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PUC workshop spurs follow-up as LAFCO weighs Clean Power SF options
Summary
SFPUC staff reported a lengthy PUC workshop on community choice aggregation; LAFCO staff will analyze Marin/Sonoma approaches and AB 2145 amendments that affect opt-in/opt-out rules and possible three-county expansion. Public advocates urged LAFCO to stay a driver for Clean Power SF.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for Power at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the Local Agency Formation Commission that a dedicated PUC workshop on community choice aggregation generated constructive discussion and interest in the 'start slow and build' approaches used in Marin and Sonoma.
"It was a good workshop. It was a lengthy workshop," Hale said, adding that staff will work with the general manager to analyze neighboring programs and include community-choice options in the power business plan. Hale said a proposed decision in the PG&E green-tariff proceeding could be issued imminently and reminded commissioners the CPUC process includes comment and a minimum 30-day period before a hearing.
Jason Fried, LAFCO staff, described the workshop as a useful restart but said staff capacity remains limited and that more consistent work will be required to move a Clean Power SF program forward. Fried noted legislative developments: "AB 2145... was heard in the Senate Energy Utilities and Commerce Committee on June 23," and amendments removed an opt-out provision while adding a three-county contiguous expansion clause; staff and advocates differ on how those changes will apply to San Francisco.
During public comment, Eric Brooks and other advocates pressed LAFCO to continue driving local build-out plans and to oppose provisions of AB 2145 that they said would restrict expansion and require multi-year rate disclosures that could expose programs to legal risk. Brooks told commissioners the coalition is prepared to help craft opposition letters and urged quick action to reach state senators before early August hearings.
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