Residents on Treasure Island live with frequent and recurring power outages, in part because the infrastructure is quite old. Barklee Sanders, an island resident who has been researching and advocating for improvements to the grid, illustrates the scope of the problem and just how disruptive the outages are to residents.

Check our podcast feed for another interview on this topic in which the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission responds to some of these concerns and outlines the various responsibilities for the island's power supply.