Now if we take a look at the impact of wildfires on the u. S. Electric grid, mitigation technology, Forest Management and power system reliability. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. Last hearing of the year here. Theres a lot going on this morning so i think we will have people popping in and out but we do have a pretty hard to stop at 11 00 oclock this morning. A series of votes that are beginning at 11 00 a. M. And we are going to observe an actual ten minute clock, we are told. It will be the first time in Senate History but that is the goal. We want to be able to hear from everyone this morning and have an opportunity for the very, very important conversations regarding this issue. We are here to discuss the impact of wildfires on the reliability of our electric grid and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase good resiliency. In recent years devastating wildfires and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn National Attention to the chal
Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Acosta, good afternoon. Commissioner paulson is joining us. Good afternoon. I got a few calls from the area where some houses were dren drenched and for some, the city workers or sfpuc did not respond to the situation. So, we need to find out what happened. In the army we have standard operating spread procedures. I know the general manager may not have been in San Francisco when the rain fell. He should go over there in this situation because again and again, that area is effected. Something needs to be done. Its engineering. The other thing is the island. The businesses over there and the people. They dont get steady electricity. We need to find out in the short range and the long range, what are we doing about that . I know in the year 2019, we have generators that can kick in and supply electricity. Text not right when people have food in the re
Hurry this offer wont last, so switch today. Announcer news bett bea good in evyone. I nd, dembeles e in were tracking. Here is meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, lisa. Hey, liz, good morning to you. Thats right, we have a level 1 on our storm impact scale. The rin really winding down after quite a deluge yesterday on the city, parts of the peninsula. We have showers in the east bay, mt. Hamilton, Higher Elevations. Much of the north bay is dry. You see sfo now, its 57 in san jose. Looking at a lot of cloudy skies here from our east bay. Numbers in the mid50s from santa rosa to the low 50s. Fog at two miles in petaluma. As the system winds down well see temperatures in a narrow range today, upper 50s to near 60. Partly cloudy skies tonight. And were not going to be talking about a lot of rain in the next seven days. So well talk about rain totals next time we see you, liz. Thanks, lisa. It was a much different story yesterday. Water was everywhere. This is new video here showing 1
Checking some rain possibly moving into the northbay. The brunt of the system moves in friday afternoon, friday night. And rain for expectation you can see, not just a few hundred, the bay area in general, two inches of rain. That will be in the northbay. Hills will be to fort it just. A flush and the wind advisory not in place just yet. That will be the issue. You can have winds going up 15 miles per hour. Specially by friday night. This will be a snow. This will soon be a winter storm warning. Heres that watch, until 4 pm saturday, with rainfall potentially on the pick up the system in the fire burned zone. About a half inch to three quarters of an inch per hour and possible debris. Its picking up friday afternoon and into friday night. Satellite as you know, we have foggy start in a bit of a break, and this will be the intense rainfall today. Bite right now, we have a lot of clouds and some patchy fog. Looking out towards sfo, clouds and fog. Heres what happens, a quick run through
The minutes of october 22nd, 2019. Are there any additions or corrections . Any Public Comments on the minutes of october 22nd . May i have a motion . All those if favor . Aye. Opposed. The motion carries. Next item, please. Clerk item 4 is general Public Comment. Members of the public hey direct the commissioner on matters within the commissions jurisdiction and not on todays agenda. President caen i have some speaker cards. Mr. Decosta. Commissioners, its novembe november 2019 and the community in the bay view Hunters Point keep asking the advocates why is it smelling so much . The stench . From the digesters that are now operating. The stench also is in the creek. So, i see that some of you commissioners have visited the is the east, what i call the raw Sewage Treatment plant, but what are you doing about it . For how long is the Community Going to be impacted . And i say this because we have all sorts of vultures i call them vultures because theyre outsiders coming in, doing survey