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GoSolar SF supporters urge steady funding as SFPUC warns of $500M capital shortfall
Summary
Stakeholders from labor, industry and nonprofits told supervisors that GoSolar SF creates jobs and helps low‑income residents; SFPUC staff said enterprise capital needs and rising transmission costs limit its ability to fund GoSolar at prior levels and proposed a $2 million baseline pending revenue proposals.
San Francisco supervisors heard a packed roster of city staff and community speakers on the future of GoSolar SF on Tuesday, with industry, labor and environmental groups urging stable funding and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission outlining large capital pressures that constrain that support.
Supervisor David Chiu opened the hearing by describing GoSolar SF as a successful 10‑year rebate program launched in 2008 that has supported more than 2,500 installations and roughly 8 megawatts of rooftop solar. He said the Board wants to avoid the cycle of annual budget fights that have repeatedly cut the program and then restored funding.
Todd Reedstrom, assistant general manager and CFO at the SFPUC, told the committee that the power enterprise has provided about $19.4 million in GoSolar incentives and appropriated about $24 million overall, producing roughly 2,583…
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