LAFCO hears Clean Power SF update: low opt-outs, 25 MW Shiloh purchase and NEM plans

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At a regular meeting, LAFCO received a status report on Clean Power SF enrollment and program design: staff reported about 40 opt-outs out of roughly 7,800 services (well below modeled rates), a contracted 25 MW from the Shiloh Wind Project, development of a Net Energy Metering tariff and outreach plans including paper sign-up forms for equity.

The Local Agency Formation Commission on the record reviewed progress on Clean Power SF enrollment, outreach and program design and heard staff say the rollout is proceeding with lower-than-expected opt-outs and active plans for a Net Energy Metering (NEM) tariff.

Charles Sheehan, communications manager for Clean Power SF, told commissioners the March 1 enrollment notices produced “a little increase in the number of opt outs as people got their second notice,” totaling about 40 opt-outs out of roughly 7,800 total services so far — a rate far below the program’s modeled 20% opt-out benchmark. Sheehan said 109 customers had early-enrolled in the Super Green product set to begin service in November and described roughly 180–190 merchant-corridor visits and planned district “welcome events” as part of ongoing outreach.

Sheehan said the program has contracted about 25 megawatts from the Shiloh Wind Project in Solano…

LAFCO hears Clean Power SF update: low opt-outs, 25 MW Shiloh purchase and NEM plans

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