Clean Power SF reports sharp enrollment growth; commission confirms rates and approves renewable contract
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Summary
SFPUC staff reported Clean Power SF grew to just over 400,000 accounts, increased clean energy sales and revenues, and presented final rate adjustments (effective July 15) that keep program rates competitive; commissioners also approved a two‑year renewable contract with Southern California Edison to help meet a 50% renewable target.
SFPUC staff reported major enrollment and portfolio gains for Clean Power SF and asked the commission to confirm rate adjustments tied to final PG&E rates.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power, said Clean Power SF grew from about 87,000 customer accounts to just over 400,000 in the fiscal year, a roughly 357% increase. Staff also reported that clean energy sales increased to more than 2,000,000 megawatt‑hours and program revenues rose from about $40 million to $166 million. Hale said the program will shift to quarterly briefings and will focus on developing customer programs and an equity‑focused community engagement process.
Cristina Aligar Cordero, director of financial planning, presented a confirming resolution to implement final Clean Power SF rate adjustments based on PG&E’s final rates published June 28, 2019, and to take effect July 15, 2019. Under the confirmed methodology staff set the PCIA credit to zero, targeted residential 'green' generation rates to 5% below comparable PG&E generation rates and set a smaller commercial discount. Staff said program reserve targets would be funded at a faster pace and reported average bill increases across all customer classes of roughly 4.8% driven primarily by distribution/delivery and other tariff components.
Commissioners asked for examples of customer impacts and for more detail on the Super Green premium; staff said the Super Green premium for residential customers would drop from 1.5¢/kWh to 1¢/kWh and commercial super‑green premiums would be adjusted to remain competitive.
Separately, the commission approved a two‑year renewable energy contract with Southern California Edison, negotiated to deliver 600,000 MWh in 2020 and 300,000 MWh in 2021 at a total cost of approximately $15.8 million. Staff said the procurement helps Clean Power SF meet its 50% renewable content target for 2020 and that the general manager will seek Board of Supervisors approval because the contract exceeds $10 million.
The commission approved the rates confirmation resolution and the renewable contract by vote. Staff said it will return with additional program details, including programmatic reporting and a deeper discussion of jobs and community benefits at a later briefing.
