A two-time former CityWorks intern and current Transportation Planner at HNTB Corporation, Karl Clayter first came to appreciate public transit as a student riding MUNI and BART to get to high school. Growing up in the Bay Area, Clayter had always been interested in trains and airplanes. As he grew older, he began to understand…
Author: Karaline Bridgeford
Why Former CityWorks Intern Ayanni Peters Wanted to Work in Her Community
Raised with a strong family tradition of community activism, Ayanni Peters knew she wanted to pursue a career that positively impacted her community. Born and raised in the Bay Area and a rising junior at San Francisco State University, Peters entered college with plans to pursue nursing. However, Peters discovered a different career passion after…
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…
Roadmap to 100% Renewable Energy: CleanPowerSF Energy Contracts
Some people may be curious about the clean energy resources that are generating electricity to power their homes and businesses in San Francisco. For CleanPowerSF customers, the SFPUC sources clean energy from all over the Golden State. Since launching in 2016, the SFPUC, through CleanPowerSF, has committed to a multitude of clean, renewable energy projects…
CleanPowerSF and PG&E Will Move Some Residential Customers to a Time-of-Use Rate Plan in July 2021
Imagine if customers can choose their preferred power rate plan at any time. Well, that time is here. As part of a multi-year, statewide energy policy to create a cleaner energy future for California, the SFPUC’s CleanPowerSF program and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will move approximately 260,000 eligible residential electric customers currently on…
Stay Home and Fight Climate Change from Your Couch
As many San Franciscans continue to shelter in place in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, it means some of us are spending more time working, parenting, cooking, and binge-watching TV at home. Keeping the lights on longer at home might not seem like a big deal, but greenhouse gas emissions from our electricity use do…