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SFPUC staff present Clean Power SF rate study proposing modest residential cut and shift to cost-based rates
Summary
SFPUC staff told San Francisco LAFCO the Clean Power SF rate study recommends setting cost-based generation rates — decoupled from PG&E — that would lower the average residential generation charge from about $36 to $33 per month, with an SFPUC hearing set for May 10 and proposed rates effective July 1, subject to adoption.
San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission members heard a detailed presentation on Clean Power SF’s power rate study and staff proposal that would set generation rates based on the program’s cost of service rather than tracking Pacific Gas & Electric.
Erin Franks, SFPUC rates administrator, said the study — conducted by an outside consultant and backed by a 180‑page technical report — aims to make Clean Power SF rates “cost based and independent of Pacific Gas and Electric’s rate setting process.” Franks described core policy goals that shape rate design: revenue sufficiency, customer equity, environmental sustainability, affordability, predictability and…
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