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Commission approves updated Clean Power SF implementation plan, staff to provide risk analysis before supply contracts
Summary
The Commission approved the updated Community Choice Aggregation implementation plan (Clean Power SF), backing two launch products (default up to 50% renewable, optional 100% premium) and directing staff to include a risk analysis and peer CCA data prior to supply-contract authorization.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted July 14 to approve an update to its Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Implementation Plan and Statement of Intent for Clean Power SF and authorized staff to file the revised plan with the California Public Utilities Commission for certification.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power, summarized the changes: the program will prioritize affordability and launch with two products — a default product that will be up to 50% renewable and an optional premium product that will be 100% renewable at a price competitive with PG&E’s green tariff. Staff also noted that they issued an RFP in May 2015 for billing and customer-care services.
Commissioners and speakers raised questions about state-level regulatory changes and timing. Hale explained that recent CPUC action to compress PG&E’s multi-tier residential rate structure into two tiers affects transmission and distribution charges rather than the generation component with which Clean Power SF will compete. She said staff will present a formal risk analysis before the Commission is asked to authorize execution of supply contracts — a commitment echoed by commissioners and stakeholders.
Stakeholders from LAFCO, local environmental groups and other CCAs urged timely approval to keep to the program timeline, cautioned about state bills (notably AB 1110 discussed by a stakeholder) and recommended staff compare peer CCA risk analyses (Marin, Sonoma) when preparing the PUC’s risk briefing. Jason Fried (LAFCO) and others also recommended acceleration of the schedule so approvals are secured before local ballot campaigns and potential utility opposition.
The Commission approved the plan and directed staff to incorporate peer CCA lessons and to present the risk analysis prior to any contract execution.
