[Sustain] SF Community Choice RFP Released! Forward Widely & Quickly!

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

Crucial news!

The SFPUC (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission) has just released 
its Request For Proposals (RFP) for San Francisco's Community Choice 
(Clean Power SF) renewable energy project.

Please spread the word very quickly to potential bidding companies, and 
organizers for clean energy. It is crucial that San Francisco's 
Community Choice project go to contract before PG&E's anti Community 
Choice measure goes to the California ballot next June; so that we can 
establish the strongest possible project to lead the way for the rest of 
the state, the country, and the planet, in reversing the climate crisis.

Once a successful bid is accepted for this project, it will become the 
biggest municipal clean energy network in the world and build enough 
solar, wind and efficiency projects to power San Francisco on 50% clean, 
renewable electricity within the next decade.

The released RFP is attached as a PDF file. Both it, and other important 
appendix documents, can be found on the SFPUC's web sit at:
http://sfwater.org/custom/bid/planlist.cfm/bidtype/2/MC_ID/15/MSC_ID/147
under the heading "Electric Supply Services for the Community Choice 
Aggregation Program RFP".

Here is the SFPUC's release announcement:

http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/17/MSC_ID/422/MTO_ID/736/C_ID/4789

City Plan to Provide Cleaner Energy to S.F. Residents & Businesses 
Advances Major Step
Published: 11/05/2009  |  Updated: 11/06/2009
Published By: Power Enterprise 
<http://sfwater.org/Dept.cfm/MC_ID/17/MSC_ID/422/MTO_ID/736/MO_ID/73>

Release of CleanPowerSF Program Request for Proposals (RFP) Moves City 
Closer to Clean, Renewable Energy Goals

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission 
(SFPUC) today released its Request for Proposal for the Community Choice 
Aggregation Program, known as CleanPowerSF. The RFP will bring the City 
one step closer to achieving its goals of providing electric energy to 
San Franciscans that is significantly greener than what PG&E currently 
delivers, all at competitive rates. The final RFP is a collaborative 
effort between the SFPUC and the San Francisco Local Agency Formation 
Commission (SF LAFCo).

"With the unanimous support of the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor, 
the City's plan to provide clean renewable energy has reached a major 
milestone. This RFP positions the city to provide San Franciscans with a 
meaningful green energy alternative to PG&E's misdirected reliance on 
fossil fuels," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, LAFCo Chair, and sponsor 
of the CCA RFP legislation.

"Selecting a partner to help us achieve the goals of CleanPowerSF -- 
locally-controlled, cleaner energy at competitive rates -- is the 
primary objective of the thorough and well balanced RFP that we released 
today," said Barbara Hale, SFPUC Assistant General Manager for Power.

The final RFP clearly states the energy targets for CleanPowerSF. These 
targets specify:

    * 51% of electric energy be from renewable sources by 2017; and

    * 40% of energy needs be met from a combination of local and
      renewable sources by 2012; and

    * rates be competitive with PG&E.

The RFP invites potential respondents, including large energy trading 
firms and renewable energy project developers, to submit proposals that 
are based on the City's renewable energy goals.

Community Choice Aggregation, a state law passed in 2002, allows 
California cities and counties to combine their citizens' purchasing 
power to buy electricity, reducing consumer costs and enhancing local 
control and consumer protections. In 2007, San Francisco adopted its own 
energy blueprint called CleanPowerSF, based on the CCA model, with the 
specific goal of increasing the City's use of clean, renewable power.

The released RFP follows a Request for Information (RFI) released by the 
SFPUC in 2007 and a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) released in 2009. 
To view the final RFP please visit 
http://sfwater.org/custom/bid/planlist.cfm/bidtype/2/MC_ID/15/MSC_ID/147.

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