On a cloudy, blustery November day in San Francisco, 33 high-school students trudged up 24th Avenue in the Sunset neighborhood to visit their local solar array. Guided by Utility Specialist John Zech and Power Communications Manager Peter Gallotta, the eleventh-grade class, along with teachers Valerie Ziegler and Alan Calac, learned the importance and benefits of renewable energy, and the critical role the solar installation—managed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)—plays in San Francisco. Specifically, the solar array provides clean electricity to thousands of the

Last month, the Association of Women in Water, Energy & Environment hosted “Lessons from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Leaders.” Among the featured panelists was Emily Lam, Deputy Assistant General Manager of External Affairs. We caught up with Emily to find out more about the work being done to advocate for racial equity at the SFPUC and beyond. Throughout the pandemic, Emily has helped the agency develop strategies and policies around COVID-19 and telecommuting. “I have an official role to evaluate both COVID policies and procedures and return to work from an equity perspective,”

Court rejects PG&E’s justification for trying to force SF to construct unnecessary and expensive equipment to hook up public projects likes schools, libraries and housing to the PG&E-owned electricity grid

NEWS RELEASE SFPUC Contact: John Coté 415-417-9319 jcote@sfwater.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2022 Macy has been the City of Los Angeles’ top human resources official for the last seven years SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced today that it has hired renowned human resources leader Wendy Macy as the agency’s new Chief People Officer. Macy will lead the SFPUC’s Human Resource Services team and oversee all recruitment and retention for an agency of more than 2,200 staff working in a service territory that stretches from the Pacific Ocean to