The power went out in the Sunset on Christmas Eve, and then for a fifth time Dec. 27. Neither was as bad as the earlier blackout, but it showed again: PG&E is unable to provide reliable service to the city.
Sup. Alan Wong, who represents the neighborhood, issued a statement that reads:
These repeated outages raise important questions about how our power grid is managed and whether the current system is meeting the needs of San Francisco residents and small businesses. Electricity is a public necessity, and reliability, transparency, and accountability must remain core expectations. In light of this latest outage, I will be asking City departments to evaluate what options may exist to strengthen oversight, reliability, and the long-term resilience of our electric system, including an assessment of practical, fiscal, and operational considerations to better maintain a power grid in the public interest…