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Supervisors approve ordinance to sell four city-owned combustion turbines after debate over study of cogeneration option
Summary
The Board approved an ordinance authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to sell four combustion turbines transferred to the city, after a divided vote on an amendment to study giving a turbine to NRG for a cogeneration plant. Supervisors raised environmental, cost and equity concerns tied to a California Energy Commission finding.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to authorize the Public Utilities Commission to sell four combustion turbines transferred to the city as part of the Williams settlement, finishing action on the ordinance after members debated whether to study a proposal to give a turbine to NRG for a cogeneration plant.
Supervisor Alioto-Pier opposed an amendment to direct staff to study giving a turbine to NRG, saying the idea already had been reviewed by the California Energy Commission. Quoting that report, Alioto-Pier said it found the option “cost prohibitive to the tune of $87,000,000,” and warned of “high potential that air emissions would directly affect residents…
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