Kubota’s Earthquake Resistant Ductile Iron Pipe, which bends but does not break during earthquakes, will be installed to ensure a reliable water supply to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is set to use innovative piping with flexible joints that can bend to withstand seismic activity as part of the next phase of the College Hill Reservoir Water Distribution System improvements, a seismic upgrade project that includes connections to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Manufactured by the Japanese company

Hetch Hetchy Power honored for dependable service from the American Public Power Association San Francisco, CA –The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (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. “We’re honored to receive this recognition from the APPA, which

Funded in part by an EPA grant, the Next Generation Urban Greening project will study, design and implement multi-objective urban greening projects in San Francisco San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is partnering with local City departments, the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a new initiative to design, plan and implement multi-beneficial green infrastructure projects in southeast San Francisco. A $3.6 million undertaking funded in part by a $1.8 million grant from the EPA and a $1.3 million

Low interest loans made available from the EPA will save hundreds of millions of dollars during the course of critical infrastructure improvement projects San Francisco, CA – With construction now underway on a transformative set of projects at the Southeast Treatment Plant , the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and its funding partner, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , are now estimating that low-interest loans will save local ratepayers more than $850 million, highlighting the importance of the SFPUC’s strategic system investments. The SFPUC is one of the

Award from Environmental Finance recognizes the agency’s innovative Green Bond listing on the London Stock Exchange, a first for US municipal green bonds San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has received a prestigious international finance award for the agency’s innovative Green Bond program. Today, Environmental Finance —a news and analysis service based in London that specializes in sustainable investment reporting—announced the SFPUC as the winner of its 2021 Bonds Award in the category of Green Bond of the Year – US Muni Bond . The SFPUC was chosen by a panel