IBEW Local 1245, which represents about half of the PG&E workforce, opposes the idea of San Francisco taking over PG&E infrastructure. Tom Dalzell, the union’s business manager, said his group worries about the negative impact a public power expansion could have on employee pensions.
“And when you work for PG&E, you also have the ability to transfer or bid to anywhere in the system,” Dalzell said. “If you work with the city … you are confined to the highest-cost-of-living area in California.”
Dalzell said he also doubts San Francisco has a realistic grasp of how much the transaction could really cost.
“I can’t imagine that they really want the entire thing,” he said. “They don’t really understand what they’re asking for.”