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San Francisco Offers To Purchase PG&E's Electrical Grid

The city of San Francisco is offering to buy Pacific Gas and Electric’s energy grid for $2.5 billion. The utility filed for bankruptcy in January when its liability related to deadly wildfires in California soared.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with KQED’s Sonja Hutson (@SonjaHutson).

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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