All right, madam vice chair. Sorry everyone, for the difficulties. All right. For members of the public, we are on item number two. Public comment has been closed and we were taking action on the july 21st minutes. Madam vice chair. Um, i believe commissioner williams moved to approve the minutes. Oh commissioner preston moved to approve the minutes. Do i have a second . Second . All right. On the motion moved by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner williams. Commissioner preston. Hi, preston. I commissioner williams i. Williams i vice chair fielder i fielder i. There are three eyes. All right. And madam clerk, can you please call item number three . And the minutes are approved as presented. Item number three is electric bikes for delivery workers. Pilot Program Update members of the public wish to provide comment on this item should line up to speak now or press star three. If you are joining us remotely. Madam vice chair. All right. We will now hear from anna cerrudo and clean the clean transportation specialist for the San Francisco environment department. If you could please keep your presentation at ten minutes, that would be much appreciated and great. Well, good morning, commissioners. Thank you so much for having me today. My name is anna cerrudo. Im a clean transportation specialist at the San Francisco environment department, and ill be providing the update today. Great. Next slide, please. So heres the agenda for today. Ill go over some background on how the project came to be. Ill then spend some time on project updates. Ill spend a little bit of time looking ahead at the next few months to come, and then ill wrap with some q a. Next slide, please. So getting into some Program Background in 2019, sf environment completed its Ev Ready Community blueprint, which established a strategy fauci to help identify near, mid and long term actions for creating a 100 electric Transportation System by 2040. These actions are nested under six categories, which include Public Awareness incentives, expanding charging infrastructure for medium and heavy duty trucks, the grid and emerging mobility. Fast forward to 2022 and sf environment received a 2. 4 million grant from the California Energy commission to implement for projects identified in the 2019 blueprint. One of these projects is the ebike Pilot Program and the other three projects you can see here are on the selected actions under this table. This project was also identified as a priority action in the citys 2021 Climate Action plan. The pilot was largely inspired by lafcos emerging mobility labor study, which found that 39 of Meal Delivery workers said that they would switch to an ebike and 31 said that they might switch to an ebike if an incentive was offered. So were really putting that study to the test next slide, please. So getting into the Pilot Program itself, the pilot will ship shift up to 30 delivery workers from cars to ebikes, and it will be launched in two cohorts each cohort will have 15 ebikers, which is our pilot group and 15 drivers, which is our baseline and control group. The pilot will have a total of 60 participants. So 30 will be on ebikes and 30 will be in cars. Were using a combination of surveys, informational interviews and an app based Software System to track and analyze data on how ebike deliveries compare to those made with cars and some specific data points that were looking at are working conditions, income safety, Emission Reductions and the overall efficiency of deliveries. On ebikes, were hopeful that the pilots findings will demonstrate that ebikes are a faster, cleaner and more Cost Effective method for food deliveries. Next slide, please. So heres our program timeline. The program is a year long and weve broken it up into three phases. So we have program ramp up Data Collection and analysis. We are currently in the Data Collection phase in terms of cohort timing. Each biker cohort will run for a total of six months, which includes one month of onboarding and ebike training. Four months of delivery and Data Collection, and one month of boarding. At the end of those six months, participants will receive full ownership of their ebikes. Next slide, please. So here are our Program Partners sfe. We are the manager of the pilot grid alternatives is our Program Implementation partner, so they are responsible for participant recruitment and individual Case Management as well as equipment procurement at sf. Bike coalition is managing all of our ebike Training Programs for participants, which are a requirement of the pilot drivers seat. Cooperative is our Data Collection partner, so they have an app that allows delivery workers to actually track their data delivery. Lafco thats you all. Youve been really instrumental in helping us form up the pilot, including providing feedback on our Implementation Plan and all of our surveys. So special thank you for your continued collaboration. Were also working with the puc to ensure that our Pilot Program is aligned with their upcoming ebike rebate program. And then finally, the hub bicycles is our equipment provider. Next slide, please. So now shifting over to some more Program Specific updates, we began our participant recruitment in march and the response to the program was extremely encouraging. We received 173 eligible applications across 21 zip codes. We saw a cluster of high quality applicants around the mission tenderloin and downtown San Francisco. Our first cohort of 15 bikers launched in june, and our second cohort is actually launching this week. So were excited about that. Next slide, please. So here are some photos from our first cohort launch. Each launch is spread out over two days. The first day is a classroom based training where participants learn about their bikes. They learn charging best practices, Theft Prevention plan and the rules of the road. The second training is then on the bike. There are a number of skill tests that participants have to go through, and the training ends with a five mile bike ride around the city, which emulates delivery like specific situations. Next slide please. So Lessons Learned so far is weve learned a lot since launching our first cohort. At first at our Program Recruitment has indicated strong interest from sf delivery workers to switch to ebikes. This is promising as we start to think about expanding the pilot and biking infrastructure in the city more broadly. The second thing weve learned is that bike trainings have increased participants biking comfortability. We 90 of participants surveyed said that they felt more comfortable biking in San Francisco and making deliveries in San Francisco after participating in sf bike coalitions bike safety trainings. Third, weve seen that there is a backlog of participants getting on food delivery apps for the first cohort. We did not require