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LAFCO hears update on pole-mounted solar pilot; local hiring and metering issues raised

San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) · November 12, 2010
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Summary

LAFCO received an update on a proposed pole-mounted solar pilot with PetroSolar, discussed technical and permitting constraints (PG&E interconnection, non-revenue meters, CEQA), and public commenters urged local-hire requirements for installations.

Caroline Tang, LAFCO staff, briefed commissioners on follow-up work since the Sept. 17 meeting about a pole-mounted solar project modeled on a New Jersey deployment. Tang said LAFCO staff and SFPUC representatives have met twice with PetroSolar and summarized outstanding issues including the need to secure PG&E agreement for interconnection (because generated energy would feed PG&E’s distribution system), the communications and monitoring mechanism for the units, and metering: the units would have meters…

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