CleanPowerSF, one of the SFPUC’s renewable energy programs, is officially a member of the California Community Power Joint Powers Agency (JPA). Now, CleanPowerSF can join other organizations to increase its buying power for the purchase of new clean energy and reliability resources that will help advance state and local climate action goals. “Addressing the challenges…
Category: Leadership
How Alyssa Vu Uplifts Her Coworkers Through Science and Their Differences
“Celebrating colleagues’ diverse backgrounds and experiences is part of the job,” says Alyssa Vu. “Uplifting their stories and perspectives allows the SFPUC to be a more inclusive workplace.” Vu is a Senior People Science & Strategy Analyst in the SFPUC’s Human Resource Services department. Vu’s role leverages her background in data and research to support…
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…
SFPUC Recognized for Dependable Power Service
The SFPUC has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2020. Hetch Hetchy Power, the City’s public power utility, was one of the nation’s most dependable service providers last year, according to the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities. APPA helps electric utilities…
From Self Driving Cars to Wastewater Treatment, Artificial Intelligence is a Game Changer
It was once an industry that relied on a person to physically walk a wastewater treatment plant to take down measurements from several pieces of machinery. Now at the SFPUC’s Wastewater Division, a team of engineers is deploying technological advances at a wastewater treatment plant to improve the accuracy of checks and balances and to…
Celebrate Our Shared Home and Restore the Earth
Over 7 billion people live on Earth. It is the third planet from the Sun. In the known universe, Earth is the only place that has the ability to harbor life. As climate change continues to impact the Earth, its people, and the environment, it is critical for each person to take action. Each year,…