KEEP THE LIGHTS ON

Make Ukiah Power Down Resilient!
PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff Creates Economic Losses
Local Power Production is The Solution

THE PROBLEM

POWER SHUTDOWNS CREATE ECONOMIC LOSSES

Businesses lose money,
People lose wages,
Medical needs go unmet,
Food is wasted,
The City loses millions of dollars,
In 2019 the 4-day outage cost Ukiah $8M

FOSSIL FUELED GENERATORS:

Don’t help the entire community,
Are used 1% of the time,
Need regular maintenance,
Are noisy,
Require combustable expensive fuel,
Difficult to resupply during long fuel lines

THE SOLUTION

Local power production
SOLAR POWER & BATTERY STORAGE

Year-round power production,
Now cost competitive,
100 MW array with 250 MWh battery $350M,
A partial system would cost less

TALK ABOUT IT!

We have to start building public support now, as the next fire season is only months away. Tell everyone you know about this project. By spreading the word and building momentum we can encourage our city leaders to make power-down resilience a reality in Ukiah.

POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES:

Institutional Investment funds
Local investors
California Infrastructure Bank
PG&E
Federal & State grant

HOW CAN I HELP?

Let the City Council know there is public support to KEEP THE LIGHTS ON!

CALL: The City at (707) 463-6200
EMAIL: Mayor Doug Crane – dcrane@cityofukiah.com
MAKE A STATEMENT IN PERSON: The Council meets 1st and 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6-pm in the Ukiah Civic Center 300 Seminary Ave. Public Comments are accepted at the beginning of every meeting.