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LAFCO outlines MOU with SFPUC to fund studies on decarbonization and financing; commissioners press for financing analysis and coordination

San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) · October 21, 2022
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LAFCO staff proposed an updated MOU with the SFPUC to fund targeted studies on building decarbonization, financing strategies and interagency coordination; commissioners urged at least one dedicated study on financing (bonds, federal incentives, municipal finance vehicles) and closer coordination with the Department of the Environment.

The Local Agency Formation Commission discussed a proposed memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to formalize a multi‑year program of studies on Clean Power SF and related interagency issues.

Jeremy Pollack, LAFCO executive officer, said the prior MOU dated to 2009 and had been extended without substantive changes until it expired in 2020. Pollack described the MOU as a vehicle to commission discrete studies — for example on building decarbonization, planning and building‑code interactions, interagency funding options and strategies to support local renewable procurement — and said the…

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