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Committee backs SFPUC request to allow comparative‑fault indemnity for Moccasin Powerhouse contract

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · May 26, 2021
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The committee voted to forward to the Board an SFPUC request to allow comparative‑fault indemnity language in a design‑build contract with GE Renewables for the Moccasin Powerhouse generator rehabilitation. SFPUC staff said the generators are decades past life expectancy and delay would risk water delivery and about $24 million in lost annual power‑sales revenue.

Katie Miller, director of water capital programs at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, asked the committee to recommend approval of a resolution permitting SFPUC to include a comparative‑fault indemnity provision in a design‑build contract with GE Renewables US LLC for the Moccasin Powerhouse generator rehabilitation.

Miller said the Moccasin generators were installed about 60 years ago and are…

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