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Residents and commissioners press for alternatives as SFPUC weighs in‑city peaker plants
Summary
At the Sept. 25 SFPUC meeting, residents from Bayview/Hunters Point and several commissioners urged the utility to prioritize alternatives after a Cal ISO report said reliability could be met without in‑city generation; community groups filed a federal suit opposing proposed combustion‑turbine peaker plants.
San Francisco — Residents, advocacy groups and a majority of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission members used a public comment period and a Commission workshop Sept. 25 to press staff for alternatives to building combustion‑turbine (CT) “peaker” plants inside the city.
Commissioner Michael Sklar read from a July California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) packet, citing a sentence in the study stating that “options are available to meet the required level of electric system reliability in San Francisco without relying on generation in the city.” Sklar said the Cal ISO materials and recent technical packets warrant a rigorous, non‑political review before the city proceeds with in‑city CT construction.
Community speakers described the proposal as a local health and environmental justice issue. Darrell Cockerham of APRI said…
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