participants to have prior delivery working experience and as a result we saw that some participants that were signing up for apps for the first time were waitlisted, and that caused delays in getting them onboarded. For the second cohort, we are making delivery experience a requirement to avoid any further delays. Lastly, weve seen that there is a need for more secure long term bike Parking Options throughout the city. The map on the left here indicates where participants have felt unsafe making deliveries on their bike. This could be because of a lack of bike infrastructure concern over personal safety or in some cases fear of bike theft, which we have seen in the program. Next slide, please. So looking ahead, as i mentioned earlier, we are wrapping up cohort one this month as part of the wrap up, we will be transferring ebike ownership to participants. Well also begin our preliminary data analysis, including a comparison of delivery and survey responses between the ebike pilot and driver control groups as cohort one wraps. We are also launching cohort two. So we had our classroom based training yesterday and we will continue with our on bike trainings tomorrow. I also wanted to highlight that we are finalizing a new grant award with the doe to expand the pilot. We are still confirming the details, but we expect that the doe funding will double the number of Program Participants. This, i believe that is my last slide, so im happy to take any questions and thank you again for having me. Thank you for your presentation. Colleagues any comments or questions . Commissioner preston thank you. I just want to thank you for the work on this. Im very supportive of this. This pilots great to see some of the results and the fact that were gearing up for the next cohort with potential funding to scale up further. So thats really excellent news. And looking forward to trying to tackle some of the logistics issues just around bike parking, storage and some of the other things. So i did i was curious if you could just speak a little, you referenced a wait list and some trying to kind of limit the time for folks being on a wait list. But im just curious, more overall how the demand looks like. We have the original study showing a lot of a lot of drivers, delivery drivers interest in this. We have apparently a wait list for folks to get in. But can you can you quantify to some extent like im just wondering if we had and my thought and ive raised this before is like with additional funding, is this the kind of thing where we just scale up as much as we can, the demand is there and its just a matter of like, how many of these can we get out there or is it more finite . What the demand were seeing is, yeah, thats a good question. So we opened our recruitment back in march and thats when we did receive almost 200 applications. And since then, i think more folks have actually applied for that waitlist. And so from our preliminary recruitment and looking to expand the pilot, we definitely see that theres a need for this. And this pilot is relatively small. You know, its 30 participants with the doe funding. Were hoping to double the number of participants, but i think the demand likely goes beyond what well have funding for. And so is it is it 33 . And then 30 more or was it 15 and 15 more . Because were in were in cohort two of the first funding round. Correct. And each cohort has 15 bikers, 15, 15 bikers and 15 drivers. So its a total of 30 bikers in this California Energy commission grant. And if we get these additional funds, is there an estimate of how many additional participants that would allow . Yes. So were still finalizing the details, but were anticipating to double the pilot. So it would be an additional 30 bikers as great and sorry current waitlist is approximately how many current waitlist is approximately i would say 100 folks that are eligible and interested. Great. Thank you. Thats really helpful. And look forward to continuing to work with you on this. Yeah, thank you. Appreciate your comments. Commissioner williams. Yes. Thank you for thank you for all of this work that you and the program and all the folks that all the folks that are helping out. So, i mean, i can definitely see the benefits i wonder how much of the how much personal use of the bike is being done because i can already see that being less cars. And then very exciting to see the data that will ultimately, i think, support the need for more bike lanes and we love more bike lanes. I i immediately was like, wait, what was the top zip code . Where the request came from . So i saw russian hill in chinatown, north beach was district three. The second zip code, though i didnt catch. So i wonder which one that was. And then as far as tax write offs, when these bikers are probably purchasing their own helmets, is that part of the training when doing their taxes and wondering also what the Eligibility Criteria is . So zip code, taxes, eligibility, those. Yeah. Thank you for those questions. And the zip code i would need to refer back to the slide, but for the other two questions. So were actually in terms of equipment, were providing all the baseline equipment for participants. So not just the bike, but were also providing helmets, locks, lights and then also delivery equipment. So theres a rear basket that folks can use. And then we also provide them with an insulated food bag that they can either put on their back or in the basket, and then the last question around eligibility, a few things that we looked for were folks needed to be 18 years or older. They needed to be able to commit to working an average of 20 hours a week on the delivery apps for that four month period. They had to be San Francisco residents. And then we also looked at financial need and prioritized lower income individuals. Thank you. Um, thank you, commissioner williams. My question, so to be eligible for the program, are all of the applicants on the waitlist eligible for the program . Thats a good question. I would need to go back and look and confer with our Program Implementation partners, but the 173 number that was on the slide, those folks were all eligible. Got it. Thank you. Um and then lastly, could you talk a little bit about im not sure that theres i, i didnt see anything about the actual feedback or if this is in the analysis around, um, the bikers and their thoughts on, on, you know, bike lanes as, um, dangers on the street etcetera. Yes. So were still currently in the Data Collection phase. So cohort one will be wrapping later this month, at which point well have all three of their surveys. So we take a Baseline Survey before they get their bikes amid Program Survey at around two months and then a final survey, at which point well transfer the ebike ownership. So at that point, once we receive all of that data, plus the Data Collected through the drivers seat application, well begin to do that preliminary analysis. Anecdotally, i think the map that was in the slides is there are some intersections that folks have felt unsafe biking on for a number of different reasons. Some feedback that weve heard is that the bike green arrows or the bike green lights are too short, so theyre unable to make it across the intersections in time, which often forces them to basically do a pedestrian cross across one street and then a pedestrian cross across another one, which can cause some delays. But were looking forward to doing a more in depth analysis as cohort one officially wraps later this month. