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SFPUC unveils $1.86M program to audit municipal energy use, touts grease-collection effort and regional water savings
Summary
Assistant General Manager Barbara Hale outlined a $1,860,000 General Fund energy-efficiency program targeting facility audits and retrofits, noted a mayoral 5% energy reduction target and a 25% funds-withholding incentive, and staff highlighted a grease-cycle program that collected over 100,000 gallons of used cooking oil along with a regional Water Saving Heroes campaign reporting 13% voluntary water-use reductions.
At the Sept. 9, 2008 meeting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received a general manager’s report highlighting energy-efficiency and water-conservation initiatives.
Ed Harrington, general manager, opened by noting program priorities and introduced the award for the grease cycle program. Staff said the grease collection effort has hand-collected over 100,000 gallons of used cooking oil from about 500 restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, churches and other generators to prevent sewer system impacts. Bruce Wolf, executive director of the Regional Water Control Board, presented a preliminary pollution-prevention certificate and praised the PUC’s efforts.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for Power, briefed the commission on a General Fund Energy Efficiency program that…
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