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PUC reports Clean Power SF growth and warns of bills that could slow CCA expansion
Summary
PUC staff reported Clean Power SF serves about 81,000 sites, with Super Green upgrades at 3.7% and a planned October enrollment of 5,024 accounts. Staff flagged state bills (as circulated to the commission) that could affect CCA autonomy and urged active lobbying.
At a public meeting, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received an update on Clean Power SF enrollment, contracting and legislative activity that staff said will shape the program's expansion plans.
AGM Barberio told commissioners Clean Power SF is serving about 81,000 sites, the opt‑out rate remains unchanged at 3.3%, and 3.7% of customers have chosen the Super Green product (100% renewable). "Our Clean Power SF program continues to successfully serve customers," Barberio said. Staff said enrollment notices were sent for an October enrollment of roughly 5,024 accounts, including net‑metering accounts in Districts 5 and 8, and that a smaller enrollment round is planned for January 2018.
On procurement, Barberio said the PUC received a strong response to its request for offers (more than 300 bids from 78 projects), posted a short list of 44 projects for energy deliveries in 2018–2021 and expects to contract with a subset ("probably around 10"). He also reported a new RFO for firmed and shaped energy posted Sept. 8 with bids due Sept. 22; contracts from that solicitation could have terms of one to three years and may begin delivering as early as May 2018.
Barberio flagged state legislation under active tracking by staff and CalCCA that could affect CCAs and the pace of expansion; the materials referenced AB 726, AB 813 and SB 100. He publicly thanked Emily Lam (policy and government affairs director, external affairs) for supporting the city's lobbying effort.
Jed Holtzman of 350 Bay Area addressed the commission during public comment and urged the city to instruct its lobbyists to oppose what he described as last‑minute measures that would be "anti‑CCA," possibly imposing prohibitive exit fees and curbing local program expansion. "We need the city and county to be...exceptionally vociferous and aggressive in Sacramento," Holtzman said.
Staff said contracting for supply and a financing facility for Clean Power SF are priorities to support citywide enrollment by July 2019 or sooner, and that a credit facility procurement for standby letters of credit is underway with a winning bidder to be announced soon.
The commission did not take a separate vote on program expansion during the update; commissioners asked no substantive follow‑up questions at the time but thanked staff for the briefing.
