SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)’s clean energy program, CleanPowerSF, signed a new battery storage contract with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to support grid reliability for the State and the program’s 385,000 residential and commercial customers. The battery storage project, located in Riverside County, is expected to be fully operational in time for wildfire season. “As California continues to experience the effects of climate change, enhancing grid reliability and investing further in our clean energy future is a top priority,” SFPUC General

Ghosts, goblins and witches bring the fright of Halloween night. But nothing does it quite like the jack-o-lantern’s light. These giant pumpkins were not created from the magical wand of Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother but instead were grown by the team at the SFPUC's Wastewater Resource Recovery Division. The orange gourds were grown using biosolids.

Fall is tarantula time in the Sunol Valley. The annual ‘tarantula migration’, which, begins in September and through the end of fall, is underway.