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the results of core two. Thank you. All right. Seeing no further comments from commissioners, ill open this up for Public Comment. Speakers will have three minutes. All right, members of the public who are joining us in person, if you would like to provide Public Comment, please line up to speak on your right. Seeing no one get up to speak, we are going to the remote Public Comment line. We have susanna from dbt running the Public Comment line. Susanna, can you let us know if theres any speakers in the queue . There are no callers. Madam vice chair seeing no public speakers, Public Comment is now closed. There is no action to take on this matter. Madam clerk, can you please call item number four . Yes. Item number four is a clean power sf updates including clean power sf activities and lafco updates on clean power sf activities. We will now hear from Deputy Assistant general manager for clean power sf michael himes. Please keep your presentation at ten minutes. Thank you. Good morning. Lafco commissioners, im mike himes, the Deputy Assistant general manager for the power enterprise responsible for clean power sf and our power resources. Im also joined today online by peter galata, our Power Marketing and Communications Manager whos available to help answer questions if you have any. If you could bring up the slides, thatd be great. Thank you. And feel free to advance to the agenda for our report today. Ill be providing an update on our clean power customer enrollment and service statistics. Ill be reviewing recent Community Events and activities that weve completed and provide an update on our customer programs work. Next slide please clean power continues to successfully serve its customers and participation in the Program Remains stable. Since the last update we provided to you on these statistics in february, weve seen our overall opt out rate tick up slightly. From 4. 4 to 4. 5. Thats rounding to the nearest 10th of a percent. We have also seen our enrollment in super green, our voluntary 100 Renewable Energy service has increased from 2. 1 to 2. 2 of all active clean power accounts , due partly to strong commercial customer interest stemming from the citys Renewable Energy ordinance. Super Green Energy Sales have increased to more than 9 of clean power. Total annual retail sales and i expect this number to exceed 10 soon. Next slide, please. In april, clean power launched a multi lingual marketing and Outreach Campaign to encourage San Francisco residents to upgrade their Electricity Supply service to super green. The super green upgrade campaign leveraged both Digital Advertising and inperson activations or events, primarily targeting clean power sf renters and customers with moderate to low incomes. Clean power has have utilized culturally competent messaging and a variety of advertising tactics like paid facebook and instagram posts in language spots on singtao chinese radio and translated ads on univision. Com with the help of a Creative Ad Agency clean power staff also developed a ten by ten foot by ten foot super green apartment set for inperson activation and or events to engage with San Francisco residents in person. This eye catching apartment set which you can see here in this photo with our sfpuc general manager and Staff Members, is painted entirely green and was deployed at a variety of events throughout San Francisco, including the Cherry Blossom festival in japantown earth day in Golden Gate Park and a San FranciscoGiants Watch Party in the mission organized by the latino task force, a central message behind the green apartment set is that san franciscans dont have to put solar panels on their roof to clean up their Electricity Supply. Clean power sf has got you covered. Visitors were encouraged to take a photo inside the apartment set tag at my sfpuc on social media to share with their networks and upgrade to clean power sfs super green product. The unique set up stood out at events but also allowed staff to engage with visitors in a more casual way, like having a conversation in our living room. Staff answered questions on everything from how to read power bills to electrification and best practices and interpreters were also available at each event, along with translated materials in spanish, chinese and filipino. We concluded our super Green Apartments tour of the city this week in the civic center plaza, where our team greeted passersby by and met with members of the media. I look forward to seeing the next set of Creative Ideas that our Power Communications team comes up with to promote our programs, services and educate the public. Next slide, please. In august, we moved indoors and hosted a one hour educational webinar called keeping the lights on electric grid reliability and a changing climate. This webinar was hosted as part of the agencys Ongoing Community power updates meetings, which happen quarterly and provide opportunities to update customers, Community Partners and the public. About sfpuc power programs and initiatives. As at the last Community Power update meeting held in may, attendees expressed interest in learning more about grid reliability and the spooks power resources. Given the frequent the recent frequency of summer heat waves that put stress on our grid, we thought this was a timely topic to discuss in august in this one hour webinar, we sought to help break down the issue of grid reliability to a nontechnical audience. The webinar featured subject Matter Experts who discussed how the grid works in california, how the spacex own Generation Assets and Resource Planning are helping to support Electricity Supply and grid reliability. And what some of the opportunities are to enhance reliability statewide in the event was very well received and was our most well attended Community Power event meeting this year. We saw more than 360 registrations to the event and 147 attendees as we received many questions from attendees and were struck struck by the level of interest and engagement on the topic. Following the meeting we conducted a survey of participants and the vast majority rated the event very highly. Give in this