News, stories and insights from the SFPUC

CleanPowerSF Achieves Renewable Energy Goals Ahead of Schedule

On Earth Day, Mayor London N. Breed also announced San Francisco is exceeding its key environmental goals, including that CleanPowerSF will provide all customer 100% renewable electricity by 2025. The transition to 100% renewable energy is five years ahead of CleanPowerSF’s initial goal of 2030 and 20 years ahead of California’s projected timeline. CleanPowerSF Green customers are currently receiving…

Energy Talks: 3 Ways to Save Money with Time-Of-Use Rates

This July 2021, most CleanPowerSF and PG&E residential customers will transition to a Time-of-Use rate plan. A Time-of-Use Rate plan means that when you use electricity matters just as much as how much energy you use. CleanPoweSF Utility Specialist and Energy Savings Expert, Justin Pine, joined us to share his top three tips for how…

Flood-Proof Your Property This Summer with up to $100k Grant from the SFPUC

You may or may not be surprised to know that there are parts of San Francisco that experience flooding during the winter heavy rains. While San Francisco had a dry winter, we also know Mother Nature is unpredictable. The summertime is the best time to flood-proof your property. The SFPUC offers a Floodwater Grant for…

Meet Elfreida Smith, Who is Awarded Outstanding Safety and Awareness Certificate

“I’m very humbled and appreciative for the opportunity to be working in construction on a project right down the street from where I grew up,” Elfreida Smith, mother of three and recent grandmother, reflected. Smith grew up and still lives in Bayview-Hunters Point which is also home to the Southeast Treatment Plant (SEP), San Francisco’s…

New Getting Down to Business Program Completes with First Cohort of Participants

The Contractors Assistance Center wrapped up its first successful class of the Getting Down to Business Program. The 18-week long program took place online from November 2020 and ended in March 2021. On April 13, 2021, the participants celebrated their completion of the program with Acting General Manager Michael Carlin and Mayor London Breed in…

A Day in the Life: Meet Marvin Allen

“What would I say to someone looking to join the construction industry? You’ll be making the bestdecision of your life,” says San Francisco resident, Marvin Allen. “As a Journeyman Laborer for Malcolm Drilling on the Headworks Facility Project, I’m working with the cages that are going into the ground for the foundation,” he explained, “Which,…

Jowin Jung Looks to the Future: From Environmental Sustainability to Diversity and Inclusion

Jowin Jung knows she has a responsibility to help make this world a better place. As a parent of a young child and with another one on the way, Jung believes her role at the SFPUC has an impact to make a difference for future generations. Jung is a Regulatory Specialist in the SFPUC’s Water…

News, stories and insights from the SFPUC

Energy Talks: 3 Ways to Save Money with Time-Of-Use Rates

Meet Elfreida Smith, Who is Awarded Outstanding Safety and Awareness Certificate

St. John’s Academy Students Head Back to School and to Their Drains

CleanPowerSF Joins New Joint Powers Agency to Advance Climate Goals

CleanPowerSF Achieves Renewable Energy Goals Ahead of Schedule

Innovative Earthquake Resistant Piping to be Featured at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Energy Talks: 3 Ways to Save Money with Time-Of-Use Rates

Flood-Proof Your Property This Summer with up to $100k Grant from the SFPUC

Meet Elfreida Smith, Who is Awarded Outstanding Safety and Awareness Certificate

New Getting Down to Business Program Completes with First Cohort of Participants

A Day in the Life: Meet Marvin Allen

Jowin Jung Looks to the Future: From Environmental Sustainability to Diversity and Inclusion