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SFPUC adopts resolution endorsing retrofit/transmission-only path for combustion turbines

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission · July 8, 2008
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Summary

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on July 8 adopted a substitute resolution directing staff to pursue retrofits and transmission-only alternatives instead of building new in‑city combustion turbines, following extensive public testimony and debate over emissions and environmental justice.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted July 8 to adopt a substitute resolution that sets the commission’s policy preference for pursuing retrofits and a transmission‑only alternative rather than constructing new in‑city combustion turbines.

Commissioner Sklar introduced the substitute resolution and said it expresses the commission’s goal of eliminating fossil‑fuel generating facilities within the city and county. The substitute removed earlier rescission language and a previously proposed $100,000 "safety valve" provision and was offered as the…

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