success, were hoping to build on this model and do more educational webinars on electricity topics that help break down the complexity of our business for our customers and for the public. We are looking at hosting our next webinar at the start of the new year. Were still considering topics, but were considering a focus on understand ing our electricity bills. Given the winter, we often find an uptick in concerns about energy bills due to heating and higher power usage from lighting. Next slide please. Okay. To wrap up, lets turn to our clean power customer programs. This table identifies our operating programs and new customer programs, areas under development, clean power continues to offer Net Energy Metering for customers that have solar on their roof. Cleanpowersf serves about 10,000 active Net Energy Metering customers under this program, we provide bill credits to customers for the excess solar energy they produce and deliver to the grid each month. These credits offset the customers grid usage and can be drawn down over the course of the year. Our team is putting the finishing touches on the 2023 annual true up process, where we evaluate whether the customer produced more solar energy than they consumed and compensate these net producers for their energy. We also offer budget billing for customers that are looking for a stable for stable, consistent monthly electricity bills. This Program Works in tandem with pges Budget Billing Program for electric delivery charges. Go solar sf incentives continue to be available for low Income Customers that install solar panels. Were also offering a solar inverter Replacement Program that replaces the essential inverter component for low Income Customers at previously installed solar panels under the go solar sf program. This Program Helps keep these customers Solar Projects operating, and weve seen a very strong uptake for this program with more than 160 applications received and 65 projects completed to date, peak day pricing is a voluntary demand Response Program that incentivizes large commercial customers to reduce their electricity consumption between 4 p. M. And 9 p. M. On event days in the summer and early fall. Event days are called when the grid is expected to be strained , typically due to high temperatures. The 2023 peak day Pricing Program commenced on july 1st, with about 40 large commercial customers participating as of this week, we have called nine event days when temperatures across Northern California were forecasted to be at 98 degrees or above of the 2023 season concludes at the end of october , after which well evaluate our customers performance. Customer hours that reduced their electric demand during the 4 to 9 p. M. Window based on metered usage will receive credits on their clean power bill. Cleanpowersf is also participating in a regional heat pump. Water heater Incentive Program that provides training and financial incentives to contractors to promote heat pump water heaters. Today this program has supported the installation of nearly 60 new heat pump water heaters in San Francisco. We were going to be continuing to work with our regional partners to offer this program through at least 2025, with the goal of creating greater Awareness Among the Contractor Community of this important decarbonization technology. Our supergreen saver Program Provides 100 Renewable Energy and a 20 bill discount to qualifying low Income Customers living in state disadvantaged communities. With approval from the cpuc this year. Supergreen saver transitioned to auto enrollment , auto enrollment of qualifying Customers Using a lottery system. We now have about 1200 enrolled customers, which is twice what we had in july. Ev charge. Sf ive spoken about that here before. Its a Program Designed to align with changes to San Franciscos Building Code that require developers to provide electric vehicle charging in new parking lots and garages. This Program Provides financial incentives and Technical Assistance to both new and recent construction. It requires that 10 of the Parking Spaces be turned ki ready for ev charger installation vision we have for customer projects that are in process under this program and expect our first project completion in coming months. We recently expanded the program to include commercial garage garages, also subject to the ev readiness ordinance and are working on expanding this program to other existing buildings and finally, we continue to work on new programs , including our Energy Efficiency for Food Services and disadvantaged communities. Solar program. As were getting close to issuing our request for proposals for a contractor to implement the Food Services program and are developing a new solicitation for a Community Solar project. In addition to these two, we are also in the process of developing new electrification programs and programs that are evaluating that. Were evaluating in this category cover electric mobility , electrification for multiFamily Housing and electric panel upgrades. You can see that the timeline targets for rolling out these programs on the slide here so that last slide, please. That concludes my presentation. Im happy to take any questions you may have, but before i do, i did want to just take a moment and thank the lafco executive officer, jeremy pollack, and the lafco policy analyst khalid samurai for presenting to our power enterprise is on the green bank and public bank work thats been underway just a few weeks ago, it was a great opportunity to educate our Staff Members and there was a very strong interest shown at the event and a lot of education that i think happened. So thank you. Thank you, mr. Himes. Commissioner williams. Hello. Always good to see you. Thank you. I was kind of going back in my emails trying to see the enroll element and i noticed in january it was still at 409,000. And i wonder what the average increase is per year. And then i also wonder and i feel bad for the future intern or fellow who has to aggregate this data, but the 409,000 what their general makeup is, average income, their age, age. So the 409,000 number on our enrollment statistics, thats actually all of the Eligible Services within within San Francisco. So the sfpuc began enrolling customers into cleanpowersf in may of 2016 and took a phasing approach. So we launched with particular segments of the city that we had pulled that and had shown very strong interest in a Clean Energy Program like clean power srf to demonstrate that its viable. It can be successful, and then over the next several years, we expanded and enrolled. We complete citywide enrollment in 2020. So that was wrapping up enrollment, i believe, of all residential customers, there were certain customer classes that we had held back to held back from enrollment like low income care customers as we were able to see the