Undergrounding all utilities in SF is nearly impossible, according to officials: Here's why
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Undergrounding overhead utilities has a long history in California that dates back to 1967. In fact, the city of San Francisco has put roughly half of its utility lines underground. But today, PG&E says there is no money left to underground the rest of San Francisco, much to the disappointment of homeowners.
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I thought the reason PG&E said it needed to raise rates was to make its utility safer by burying the lines underground.
... in wildfire areas.
Typical SF city officials wasting money with their bs
definition of a monopoly
Where is the money they billed us?
Where did the MONEY GO!!! WE'RE PAYING TRIPLE THE RATES!!!🤨
Too much kick backs to Regulators and Politicians
YES, always Follow the money.
Bingo.
I know a lot of PGE lineman and associates making $200k-$300k total with OT for doing nothing. They should be audit by the State on a quarterly basis to show where the money is spent.
politicians need to be audited if you want to know where all the money went.
Yeah, my buddy worked inside PG&E as a contractor: The old timers can do their job very quickly .....then they have plenty of time off
With that said, it is pretty hard/expensive to underground
PGE is non - Functional and is Corrupt.
Lineme are doing nothing? According to dept of labor, it’s one of the most dangerous jobs in the US. (More the police and fire combined) So they’re doing nothing while having one of the most dangerous jobs in the country? I’ll be unpacking that all day.
@@User-54631 Do you personally know anyone who works at PG&E?? I guess not... My landlord is working at PG&E as a lineman, and he told me the best shift is working at night with OT because of higher pay and most of the time they're just chilling doing nothing. One of my friends also works at PG&E and most of his time is spent staying at home CHILLING and he only goes out when there is a call to check the gas meter. I even asked them to hook me up with a job in their department, but they said there is a line of closest family or friends to get in first. Before you start to unpacking learn to wait in line first if you're lucky.
Higher fees/rates but same bad technology/service. PG&E
I know right. We need wireless electricity.
Pg&e is a joke. They just increase the bill so high
“Alternative new funding sources” is bureaucrat for raising taxes
Why do you not hear from engineers when it comes to things like this?
I worked on two island at the beach and they were putting the overhead wires underground, you would be amazed on how long it takes, it is incredibly expensive to do. The homeowners are responsible for running the lines on their property.
They can for sure track who's cars are paid parking using underground sensors at parking spots to alert who had paid. City's a joke.
These three women have no idea where the breaker box is in their own home.
50-100 million dollars doesn't seem like that much!! San Francisco should jump on that deal...NOW!! Even 5-10 expensive homes in SF, could easily cost more than that!!
They definitely need to get all the utilites underground in SF. Maybe then they can have a clear and unobstructed view of how their poor voting choices has led the area into becoming a crime ridden ghost town. Good luck getting more funding as a significant portion of the tax base has had to close their businesses and most likely leave the area!
You do realize underground utilities (wires) are harder to repair right? You dont want everything looking like Romania (huge coils of wire on each pole) but damn....and what about the water table?
Just like they raise taxes to “fix roads and the education system”
How much money in kickbacks to politicians , city officials , CPUC officials has PG&E paid ?? How much corruption up the chain is there in California? Maybe we need to start recalls ???
most that money went to SF for all the fees paid to SF
I think this might be the third time they’ve asked utility customers to pay for under-grounding the lines. Once in the 60’s, again in the 1980’s. That money was always used instead for “other expenses.”
It’s not too big a deal. Japan has a lot of its utilities overground. But the PG and E things is definitely an issue. They should definitely have done it if they had the money
ask Japan how they managed to bury their power lines... you know, the country that has lots and lots of earthquakes? 🧐
First I’d ask why they put a nuclear reactor in an earthquake prone zone and didn’t upgrade it in 40 years.
@@User-54631 that's beyond the point... but if you wanna go that route, I'd ask why PG&E never bothered to upgrade their 50+ year old gas pipeline in San Bruno before it exploded in 2010
Didnt they raise 20% this month to cover the undergrounding cost?
PGE seems to be a true blackhole for money. it almost transcends to the metaphysical realm when you try to ponder how they stuff all that cash into their pockets
They were giving money to do that across the country years ago and it still hasn't been done and it won't be
Why are people referring to PG&E like they are part of the government? They are privately owned
They can not force them!?!?!?! PG&E TOOK THE MONEY!!!
Its not that its impossible, it's just gonna cost a lot of money
What does earthquakes do to underground utilities?
IMO, if we would convince manufacturers to make smaller , energy efficient appliances , mini-splits , tv’s , then maybe we could have wireless transmission from the street where we currently have underground cables, internet , fiber .. why can’t they transmit electric through fiber under the street???
Underground cable reengineering is easier said than done. Nobody wants to pay for it
Summers coming, get ready for fires
There is A LOT of pointing fingers going on here. An "improper planning"? The people at the top were too busy living the good life on their high salaries I think they meant to say.
FPGE
These are the same people who will scream bloody murder if they want to dig up THEIR street.
6:01AM ❤
Eminent domain baby! Take all the property!
Cool outfits
Too costly to bury cables underground. This has always been the case, and this is why it's rare for places to put their grid underground and not overhead.
They buried the ones in my low income neighborhood.
They seem to find the money AFTER disaster strikes and their as*es are on the line.
Pretty much every 1st world country has buried their lines 20 years ago
Defund and break up pge already
Because EU doesn't have earthquakes.
Illegal Immigrants
This is just stupid. Any competent person knows this is not possible. Blame Cities for approving this process for DECADES. You cannot retro engineer something like this. Of course the politicians will point the blame at PG&E.
u can't do that in sf. Many buildings are not sunk inro bedrock. Any plan to do so is a scam just like the high speed rail.
Still blaming frump?
Yeah sure. I don’t believe that is true
Now we get to see liberals acting like MAGA patriots complaining about poppycock.
SF 🤡