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SFPUC tells LAFCO it filed rehearing request with CPUC; PG&E collection policy and PCIA reforms underway
Summary
A San Francisco Public Utilities Commission representative told LAFCO the city filed a rehearing request at the CPUC over a resolution affecting CCA implementation; staff also described protests to a PG&E advice letter on collection policies and an ongoing PCIA proceeding with testimony due in early April.
A San Francisco Public Utilities Commission representative briefed the Local Agency Formation Commission on regulatory activity that could affect Clean Power SF and other community choice aggregation (CCA) programs.
The SFPUC representative reported the city filed a rehearing request with the California Public Utilities Commission challenging a recent CPUC resolution that changed the way CCAs file implementation plans. According to the SFPUC representative, the filing rests principally on a contention that the CPUC issued the resolution without developing an adequate administrative record and that the resolution made significant procedural changes to implementation timelines.
The SFPUC representative also described two related regulatory matters: a protest submitted (through CalCCA) to a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) advice letter that would alter the utility's role in collecting charges on behalf of CCAs, and participation in a CPUC proceeding on the power charge indifference adjustment (PCIA). The representative said testimony for the PCIA reform proceeding is due in early April and a CPUC decision on that track could arrive in the fall.
Commissioners asked whether a proposed bond measure (Proposition A) would finance Clean Power SF; the SFPUC representative said the bond authority described in the measure is exclusive to Hetch Hetchy Power and that Clean Power SF operates as a separate enterprise for financial and rating purposes.
Public commenters urged LAFCO to monitor state legislation — specifically AB 813, described by one commenter as a bill that could reconfigure the electricity market — and to consider taking a position quickly if the measure moves rapidly through Sacramento.
The SFPUC representative said the city expects to finalize certain enrollment contracts and begin initial transactions soon and that a fuller Clean Power SF update will be available at the April meeting.
Ending: LAFCO members requested follow‑up information on the CPUC rehearing, the PG&E advice letter protest, and the PCIA proceeding, and scheduled a fuller Clean Power SF update for the April 20 meeting.
