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PUC mitigation deal with NorthStar Solar put on reserve; committee requires oversight for spending over $100,000

Budget and Finance Committee · December 5, 2012
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Summary

The Public Utilities Commission asked the Budget and Finance Committee to authorize a system impact mitigation agreement with NorthStar Solar, initially estimated at $2.9 million, and the committee agreed to place funds on committee reserve pending PUC reports and set a $100,000 threshold for supervisory review of expenditures.

Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, presented a mitigation agreement the PUC seeks with NorthStar Solar to cover the PUC's estimated costs to mitigate impacts from interconnecting new solar generation to the electric transmission system.

"They're proposing to build a 60 megawatt solar generating facility," Ritchie said, and noted the PUC's preliminary…

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