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Committee forwards Clean Power SF agreements with PG&E and Southern California Edison to full Board
Summary
The committee recommended forwarding two retroactive Clean Power SF contracts — a 10‑year PG&E service agreement (not to exceed $20 million) and a 1‑year Southern California Edison renewable supply contract (not to exceed $24 million) — after staff said the agreements secure program operations and renewable volumes for 2019.
The committee voted to forward two Clean Power SF contract approvals to the full Board after staff said the agreements are necessary to operate the city’s community choice aggregation program and meet near‑term renewable targets.
Michael Hyams, director of Clean Power SF with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the committee the first item is a retroactive 10‑year service agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric to support customer enrollment and program operations from Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2028, not to exceed $20,000,000. Hyams said the agreement includes termination provisions that would apply if the city later chose to convert the program into a municipal utility. “We heard your concerns about the term of the agreement and issues related to PG&E circumstances today with potential impending bankruptcy,” Hyams said, adding that, “after further discussion with the city attorney’s office, we feel comfortable with the city's rights under the agreement.”
The committee also considered a separate, retroactive one‑year renewable energy contract with Southern California Edison for Clean Power SF’s 2019 supply. Hyams said the contract secures roughly 300,000 megawatt‑hours of renewable energy and was executed by the SFPUC general manager on Jan. 17 to hold volumes while the Board was in recess. Hyams said the deal is intended to let Clean Power SF meet its 2019 green product target of roughly 45 percent renewable content; he noted that PG&E's portfolio was about 33 percent renewable in 2018.
Severn Campbell of the Budget Analyst’s Office reviewed the contracts and recommended approval as reasonable. Campbell asked the Board to reaffirm a prior Board request that Clean Power SF submit an annual report detailing usage, rates and program experience; the office said that report has not yet been submitted and that staff intends to file it after the final 2017–18 financial audit. The committee accepted an amendment to reaffirm that reporting request and moved both items to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
The committee took no public comment on either item. The matters will next be considered by the full Board of Supervisors.
