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SFPUC to seek Board approval for peaker package; community groups urge alternatives and question need for four CT units
Summary
SFPUC staff told LAFCO it will seek Board of Supervisors approval next week for a package to build and interconnect combustion‑turbine “peakers,” while numerous public commenters and some commissioners urged further study of alternatives (Transbay Cable, renewables, efficiency), questioned the ISO requirement for dispatchable resources and raised environmental justice concerns.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission briefed LAFCO on the status of the proposed combustion‑turbine (CT) ‘‘peakers’’ project and said staff has a negotiated package with an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor (ICC) that it intends to present to the Board of Supervisors next week.
SFPUC staff said the package will include five components: turbine upgrades and renovations, a construction management agreement, necessary land transactions, a power‑purchase agreement and interconnection agreements. Staff explained the original J Power deal fell apart and the commission is pursuing the path of…
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