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Committee delays vote on CleanPowerSF storage addition after labor and community-benefits questions

San Francisco Budget and Finance Committee · October 20, 2021
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Summary

Supervisors continued a PUC amendment to add battery storage to the Blythe Solar contract for one week, asking the developer to appear to answer questions about community benefits, project labor agreements and construction commitments; PUC staff warned a delay may affect a resource adequacy filing.

The Budget & Finance Committee on Oct. 20 continued for one week a proposed amendment to CleanPowerSF’s power purchase agreement that would add battery storage to the existing Blythe Solar project, increase the contract not-to-exceed by roughly $83 million (to about $220 million) and extend program commitments through the contract term.

Mike Himes of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission explained the amendment would add dispatchable battery capacity to an existing long-term solar purchase, improving the project’s…

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