386 days ago - Opponents of a plan to build new power plants in The City have charged in court documents filed Friday that city officials misled the public over the environmental and health benefits of the proposed plants.
433 days ago - Although environmentalists and some residents of The City's southeast sector expressed reservations about a proposal to build a new fossil fuel burning power plant in Potrero Hill, members of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission board approved the plan Wednesday after learning that Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office had reached a deal that would shut down the older, more polluting plant in the same neighborhood.
434 days ago - Potrero Hill’s aging and polluting power plant would shut down and be replaced by a new and cleaner one under a proposal backed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday as the Mayor’s Office struck a deal with the plant’s owner, assuring its closure in exchange for being able to redevelop the site.