(BCN) -- State Sen. Scott Wiener will be joined by San Francisco supervisors on Monday to announce legislation to "break up" with PGE. Some San Francisco residents and politicians have long held the idea that the city should dump PGE and get its own publicly controlled power grid. Wiener put forth similar legislation in 2020, but alleges that PGE was "so powerful" that the bill didn't even get a hearing. In December, Wiener posted on social media that new legislation was in the works to create a local counter to PGE, which he said is too large, places shareholders' interests above the public's, and fails to effectively maintain its infrastructure. Public power in San Francisco already exists under CleanPowerSF through the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, though customers use a hybrid of both CleanPowerSF and PGE. Should the city ditch PGE, the SFPUC would continue to serve as San Francisco's publicly owned power utility, sourcing an electricity mix from California-certified renewable resources. California has more than 45 public power utilities, including ones serving cities like Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and Alameda. Wiener will be joined Monday at 9:30 a.m. on the steps of City Hall by Supervisors Rafael Mandelman, Bilal Mahmood and Alan Wong to announce the legislation. Copyright © 2026 Bay City News, Inc. ...read more read less