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SFPUC reports rising Clean Power SF enrollment, urges support for favorable PCIA proposal
Summary
Clean Power SF told the commission it serves about 108,000 accounts with a low opt‑out rate and reported two long‑term contracts that will add 147 MW of renewable generation; staff urged public comments to the California PUC in support of the judge's PCIA proposal to avoid shifting costs to CCA customers.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard an update on Clean Power SF on Sept. 11 from Michael Hines, director of the program, who said the community choice aggregator now serves roughly 108,000 accounts and has a cumulative opt‑out rate of about 3.1 percent.
Hines said the program’s super‑green upgrade rate currently exceeds the opt‑out rate and is expected to rise to an estimated 3.6 percent after an October enrollment. “Clean Power SF is now actively serving about 108,000 accounts,” he said, and the program estimates it has reduced San Francisco’s electricity‑related greenhouse‑gas footprint by about 82,000 metric tons since launch.
Hines reported that the SFPUC has entered two new long‑term contracts for wind and solar projects that will produce about 147 megawatts of renewable power, “enough renewable energy to power a 130,000 average San Francisco homes per year,” and reiterated the agency’s long‑term target to eliminate greenhouse gases from the city’s electricity supply by 02/1930 as adopted previously by the Board of Supervisors.
On regulatory matters, Hines described competing proposals in the California Public Utilities Commission’s PCIA proceeding and said the judge’s proposal is more balanced for CCAs while an alternate proposal risks shifting costs to CCA customers. He said the SFPUC, working with CalCCA and municipal partners, filed comments and is encouraging members of the public and elected officials to submit letters supporting the judge’s proposal ahead of CPUC action later in September.
The commission did not take a formal vote on policy at this meeting; Hines identified channels for public participation and named the Center for Climate Protection and CalCCA as places to learn how to submit comments. The update concluded with commissioners thanking staff for the outreach and program progress.
