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Rules Committee delays vote on PUC nominee Anton Moran after questioning on public power and philosophy
Summary
The Rules Committee heard extended testimony from nominee Anton Moran about his utility experience, water-policy work and views on municipalization. Several supervisors and public commenters raised concerns about his commitment to community control of energy; the committee voted to continue the nomination to allow further meetings.
Anton Moran, a longtime San Francisco utility manager, faced detailed questioning and mixed public comment Tuesday before the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, which voted to continue consideration of his nomination to the Public Utilities Commission’s seat 4 to a later Rules meeting.
Moran, who told the committee he has more than 20 years of utility management experience with the city and served as general manager of Hetch Hetchy, outlined a career that included adopting a “Water First” conservation policy and steering procurement and finance reforms. Moran said he had pushed the PUC during his tenure to expand the scope of municipal load where lawful and to pursue community choice aggregation (CCA) as a first step toward greater local control of power.
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