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San Francisco CCA workshop: staff to issue RFI, commissioners press for market proof before bond financing
Summary
At a second SFPUC workshop the power enterprise outlined Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) objectives and a $5 million budget to develop an implementation plan. Staff will issue an RFI and RFP, but commissioners demanded clearer market tests and revenue assurances for any bond-backed financing before committing to large-scale rollout.
The Public Utilities Commission devoted substantial time to Community Choice Aggregation, a California-statutory model that would let the city procure generation and energy-efficiency services while PG&E continues transmission, distribution and billing.
Assistant General Manager for Power Barbara Hale said the commission's six objectives'reliability, greener supply, lowest net cost, local control, energy efficiency and self-sustaining operations'should guide CCA design. She outlined a proposed portfolio the city is considering and told the commission staff has included a $5,000,000 allocation in this year's budget to support further development of the program and an implementation plan.
Paul Fenn, executive director of Local Power, described the portfolio and risk…
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