programs finances and settle and ensure that we could offer a stable, affordable product. So that that number that you referenced is effectively all of the Eligible Service accounts within the city. Were always doing a little bit of additional enrollment count because New Buildings get constructed, new apartments become available, for example. So but that number is not going to change very much. So, yeah. And then the demographics, of course, are the citywide demographics, with the exception of some of the areas within the city that are served by our hetch hetchy power public utility service. So like the shipyard community, for example, is not eligible for clean power because it receives public Power Service from hetch hetchy. But otherwise its, its citywide. Sorry, but the maybe this question is now moot, but the last bit of demographics, households, who lives in them . What do they look like. Well, let me take this back. I think i dont have the statistics available at the moment, but generally speaking, they would be reflective of the city. But if, if maybe if i can ask for a clarification, a clarifying question, if what youre interested in is whos actually participating in cleanpowersf, because that is a subset of the city. We could look at some of those demographics. Um, i suppose that is a good question. I was just kind of generalizing the entire piece, but i think whatever you think is most applicable and makes the most sense in terms of the data that you could share would be very okay. Yeah, im happy to coordinate offline with the executive officer and, you know, help paint a picture of the demographics. If thats of interest. Oh, absolutely. Thank you. Thanks, commissioner williams. My question is, are three parts. One one, the super green saver. Did you say that there are double the amount of Program Participants since july . Yes, i did. What do you think accounts for that jump . Yeah. What accounts for it is when we started the super green saver program, we took the approach of we had a kind of a two part or tiered enrollment structure where we auto enrolled. So i should actually take a step back. Super green saver is our branding for the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff Program that the cpuc created a few years ago and gave ccas the opportunity to participate in. And this is a program that offers a 100 california certified renewable portfolio, Standard Energy from projects to be developed, kept within disadvantaged communities, within the state so it doesnt need to be here in San Francisco necessarily, but it can be throughout the state in these disadvantaged communities and supplies that power to low Income Customers residing within state defined, disadvantaged communities. So in San Francisco , thats structured by by census tract and determined through the state epas calenviroscreen tool there. I dont know exactly offhand how many census tracks there are. I want to say theres like 30 or 40, but theyre principally located in the southeast portion of the city in the tenderloin and the soma. But so thats the sort of geographic zone for this program. Um, and eligible customers have to be care or fera eligible. Those are the low income electric discount programs that are offered within our service area. The funding that we receive from the cpuc wasnt sufficient to enroll all of the eligible customers. We have about 8000, so we had to determine a method for bringing customers into the program and what we opted for at at the start of this was to auto enroll low Income Customers that had enrolled into the an arrearage Management Plan program. What we were trying to accomplish this was coming out of the pandemic was to create a sort of incentive to participate in that program to because it has significant benefits, including debt forgiveness. So the first group sort of cohort of enrollees that we had, which is about 750 or so, were were are eligible customers that are also on the amp program, the Arrears Management Program that that number doesnt hit our program limit of about 1200 accounts as we hadnt received authorized action from the cpuc to conduct auto enrollment for everyone. And because there isnt enough capacity to serve everyone. We saw it and received approval for a lottery based approach to bring the enrollment up to the limit that we have. Ive got it. So the limit is determined by how much the cpuc granted clean power staff. Thats right. Yeah. Its sort of like our pro rata share of the funding available across pga service area. Okay, great. Thank you. Um, and then second remind, please remind me of the difference between the Disadvantaged Communities Program and the go solar sf program. Yeah. So the first difference is the geographic restrictions that i mentioned before. Um, that apply specifically to super green saver. But the other major difference is that go solar sf is providing incentives to put rooftop solar on on these customers buildings. So so the nature of the programs is very different in that one is providing cash to help bring down the cost of installing solar and the other is providing the Renewable Energy sort of through the grid service. And thats super green saver. Got it. Thank you. Um and then lastly, im wondering if i mean, im still hearing nightmares about people, not even necessarily low income, but homeowners in general having a really tough time. Um, even with all of the great incentives that we offer and that baron offers, um, decarbonizing their homes because of pg and pg and throwing the book at them when it comes to and their contractors when it comes to, to things like, um, where to place, um, i think the electrical panels and all these other kinds of things, the um, the other challenges with like certain blocks and the, um, the, the sheer load onto the grid. Im just wondering ing how does clean power see its role in supporting customers who want to electrify their homes . Yes. Great question. There are a number of challenges out there, no doubt about it. What were focusing on in in the programs i mentioned that we were developing are really, i think, two principal things. But this is an exclusive. I mean, these are under development right now, and were certainly open to input from you all as we do this. Um. You know, one is affordability and helping, especially those members of our community who may have difficulty covering the cost of doing these kinds of upgrades. So were looking through various mechanisms, incentives, but maybe other things too, that could deliver a bigger bang at some point. Um, Technical Assistance is another area that weve identified thats of need. We recently we recently had a campaign to promote carb and electrification called breaking up with gas. There was a very strong response and one thing that we noted were there are a lot of people looking for information and looking for just