That was posted May 31st. Clearly the holdup is PG&E.
No way to know when these will be operational.
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Supercharger - Greenbrae, CA (LIVE 16 Dec 2020, 14 urban stalls)
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No way to know when these will be operational.
Mini rant: PG&E seems to have zero accountability in this state. Do we seem the same kinds of utility hold ups in other parts of the state? Greenbrae is really needed here in Central Marin as Corte Madera is often full and is a very congested location.
There’s a few areas in CA with public utilities such as LADWP, SMUD, MID, TID, IID, etc.. With public utilities it would work like any other municipal or government entity: as a ratepayer you have the right to get information and they have an obligation to get you that information in a reasonable amount of time. If this was a public utility in Greenbrae (and it’s not) I think any ratepayer could call and they would eventually get you to the right department and get you the status or information you needed in a reasonable time.
Based on my own dealings with PG&E I don’t think obtaining information is a straightforward process. I don’t think you can just call customer service and expect to be eventually shuffled to the right department. I think they’re too big for their own good and getting information is intentionally very difficult if not impossible for a scenario like this.
Clearly I am the dumbass for thinking something more was going on nearly Four Months after the May 31 post!
The Tesla Supercharger team is surely aware that this site is not yet operational and know the reasons why. What PG&E does and when they do it is outside of Teslas control.
I have the Tesla solar roof and am aware of the painful process and loooong wait times from PG&E.. but Tesla team did follow up regularly to make sure my roof started generating solar with approvals from county. Hope this is the same process and we get the supercharging at bon air soon
7 months later and still not live. I am going to reach out to the town to see if they have any insights they can share. This has to be a record for slow supercharger activation? 
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
Here's the latest:
6/12/2020: Town finaled permit and gave approval to PG&E to energize the location
11/4/20 PGE reinstated and extended the encroachment permit 20181101 to provide the actual electricity to the site
Not sure what the second item means in terms of when this could be energized, but perhaps this means it's close. I wonder what PG&E did in the 5 months from permit final to 11/4....
6/12/2020: Town finaled permit and gave approval to PG&E to energize the location
11/4/20 PGE reinstated and extended the encroachment permit 20181101 to provide the actual electricity to the site
Not sure what the second item means in terms of when this could be energized, but perhaps this means it's close. I wonder what PG&E did in the 5 months from permit final to 11/4....
Merrill
Merrill
Shut off power and had flex alert, probably spending all their time fixing the lines and poles!
Wilber
Member
HI folks - I havent been paying attention to this topic for a few months but this morning (Friday Dec 4 about 11am) I stopped by these superchargers. There are new temporary constr
uction signs saying no parking Dec 7 - Dec 11. These are just in the two westmost stalls. I take that as a good omen. Perhaps the final work to make these operational will be done next week! See photo. I also took a closer look at the 'parking signs' at every stall. They make it clear that spaces are only for Tesla Charging. see photo. Of course, two spaces were iCE'd this morning!
It's interesting that these signs have black text and lettering (or is that a very dark grey) instead of the usual red we see at other Supercharger sites.
Bruce.
My guess is that the site host objected to the red signs as too garish, and asked for the modification to something subtler. I seem to recall one or two other sites where the signs were modified (presumably also at the host's request) to omit the Tesla logo.
Yes... this is Marin County.... we had asked that the signs be etched into slate but compromised on this...
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
That probably means July 2021!
Let's hope it's soon... I have some supercharger referral credits to use!
Let's hope it's soon... I have some supercharger referral credits to use!
Reddit user /u/hmannsf posted a picture claiming to be the first to charge at these after the Tesla technician activated them yesterday.
