necessarily help us meet our climate goals? What are the successful examples of public take overs (municipalization) and what have been the benefits?
Host Jackie Fielder asks all these and more of Josh Lappen (@jlappen1), environmental, energy, and electrification PhD candidate at Oxford, based in San Francisco, who wrote an Op-Ed in SF Gate in August 2021 titled San Francisco's misguided climate fight with PG&E