like to talk to somebody. So were were very much looking at how we can provide and scalable Technical Assistance. Baron is one provider of that. Were certainly working with sort of the Regional Program providers to make, you know, try to create some synthesis to, since we are part of a region. But id say affordability and the technical incentives, the technical or sorry, the Technical Assistance, the Technical Assistance can certainly be an avenue for helping address with things like pg and e and Service Upgrades and things like that that may be coming up. You know, there are ive heard a lot of stories, too, about the amount of time it takes to get pg and e to help with an upgrade with a service upgrade. And thats really frustrating to people who are sort of ready to do it. Now so i think, you know, the city is looking at acquiring the distribution system. I think taking that responsibility on is one way that the city obviously a very, very major way can ensure that you know, were meeting our overall goals and helping our citizens and customers achieve theirs. Thank you so much. All right. Um we will now hear from executive officer jeremy pollack with an update on lafco activities related to clean power. Sf. Uh uh, great. Thank you very much. Jeremy pollack lafco executive officer and going to be presenting on our recent work related to the special studies were undertaking as part of our mou with the sfpuc and clean power sf and sf gov. If you can pull up the slides, im sharing. And so my presentation is going to be focused on our work related to the study on Green Bank Financing and the last few months weve really been focused on on studying how the city can Access Funding through the Inflation Reduction Act, specifically the epas Greenhouse Gas reduction fund, which has funding dedicated towards green Bank Entities and lending for Greenhouse Gas reduction projects and so weve convened a interdepartment meetings and really appreciate the participate from sfpuc, the department of the environment and the treasurer Tax Collectors Office on that. And like mr. Heim said, mr. Samurai and i presented at a lunch and learn session with the puc power Enterprise Staff that was partially going over the plans from the Reinvestment Working Group for Municipal Finance Corporation and public bank, and then also talking about how, how, how those plans could intersect with the possibly of creating a green bank and accessing these federal funds and really appreciated the engagement from the puc leadership and staff on that on trying to understand how a green bank works, how a public bank works, and then also thinking about potential programs that the puc could could design or expand to leverage this epa funding and a green bank lending. And so weve also been very busy meeting with with the coalitions that are preparing to apply for the grf that im going to get into shortly. And just picking the brains of all the other people that are trying to understand these these applications that are moving very quickly and also had a good conversation with eye bank, which is the californias green Bank Officially called the california infrastructure and Economic Development bank. Theyre looking to coordinate californias efforts on these funds and are eager to support San Francisco in whatever way makes sense in in these this green lending area. And they also connected us with folks in los angeles who are advising the city of l. A. On the potential of creating a green bank for themselves down there to access these grf funds and so this slide shows the details on the two. Theres three funds within the grf and these two the National CleanInvestment Fund and the Clean Communities investment accelerator are focused on green Lending Programs and its the october 12th is the application deadline. Theyre basically a 90 day window from the notice of funding opportunity to this application deadline. And set off a scramble of activity for across the nation of people looking to access these funds. A couple of other notes on on this slide. The eligible projects are the same for both of these funds. They can can fund lending for distributed Power Generation and storage net zero buildings essentially building electrification and Energy Efficiency and net zero transportation and charging projects. And then the purpose there gets a little into the weeds and sort of shows that the i think theres a sort of struggle among applicant s and even i would imagine with the epa trying to understand the Program Design of these two projects, these two funds and how they intersect and differ. And i think thats going to be a continuing learning process for all of us through through the submission of these applications next month. And then through the awarding of funds next year. And so now im going to go over to summarize recent findings of what weve learned on on this. And firstly, just sort of want to emphasize that this ncf and ccr just show a real intention of the drafters of the Inflation Reduction Act to prioritize green lending as opposed to one time grants and just a really significant investment in the Green Financing space that it is looking to Leverage Private capital and philanthropy to expand the effect of those funds and also ensure that those funds are reused as those loans are repaid and reissued, that were continuing to get that money cycling through future electrification and Greenhouse Gas reduction projects and so yeah, things are moving very quickly. Theres just sort of a lot of chaos, to be frank, across the country in coalitions forming and trying to understand these these applications and the epa is putting an emphasis on on near term projects that can can hit the ground and put money to use as soon as possible. Basically within people are talking about a focus of the next 6 to 24 months of wanting to see after the funding is awarded to see that being lent out and getting projects in the ground and so theres a number of coalitions that are are forming and working with Frontline Community lenders across the country to identify these kind of projects. And weve talked with several leads, coalition ins, and theyre all basically encouraging green bank and other Community Lender entities to partner with multiple of these coalitions. And so you know, there were going to be seeing a handful of application and grant awards and a lot of them are going to be working with the same people. And so its going to be, yeah, a lot of a lot to be determined between now and next summer when the when the money is coming out into the into the community and i think the encouraging thing weve learned is that San Francisco is really well positioned to access these funds for starting up a green bank. Theres a lot of these applicants are really anticipating that theres just there isnt enough capacity in the green banking world to put to work