# Dependable power is a community issue on Treasure Island

> ESBE Incorporated's community work on Treasure Island: public documentation of power outages and plain-language paths to official reporting channels for residents.

Canonical: https://esbeincorporated.org/community

Last updated: 2026-10-24

## About this work

ESBE Incorporated supports public documentation and accountability work for Treasure Island residents. The goal is practical: make outage information easier to find, understand, and act on for the people who live on the island.

ESBE Incorporated is an independent nonprofit. It is not a government agency and does not speak for the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, or the Treasure Island Development Authority.

## Why it matters

An island community feels every outage.

When the power fails, households, small businesses, and neighbors who rely on electricity are affected together. A clear public record of what happened, and a clear path to the right official channel, helps residents ask for reliable service with facts in hand.

## Community resources

Treasure Island Power: a public outage tracker documenting Treasure Island power failures and related accountability work. Its records are community-compiled and are not a live power feed. It is an independent public project and is not affiliated with SFPUC or TIDA.

For an emergency, call 911.

- [Treasure Island Power — the public record of outages and related accountability work for Treasure Island](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com)
- [Report an outage — through Improve Bay Area or San Francisco 311](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com/report)
- [Resident resources — emergency alerts, claim forms, advocacy tools, and press coverage for Treasure Island residents](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com/resources)
- [Record requests — public records requests filed in the Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island grid investigation](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com/records)
- [Infrastructure map — an interactive map of Treasure Island grid infrastructure and outage history](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com/map)
- [Power quality log — voltage sags, swells, transients, and interruptions recorded by a power-quality meter on Treasure Island](https://www.treasureislandsfpoweroutages.com/power-quality)

## Transparency

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| Organization | ESBE Incorporated |
| Federal tax ID | 87-1218291 |
| Federal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Government relationship | Independent nonprofit; not a government agency. |

- [Read the IRS determination letter](https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/dl/FinalLetter_87-1218291_ESBEINCORPORATED_05012026_v1.0.pdf)
- [Contact us about this work](mailto:help@esbeincorporated.org?subject=ESBE%20Incorporated%20community%20inquiry)

## Related

- [ESBE Incorporated home](https://esbeincorporated.org/)
- [Support ESBE's work — donate](https://esbeincorporated.org/donate)