SFPUC staff outlines Clean Power SF business plan, contracting strategy and outreach ahead of spring 2016 launch

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission officials presented a detailed update on Clean Power SF — the city’s Community Choice Aggregation program — at the Local Agency Formation Commission meeting on Oct. 23, 2015. Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power, said staff are testing financial viability under different enrollment and opt‑out scenarios and are pursuing contracting steps to reduce exposure to volatile wholesale prices.

Hale told commissioners the program’s initial enrollment case is modeled at 30–50 megawatts (roughly 20,000–75,000 accounts), which staff estimate would correspond to about $35 million in annual expenditures. Full enrollment would be substantially larger — about 400 megawatts and roughly 300,000 accounts, producing an estimated $270 million in annual operating revenue. Hale said staff are modeling renewable-content choices (about 33–50 percent for the basic green product) and testing whether the program remains both affordable and financially stable under higher opt‑out rates.

The presentation emphasized enterprise‑wide risk management. Hale said the highest single program cost is procuring supply —…