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Public commenters and program administrators clash over SGIP and PSPS mitigation; administrator says some incentives moved to general fund
Summary
A Walnut Creek resident told the Little Hoover Commission that current incentive programs do not adequately mitigate repeated PSPS and EPSS outages; a program official said SGIP was recently moved to general‑fund support and that SOMA uses cap‑and‑trade proceeds to deliver monthly bill relief for multifamily affordable housing.
Public comment at the end of the Little Hoover Commission hearing included a resident complaint about outage impacts and a program administrator’s clarification about incentive funding.
Peter Spadia, a Walnut Creek resident, described repeated outages at his home and neighborhood and said existing mitigation programs do not address reliability loss from Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) and enhanced‑circuit…
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