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PUC hears tradeoffs on Clean Power SF: price, local build‑out and resource mix drive different launch scenarios
Summary
Staff presented a Clean Power SF build‑out roadmap and four rate/resource scenarios (roughly 11.14¢–14.57¢/kWh). Commissioners asked for explicit build‑out numbers and a comparison with PG&E’s proposed green option; staff agreed to return with 3–5 scenarios and detailed bill impacts before the next vote.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spent substantial time April 24 discussing the proposed Clean Power SF Community Choice Aggregation program, focusing on how rate choices, the mix of renewable products and decisions about local build‑out would affect launch price and the program’s ability to finance local renewable projects.
Assistant General Manager for Power Barbara Hale and Clean Power SF director Kim Malcolm presented a framework that uses a transition contract (the Shell supply agreement) while the city builds a local portfolio of efficiency and renewables. Staff described four illustrative scenarios that trade off customer price and available build‑out funds; staff cited a range of approximately 11.14¢ to 14.57¢ per kilowatt‑hour across scenarios, and proposed a middle scenario (about 12.86¢/kWh) that…
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