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SFPUC seeks authority to sign long-term renewable contracts; supervisors press for mandatory community benefits
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance letting the SFPUC general manager execute up to 25‑year renewable-energy contracts from a shortlisted RFO pool, with supervisors urging stronger community-benefits requirements; the Budget Analyst’s Office recommended clarifying amendments and the committee forwarded the item to the full Board.
Michael Hines, director of Clean Power SF at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the Budget and Finance Committee that the SFPUC seeks authorization to execute renewable-energy contracts from a pool of shortlisted projects identified in a 2019 request for offers. Hines said the contracts would supply part of Clean Power SF’s customer demand and could span up to 25 years, with deliveries starting as early as January 2021 and no later than December 2024.
Hines said the RFO produced 43 unique bids from 13 companies and that the PUC shortlisted 10 project offers from…
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