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SFPUC authorizes two combustion‑turbine projects amid debate over transmission alternatives and neighborhood impacts
Summary
After extended debate over whether transmission upgrades (Transbay cable) or demand‑side measures could substitute, the commission authorized staff to finalize agreements for two combustion‑turbine projects and submit them to the Board of Supervisors; the measure passed 3–1 with one commissioner opposed on environmental‑justice grounds.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on July 24 authorized the general manager to complete negotiations and execute agreements required to develop a proposed San Francisco Electric Reliability Project consisting of a 145‑megawatt combustion turbine planned near Potrero and a 45‑megawatt unit at the airport.
Barbara Hale, the commission's Assistant General Manager for Power, said staff had advanced a term sheet with J Power USA to deliver the project under a design‑build‑own‑operate‑transfer model, and that state and local environmental reviews were in place for components of the proposal (a mitigated…
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