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Rules Committee accepts technical changes and continues Clean Energy Right to Know ballot measure to July 27
Summary
The panel heard staff from LAFCO, SFPUC and the Department of the Environment on a proposed ballot measure to define "clean/green/renewable/greenhouse gas free" electricity and require disclosure of nuclear sources. Supervisors accepted technical amendments and continued the item to a July 27 special meeting to finalize language.
The committee considered an ordinance to place the "Clean Energy Right to Know Act" on the November ballot. Chair John Avalos said the measure aims to align municipal definitions of "clean," "green," "renewable" and "greenhouse gas free" with state law and to require the city to report how much electricity ratepayers receive from nuclear power.
Jason Fried (Local Agency Formation Commission) told the committee the measure would let the city present its energy-mix information consistent with state accounting and warned that a competing IBEW-backed…
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