all of this funding. And theyre preparing Technical Assistance to help with with green banks that are just getting established now. And with one of the coalitions, we heard from them that the business and governance plans from the Reinvestment Working Group for Municipal Finance Corporation and having that Balance Sheet and that plan already prepared really sort of puts us at, you know, towards the top of that list of nascent green banks and nascent and emerging green banks is how theyre often referred to. And so, yeah, were excited to see that progress. And also really excited to see city department. Its jumping into action on this. Us department of the environment has been engaging with several of these coalitions and is working on drafting letters of interest to join these applications. Coalitions puc has been engaged on that and i believe theyre preparing a list of potential projects that could benefit from from this financing. And well be reviewing those letters of interest for joining the applications. Department of environment is also engaged with Mayors Office of housing and community development, looking at how this could how this funding could help with electrifying, Affordable Housing in the city and so yeah, i think i think that last our last lafco meeting, we had anticipate that the opportunity for San Francisco to engage in this funding would be next year once the funds were awarded and the encouragement weve heard is that, you know, we should San Francisco should move quick and submit letters of interest to join these Coalition Actions and i think there was some question about whether would that be possible. Is that requiring any sort of like binding commitment from the city that might be difficult to turn around in this short timeframe . And the most of these coalitions are are basically looking for a letter of interest that and sort of some sort of signaling of what our intended programs are that isnt committing the city to anything without any commitment of funds or risk, and that there will be a subsequent application process for the formal arrangement next year from from the coalitions that win funding and so with getting that answer, city departments are moving quickly to see if we can can submit letters to join these applications in the next really in the next week or two. And so lastly, our recommendation is that the that the city should continue to develop this this Green Financing capacity as quickly and robustly as possible with a target of accessing these funds as they become available next year. And that involves activities like continuing to identify Shovel Ready Projects that that could could put financing and lending to work established in the green bank along the lines of the Municipal Finance Corporation and recommended by the Reinvestment Working Group, and then continuing to look at at partners with with our cdfis and Credit Unions to look at Lending Programs in the city, looking at Funding Sources from philanthropy and private capital as. Looking as we try to build out the Balance Sheet of what a green bank could look like in San Francisco. And then lastly, i think the Technical Assistance capacity is really going to be a key part to putting this money to work. I think, you know, basically what were talking about largely is whole large scale electrification of the Housing Stock in San Francisco. And thats a really complicated labor intensive process. And i think especially with the grf funds being targeted for low income and disadvantaged communities, those folks are going to need support and jumping through the hoops of all the complicated process of replacing their stoves and heat pump and their water heaters and furnaces with heat pumps and navigating all the layered incentives and lending and i think as much as as the city can develop a process to make that a one click process of here, click this, this button and agree to this and all in the background will make this happen off of your clean power bill. And and you know, well see a reduction in your in your bill and this loan will be repaid on your clean power bill at the same time that were going to do this Energy Efficiency and electrification work for your home. I think a lot of basically a lot of Technical Assistance work to make these these projects work well for san franciscans and to be able to scale this up to move quickly, to put as much money as is available to work in San Francisco. So um, so yeah, thats sort of the, the, the nearterm work that were imagining to, to get ready for these kinds of programs. This table shows a summary of, of the coalitions that were aware of that are looking to apply for these funds and sort of updates on our contact with with them. And so yeah, basically very encouraging to see, you know, this this handful of coalitions encouraging San Francisco to join them and each are doing similar programs but are bringing kind of their own kind of unique expertise and designing different kinds of programs and so were encouraged to see the city indicating its interest to join these coalitions and then continue to work with them as we develop a green bank plan for the city. And then look to see what kind of Technical Assistance they can provide for us to help us in standing that up if and when they get the funding next year. And so and then this slide is looking ahead to that that medium term for the last month or two, weve really been focused on understanding this this grf landscape and now were looking to define sort of the scope of work for, for a near term study on Green Bank Financing that can look to advance this work. And so looking for input from commissioners on these types of topics of you know, what is the most impactful use of lafcos efforts and considering were developing an rfp for a consultant that could help with this work and really looking for one or maybe two of these of these bullet points to focus on trying to get some work done quickly to be able to inform the and advance the development of a green Bank Next Year in San Francisco. And so, as i said, our next steps, were going to continue to, in the short term with support ing departments and submitting letters of interest for these applications. And then well shift focus to continuing to develop these green bank plans through meeting with stakeholders, developing an rfp and then finalizing the scope and kicking off a study and hoping to do sort of a quick phase, one of a study to be completed early next year to feed into supporting that work of standing up a green Bank Next Year. And that concludes my presentation. And yeah, were welcome. Any comments and questions as we also have our policy analyst khalid samurai, who has been instrumental in all of this work and wrangling all of this and just appreciate mr. Himes from the from sfpuc and his staffs engagement on this. And also want