Hi all, The final ballot language for the San Francisco Clean Energy Act (for the November ballot) is nearly complete, and the matter will be taken up in a special Rules Committee hearing tomorrow at around 2pm. For those of you who wanted it clarified in the measure that nuclear energy is -not- clean, it looks like we have prevailed and that this clarification -will- be in the language. (Attached is an older version of the ballot draft which doesn't contain this change but will give you a general idea of what the measure will do.) PG&E and the Chamber of Commerce will be turning out their troops to attack this measure, and so it will be vital for as many of us to show up tomorrow to speak in favor as possible. The hearing is in Rules Committee, in City Hall Room 263, beginning at 1pm (but the Clean Energy Act is item 8 and probably won't come up for at least an hour - so be there by 2pm if you can). For full hearing details see http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=83910 **Talking Points** - The latest science shows that an 80% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050 is NO LONGER either close or fast enough of a reduction to avoid a major climate and sea level catastrophe. We need 100% clean electricity as soon as possible! - The ice caps are melting and polar bears are drowning and PG&E still only has 13% renewable electricity - and PG&E has admitted it will not even meet the minimal State requirement of 20% renewables by 2010. So the only way to get high percentages of clean energy fast enough, is for us, the people of San Francisco, to take ownership and control of our own electricity system. - PG&E has sought permission to build 9 new polluting natural gas power plants in California and is also trying to build a dangerous, methane emitting, 200 mile natural gas pipeline from Oregon to California. With global warming and the price of natural gas skyrocketing just as the price of oil is doing; it is critical that we dump PG&E and switch immediately to stable priced and clean, renewables and efficiency, to meet our energy needs. - Other California cities that have taken community control of their electricity systems have far lower rates and can dedicate far more funds to improving and greening those systems. - Our utility bills are going -up- because PG&E continues to rely on volatile priced, polluting natural gas as its energy base. In recent arguments against clean energy in Marin County, PG&E actual made the ridiculous claim that natural gas rates will go down, even though economic indicators are clearly showing that the price of natural gas is going up! We -must- dump PG&E now and switch to stable priced renewables. Hope to see you all at the hearing! peace Eric -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara