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GoSolar SF credited with local installations and jobs; officials weigh Clean Power SF options

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission & San Francisco Commission on the Environment (joint meeting) · May 27, 2014
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Summary

SFPUC and Department of the Environment staff highlighted GoSolar SF results—about $19.4 million paid, roughly 2,500 installations and ~8.1 MW installed—and discussed Clean Power SF/CCA feasibility work being advanced with LAFCO and supervisors to scale renewable procurement and pursue 100% renewable goals.

Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for POWER at the SFPUC, and Cal Broomhead from the Department of the Environment summarized city renewable and efficiency efforts and the policy choices before elected officials.

Hale described GoSolar SF as a municipal incentive and workforce program established in 2008 that has paid roughly $19.4 million in incentives and supported more than 2,500 installations (about 8.1 megawatts of installed capacity). The program includes a workforce component intended to hire disadvantaged San Franciscans and a low‑income solar support element. Hale said the SFPUC is dedicating capital plan funds to expand municipal and…

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