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SF Supervisors Approve Climate Leader Meghan Thurlow for SFPUC Commission

San Francisco City Hall

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
May 23, 2025

SF Supervisors Approve Climate Leader Meghan Thurlow for SFPUC Commission

 

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved Mayor Daniel Lurie's appointment of Meghan Thurlow to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which oversees the City's essential water, power, and wastewater services.

SFPUC Commissioner Meghan Thurlow
SFPUC Commissioner Meghan Thurlow

Commissioner Thurlow is a lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she teaches business and public policy. She also leads the technical advisory arm of Carbon Reduction Consulting in San Francisco, helping companies reduce pollution and manage environmental risk. Previously, Commissioner Thurlow spent over a decade in senior leadership roles at Aclima, a San Francisco-based air quality and climate technology company.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Commissioner Thurlow to the SFPUC,” SFPUC General Manager Dennis Herrera said. “The Commission’s leadership is crucial as we continue to ensure a stable water supply for 2.7 million Bay Area residents; expand San Francisco's clean, affordable public power system; and make generational investments in our sewer system to further protect public health and the environment. I look forward to working with Commissioner Thurlow and her colleagues to help shape the future of these vital services and programs for all of our customers."

Commissioner Thurlow will fill the at-large seat, bringing the five-member body to full membership. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in physical chemistry from Harvard, an M.B.A. with honors from UC Berkeley, and a B.A. in chemistry with distinction from Carleton College in Minnesota.

About the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a department of the City and County of San Francisco. It delivers drinking water to 2.7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area, collects and treats wastewater for the City and County of San Francisco, and meets 75% of the electricity demand in San Francisco. The SFPUC’s mission is to provide customers with high quality, efficient and reliable water, power, and sewer services in a manner that values environmental and community interests, and sustains the resources entrusted to the agency's care. Learn more at sfpuc.gov.