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SFPUC’s IRP: staff recommended accelerated path to 100% renewables by 2025; commissioners and stakeholders press on resiliency and engagement
Summary
SFPUC staff recommended the 'accelerated case' in its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, projecting 100% renewable and greenhouse‑gas‑free electricity for Clean Power SF by 2025 and lower net present cost than alternatives; LAFCO’s consultant and public commenters raised concerns about stakeholder engagement timing, resiliency for PSPS/blackouts, and the need for project‑level feasibility and rate impacts.
San Francisco LAFCO commissioners reviewed Clean Power SF’s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) modeling and staff’s recommendation of an "accelerated case" as the preferred portfolio.
Michael Himes explained the IRP process and said the accelerated case was selected because it best balanced affordability, local investment, and rate stability and was the lowest‑cost portfolio in the staff’s analysis. The accelerated case reaches 100% renewable and greenhouse‑gas‑free electricity for Clean Power SF by 2025 — five years earlier than the city’s prior target — and includes modeling constraints to achieve policy goals.
Himes described portfolio components staff modeled:…
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