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LAFCO receives updates on Clean Power SF, EnerNex report and state proceedings
Summary
SFPUC and LAFCO staff updated commissioners on the EnerNex/InterNEx draft report for Clean Power SF, limited CPUC activity on PG&E's green tariff option, and the death of AB 2145 in the Senate; staff expects a final consultant report in October and recommended a joint discussion with SFPUC.
LAFCO heard status updates on Clean Power SF and related proceedings from SFPUC and LAFCO staff and public advocates.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told commissioners that the EnerNex draft report is under review and that intervening state law (SB 43) had added equity and disadvantaged-community requirements to PG&E's green tariff filing. "There needs to be, under SB 43, a component of the program that addresses disadvantaged communities," she said, and noted some issues were deferred to a second phase of CPUC consideration.
Jason Fried (LAFCO staff) described the consultants' draft as a baseline assessment of current planning and options rather than a final program design. Fried said staff and SFPUC have provided comments to EnerNex and expect roughly a month to six weeks after comment incorporation for the final report. He also confirmed that AB 2145 "died in the Senate," a development LAFCO staff and local advocates had worked on to protect CCA implementation.
Commissioners questioned whether a 100 percent renewable target at launch should be reduced (to 75 or 50 percent) to help secure lower prices and faster implementation. Fried said that is a policy choice and that a phased approach (start lower, ramp to 100 percent over time) could be a viable option to address feasibility and PUC concerns.
Public speakers representing local advocacy groups urged the commission to ensure full customer inclusion in any opt-out design, to study a two-tiered offering (an affordable "light green" default with an optional 100 percent product), and to investigate municipal access to Hetch Hetchy excess power. Advocates also urged LAFCO to coordinate with the CPUC on net-energy-metering successor tariffs because those proceedings affect program economics.
Next steps: EnerNex's final deliverable is expected in October; staff recommended allowing SFPUC and other departments time to review the consultant report and then convene a joint meeting between LAFCO and SFPUC to discuss program design and next steps.
