CleanPowerSF

CleanPowerSF is the City and County of San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, administered by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and monitored by the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo), which is chaired by Supervisor David Campos. The purpose of the program is to significantly increase the amount of energy from local renewable sources supplied to the San Francisco electrical grid ^[1] in order to meet and eventually exceed California's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) laws which require California electricity corporations to expand their renewable portfolio by 1% each year until reaching 20% in 2010 and 33% in 2020.^[2] The goal of CleanPowerSF is to ensure that 51% of San Francisco's electricity is supplied through local clean and renewable electricity generation within its first decade of operation.^[3] San Francisco’s current electrical supplier, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), to date has been unable to meet the California RPS.^[4] After CleanPowerSF's launch (currently planned for 2012), San Francisco residents and businesses will have the choice to participate in the program or revert back to PG&E's energy generation.^[5] CleanPowerSF is the second CCA program to be implemented in California, the first being Marin Clean Energy in Marin County.^[6]

See also

• Renewable Energy
• California Solar Initiative
• Appliance Efficiency Program

External links

• CleanPowerSF Main Website
• Marin Clean Energy Information
• SFPUC Main Website
• Renewable Portfolio Standard
• CleanPowerSF Facebook Page

References

1. ^ San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - What is CleanPowerSF? July 6, 2011
2. ^ California Public Utilities Commission - California Renewables Portfolio Standard July 6, 2011
3. ^ Local Power (2005, revised 2009) - Community Choice Aggregation Implementation Plan pp. 3-5
4. ^ Pacific Gas & Electric - PG&E's 2009 Power Mix July 6, 2011
5. ^ San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Community Choice Aggregation Implementation Plan and Statement of Intent March, 2010
6. ^ Marin Energy Authority - Marin Clean Energy July 6, 2011