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PUC says CCA on track; advocates urge focused stakeholder rounds as labor pushes ballot measure
Summary
Barbara Hale said the Barber Hill CCA implementation is on schedule, with not-to-exceed rates finalized and an RFP timeline for meter/billing responses; public commenters urged more stakeholder work on local build-out and warned that an IBEW-backed ballot measure could change renewable energy-credit rules and complicate the launch.
Barbara Hale, Assistant General Manager for Power, told the Commission the Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program remains on schedule: "not-to-exceed" rates are now final, stakeholder meetings are being held (a second stakeholder meeting scheduled June 30), and responses to an RFP for meter data, billing and customer care were due in the coming days.
Hale said staff plan to issue a request for offers for the power supply and to bring a draft CCA implementation plan to the Commission at the next meeting, July 14, after additional work with City attorneys and the Bureau of Environmental Management to address CEQA. Commissioner and public comments emphasized the need for a separate stakeholder process focused on local build-out and distributed generation.
Speakers from the public, including Eric Brooks (San Francisco Green Party / Sierra Club) and Jason Fried (LAFCO executive officer), urged robust stakeholder engagement to protect local-build opportunities and called attention to a potential ballot measure backed by IBEW that Fried and Brooks said could change reporting rules for renewable energy credits and impede local program marketing and claims. Hale said staff are proceeding carefully on CEQA and stakeholder outreach and will return with a draft implementation plan at the July 14 meeting.
