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PUC approves 25‑year solar power purchase agreement for Sunset Reservoir and Pier 96
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved a 25‑year power purchase agreement with Recurrent Energy to install about 4.7 MW of solar at Sunset Reservoir North Basin and Pier 96, a move staff says will add renewables and create dozens of green jobs while costing the utility roughly $1.6 million a year.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to authorize a 25‑year power purchase agreement enabling a private developer to finance, build, own and operate solar arrays on city property at Sunset Reservoir North Basin and Pier 96 and to sell the output to the SFPUC. Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for Power, told commissioners the two facilities together would add about 4.7 megawatts of solar generation and bring the municipal portfolio to roughly 7 megawatts.
Hale said the negotiated blended power price is about 23.65¢ per kilowatt‑hour and the PUC’s estimated annual purchase cost for the project is about…
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