50% Solar & Wind Power For San Francisco!

On June, 19, 2007 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed legislation that will build enough solar, wind and energy efficiency projects to run San Francisco on 50% clean, renewable electricity within the next decade. Called Clean Power SF, the project also puts an end to San Francisco's century long dependence on PG&E for its electricity supply.

Beginning in April 2004, Our City led the grassroots field operation that helped bring about the passage of this groundbreaking legislation.

48 other California cities have been waiting to follow San Francisco's example for their own clean power projects, so passage of this measure will lead California, and eventually the world, into a clean, local, renewable energy powered future.

But there is more to be done...

PG&E Could Addict Us To Dirty Energy If We Don't Keep Clean Power SF On Track

The California Public Utilities Commission has given PG&E the opening to beat renewable energy to the punch, and force California electricity consumers to pay for 3 new fossil fuel power plants and a dangerous 30 year extension of PG&E's nuclear power production at Diablo Canyon.

To fuel its new plants, PG&E, in a joint venture with Williams company, will import massive amounts of polluting liquid natural gas through a huge pipeline to be run from Oregon to Northern California.

To challenge this backward natural gas plan, the City is now in contract negotiations with clean energy providers. It is crucial that the Mayor and Supervisors make sure that the negotiations are successful, and that Clean Power SF is built on schedule.

What You Can Do

Email Mayor Newsom and Your Supervisor Today!

Click on and then send to both:

Mayor Gavin Newsom and
The Board of Supervisors

the following sample, or your own composition...

Sample Letter For Clean Power SF:

Dear Supervisor and Mayor Newsom,

Please guarantee a Clean Power SF project that will run San Francisco on 50% renewable and locally generated electricity within the next decade, and will use the energy savings created by these local renewables to pay for the project, so that it meets or beats PG&E rates.

Thank You,

[Insert your name and street address here.]