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Subcommittee clears PUC ordinance to connect small hydro project to PG&E, with ethics waivers removed
Summary
The Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Subcommittee advanced an ordinance allowing the Public Utilities Commission to enter a long-term interconnection agreement with PG&E for a small inline hydro project. The committee accepted city attorney edits removing proposed waivers of voter-adopted ethics and contracting rules and moved the item to the full Board as amended.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Subcommittee on April 24 advanced an ordinance that would let the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) enter a long-term interconnection agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for a small inline hydroelectric installation.
John Doyle, who said he manages energy infrastructure projects for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the committee the project would capture otherwise wasted energy from a head drop in the pipelines from Crystal Springs Reservoir to University Mound. Doyle described it as a ‘‘small inline hydro project’’ of roughly 240 kilowatts and said the PUC estimates it will produce…
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