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Budget committee pauses PUC power‑contract changes after debate over waivers and labor rules
Summary
The committee continued a proposed ordinance that would raise the PUC's annual energy procurement limit from $150M to $200M and add waivers (including binding arbitration) after supervisors pressed the PUC for more reporting on instances where labor and local contracting standards would be waived.
San Francisco ' The Budget and Finance Committee on May 3 continued for one week a proposed amendment to Administrative Code section 21.43 that would increase the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's delegated authority for buying electricity and related products and waive specified municipal contracting requirements.
Barbara Hale, assistant general manager for power at the PUC, told the committee the changes are driven by "historic volatility in electricity markets" and the need to act at a "commercial pace" to secure competitive bids. "The market is volatile, fast moving, and very competitive," Hale said during the presentation, explaining that some investor‑owned utilities require standard form contracts with binding arbitration…
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