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,”
NEWS RELEASE SFPUC Contact: John Coté 415-417-9319 jcote@sfwater.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2022 San Francisco Wins Sweeping Appellate Court Ruling Against PG&E, FERC 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 SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and City Attorney David Chiu announced today that a federal appeals court in Washington D.C. has awarded the City a broad victory against PG&E and
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
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