Tuesday, January 22, 2019

USA, California: San Francisco Community Choice Aggregator Contracts for Geothermal Energy from The Geysers

SF moves toward public power and a ‘local version of a green new deal’ (The San Francisco Examiner )

Agency officials said they have made some investments in renewable energy, including contracts with Geysers Geothermal in Sonoma

San Francisco’s push to transition to a public power system after PG&E announced it will file for bankruptcy is not the only big energy plan in the making.

Supporters of the City’s renewable energy program CleanPowerSF are calling for a “local version of a green new deal” that includes an aggressive build out of local renewable energy projects.

Renewable energy projects and installation of energy efficiencies were long envisioned as part of CleanPowerSF. But the effort has taken longer to materialize than some would hope and now they are worried PG&E’s troubles and the bid for a public power system could cause further delays. Those, plans, however, may come into sharper focus next year.

Agency officials said they have made some investments in renewable energy, including contracts with Geysers Geothermal in Sonoma.