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SFPUC updates LAFCO on Clean Power SF rollout; commissioners demand faster response to union-funded mailers
Summary
SFPUC staff told LAFCO the Clean Power SF launch remains on schedule with a possible rate action March 12 and outreach beginning this spring; commissioners urged swifter, broader public education after union-funded mailers they said spread misinformation.
San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission on Jan. 25 heard an update from San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff on Clean Power SF and pressed the PUC to accelerate public outreach after what commissioners described as a union-funded negative mail campaign.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power at the SFPUC, told commissioners the agency remains "on time according to our time schedule," with the commission scheduled to consider proposed not-to-exceed rates on March 12 after Rate Fairness Board briefings and customer-survey results. Hale said the SFPUC plans a customer-education program this spring, a June procurement decision and a mandatory opt-out period prior to an October launch.
The SFPUC described how Clean Power SF's opt-out model is expected to enroll 50,00090,000 residential accounts on day one, compared with PG&E's proposed opt-in green tariff, which staff…
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