For months or even years on end, hundreds of newly constructed apartments can sit empty because Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is dragging its feet connecting them to the power grid.
Add waiting for the lights to turn on to the laundry list of delays holding up urgently needed housing in California.
“We want to send a strong message that the lights need to go on fast,” Wiener said at a news conference announcing the bill. “And no more delays by PG&E.” But passage of Wiener’s bill would leave it no choice but to increase customer’s utility rates, PG&E said. Customers’ bills soared this winter as natural gas pricesIn an interview, Wiener said PG&E officials have blamed the delays on staffing shortages and the increased resources diverted toBut Wiener was hardly convinced by that explanation.
San Francisco-based Mission Housing was one of the developers left waiting on PG&E to provide power to recently completed accessory dwelling units for seniors in the city.
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