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SFPUC briefs LAFCO on Clean Power SF expansion plans, procurement and schedule
Summary
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff told the Local Agency Formation Commission that Clean Power SF has roughly 80,000 customers, strong retention and a growth plan that aims to raise the program—s "green" product to 50% renewable by 2020 and complete citywide enrollment by February 2019; staff flagged procurement, PCIA and solar-tariff risks and described an approval timetable so contracts can be conditionally executed ahead of required public noticing.
Michael Himes, director of the Clean Power SF program at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the Local Agency Formation Commission on Nov. 9 that the city—s community choice aggregation program is preparing to expand citywide and has assembled a pool of supply offers sufficient to support a major enrollment in 2018 and completion by February 2019.
"We have about 80,000 (customers) today," Himes said. "We've had a 96.8% retention rate or a 3.2% opt-out rate." He said the PUC—s plan is to increase the renewable content of the program—s default "Green" product to 50% by 2020 and to enroll 100% of eligible customers in San Francisco by February 2019 or sooner.
Why it matters: Clean Power SF would become one of the city—s largest utilities by accounts and revenue at full scale, shifting hundreds of millions in annual power procurement and creating local contracting and project-development work. The PUC—s growth…
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