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Clean Power SF: enrollment growth and regulatory issues highlighted
Summary
SFPUC staff reported Clean Power SF serves ~81,000 customers with a low opt-out rate and plans a July 1 auto-enrollment that will bring enrollment to about 105,000; staff also flagged pending PCIA proceedings at the CPUC and pending resource adequacy contract approvals.
Assistant General Manager Barbara Hale gave an update on Clean Power SF on June 12, reporting enrollment, product uptake and near-term regulatory work.
Hale said the program currently serves about 81,000 customers with an opt-out rate of about 3.2% and that Super Green (the 100% renewable product) enrollment is roughly 4.2% (staff said this equates to more than 4,000 customers). Staff told the commission that mailings and an auto-enrollment beginning July 1 are expected to increase the customer base to roughly 105,000 (predominantly commercial customers but including residential enrollments). Hale said early indications show customers opting out or "opting up" to Super Green in modest numbers so far (staff cited 132 opt-outs and 108 opt-ups to date).
On regulatory matters, Hale briefed commissioners on the PCIA (Power Charge Indifference Adjustment) case and the CPUC "customer choice" report; she said SFPUC and CalCCA filed briefs and that an administrative law judge's proposed decision is expected this summer. Staff also noted a June 22 legislative-style CPUC hearing on the customer-choice report and said SFPUC staff expect to be on the agenda.
Separately on item 17 the commission approved three resource adequacy contracts executed by the general manager for Clean Power SF with a combined cost the staff reported as $13,700,000; staff said retroactive approval from the Board of Supervisors will be sought for those RA contracts.
Next steps: staff will monitor the CPUC proceedings, attend the June 22 hearing and report back to the commission; they will also continue public outreach related to the July auto-enrollment.
