Clean Power SF to Keep Generation Rates Below PG&E but Raise Generation Charge to About $39; Super Green Now >15% of Sales
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Summary
Clean Power SF staff told LAFCO the utility’s Super Green 100% renewable product now accounts for more than 15% of retail sales, announced new FY 2024–25 rates with an average generation charge increase from $35 to $39 to build reserves and avoid rate shocks, and outlined an integrated resource plan schedule required by the CPUC.
Clean Power SF staff told the Local Agency Formation Commission on May 17 that the program’s Super Green product — marketed as 100% renewable — now represents more than 15% of Clean Power SF’s annual retail sales and that newly adopted generation rates for fiscal 2024–25 will raise the average generation charge from about $35 to about $39 per month for residential customers.
Cheryl Taylor, operations manager for Clean Power SF, said the modest rate increase was driven primarily by SFPUC financial policy requiring minimum reserve levels to cushion customers and the program against “rate shocks” if wholesale or delivery costs spike. Taylor emphasized that Clean Power SF rates will remain at or below PG&E’s generation rates as of July 1 and that the program’s overall generation portfolio is approaching a high-80s to low-90s percent greenhouse-gas-free mix across its products. Taylor also described a solar inverter replacement assistance pilot for low-income rooftop solar owners and outreach measures including a dedicated power rates landing page on sfpuc.org.
Peter Galata, power communications manager, said outreach includes on-bill messaging, postcards, emails and informational webinars and that customer-service staff can enroll eligible households in assistance programs such as the California low-income discount, the medical baseline, LIHEAP and other payment plans.
Clean Power SF staff also reviewed the integrated resource plan (IRP) timeline: the California Public Utilities Commission will provide required inputs by Jan. 1 and final filing requirements by May 2025, with the next IRP due Nov. 1, 2025. Commissioners thanked staff for the presentation and asked about program outreach and how Clean Power SF will expand Super Green participation; staff pointed to coordination with the Department of the Environment and the City’s renewable-energy building ordinance for large buildings as part of that work.
The presentation was informational and required no commission action.
