Energy

Electric and gas utilities, rates, power sources, and outages. 2 items, newest first.

San Francisco · Board of Supervisors · October 6, 2026

Five PUC consulting contracts for Hetch Hetchy and power programs Item 15-19

Five resolutions authorizing the PUC general manager to sign contracts. Items 15 to 18 are as-needed technical services contracts for the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Division (asset management, capital planning, condition and needs assessments) covering water assets from O'Shaughnessy Reservoir in Yosemite to Newark and Sunol. Each is $20,000,000 over five years, January 2027 through December 2031, with Stantec Consulting Services, AECOM Technical Services, Jacobs Engineering Group, and LEE Inc. Item 19 is a power capital program management contract with Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP: $30,000,000 over ten years, 11/16/2026 to 11/15/2036, with one five-year option to extend at the PUC's sole discretion.

Adopt the five resolutions, same house, same call. Result: passed, without objection.

▶ The recording, at 00:09:49 · On the episode's page

San Francisco · Board of Supervisors · October 6, 2026

45-day citywide moratorium on data centers Item 29

Zoning and plans Energy

A committee report and urgency ordinance putting a citywide interim zoning moratorium on data centers for 45 days. The Land Use and Transportation Committee heard it October 5 and recommended it as amended. State law required nine votes, and as an urgency ordinance it takes effect immediately once passed on first reading. While it lasts, city approvals of data centers are paused as the Board and the Planning Department study the effects on energy, water, air quality, land use and communities and write permanent rules. Planning must report back within 25 days, with a hearing within 35 days.

Pass the urgency ordinance on first reading, same house, same call. Result: passed, without objection.

▶ The recording, at 00:17:43 · On the episode's page