Rules committee forwards clean-power ballot measure after clarifying rooftop-solar rules

At a special meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, members voted without objection to forward to the full board a proposed ordinance that would amend the city’s environment code to define "clean energy," "green energy" and "renewable greenhouse‑gas‑free energy" and set how some renewable energy credits are counted on the ballot this November.

The measure, presented to the committee as an item to be placed on the Nov. 3, 2015 ballot, was revised to remove language about nuclear energy and to add provisions explaining how above‑minimum renewable portfolio standard (RPS) choices interact with reporting of "category 3" renewable energy credits, Jason Fried, executive officer of the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission, told the committee. "The Department of Environment estimates that about…