to thank city commerford from the department of the environment has been very engaged in this process as well as other staff at sfe and then also want to give a thank you to reinvest mit working group member silvia chee, who with as part of her advocacy work and as part of her day job has really been in the weeds on this and has been a great guide for us in in making connections with these coalitions and seeking to understand these these applications. Thank you so much. Executive officer pollack. Im super excited about this. And i think if any city is set up to do it, it is this one to launch a green bank and really scale up the impact that the funds provides us. So much thanks to mr. Himes and the sfpuc for engaging on a green bank. Much thanks to colin and you mr. Pollack, about about all the work that youve put in and one thing that occurs to me right now is i just saw an update that the board of supervisors is going to consider a resolution from board president peskin that directs the city administrator to align a lot of different departments on different plans for harnessing the funds. So it sounds like thats a good next step to engage with them. And then i, i also want to highlight something that i think hasnt really been the crux of this, but maybe we hopefully they can be be accounted for in the number of different stakeholders that were engaging on this. So Affordable Housing developers and really any Property Management entity that is responsible for tenants especially who are living in, you know, theres unfortunately a lot of substandard Housing Stock in San Francisco. And i can think of public housing, some sros who have dealt with some really grotesque challenges. And i wonder for if , you know, weatherization and Energy Efficiency go hand in hand and as do, you know, really basic standards around quality of living. So im wondering if we could potentially involve Affordable Housing developers as other housing nonprofits that may be are not yet clued into this opportunity and can potentially be, especially when were dealing with any Housing Stock related to the city funds addressing that landlord and renter split incentive. I know as a renter myself, ive dealt with this trying to weatherize my own apartment and its just such an uphill battle to go through alone. But this is a real opportunity to actually improve the quality of living for a lot of tenants in San Francisco. So im super excited about that. And maybe we can talk more offline about how we how we do that. Commissioner williams um, hello, rock star staff that we barely deserve. Thank you so much for all the work that you do and working collaboratively with so many different partners. As i was wondering, back to the Green Bank Financing study in the recent findings, it says lending instead of one time grants. So im assuming those are loans. And i was wondering if you knew the terms of the loan and also looking at the number of coalitions, im assuming its a blend of state and national. And finally, to the point that commissioner fielder brought up, which i so appreciate, housing is my sickness. So i really love that she was able to highlight that. I think where the funding would go and the improvement of quality of life for these tenants, i believe would probably lead to more legislation that we would have to pass in order to protect them. Considering that landlords more often than not consider profit over people. And it might affect their housing. So im just putting that out there to our supervisors on this commission and um, but yes, so i suppose the terms of the loan, how you feel about the coalition loans and just as a plug for future tenant protections, any, any thoughts on that . Not really a question in there, but thank you. Yeah. Those are excellent questions. I think on the terms of the loans, thats mostly to be determined. I think weve seen some details of that from some of the coalition loans. And to be honest, a lot of it is pretty deep in the in the financial weeds and talking about, you know, weve seen some presentations on, you know, a loan program that would offer a lending at half a basis point above what the what the coalition is receiving the money from for the first number of months and then transitioning to sort of Different Levels like that. So i think a lot of that to be worked out. I think something that weve heard a lot of questions about is how do we reconcile this being a Lending Program with the requirements that this funding either mostly or entirely benefit low income and disadvantaged communities that that, you know, typically low income communities dont have funding lying around to pay back a loan over 15, 20 years. And so assuming that were going to be looking at how do we package these loans, this lending with all of the other incentives that are in the ira that give rebates on these things so that essentially that a low Income Community is going to be paying back alone. Thats going to be more than offset by their reduction in in energy costs. Is my goal for that and yeah i dont know if mr. Samurai if you have any other thoughts to add on details of the Lending Programs were hearing about. Yeah sure. So thank you for your question, commissioner from the epa. The funding will be distributed to these nonprofit hubs across the country that will not be a loan that will be given to them. They will then loan that money out further to places like San Francisco to do all these amazing projects within the requirements. Theres two sets of requirements. One is based on income specifically. So the cif 40 of that has to the language isnt clear, but be focused on low income and disadvantaged communities. And then for the ccr, 100 of that has to be focused on that. And then theres qualified projects. So what can it be used for . And one of the main areas is weatherization of Affordable Housing, specifically multifamily Affordable Housing. So the epa is envisioning this. The applicants to the epa are envisioning this, and so are we. Our concern here in San Francisco is how to ensure that we also provide these the low Income Community agency in using this funding and making sure that theyre part of their own solution. So much. Yeah. And i would also offer i think its an excellent point about the need for tenant protections as were imagining large scale Energy Efficiency and retrofits across, across the Housing Stock and yeah, well definitely be looking to see how these programs are are designing that, that were going to be working with these coalitions and would definitely look to the board of supervisors for leadership on making sure that our tenant protections are are up to snuff and going to ensure thats thats part of this programs. Thank you. Okay thanks so ive definitely commented quite a bit on green bank and public bank and some of the other things that that overlap here. So i wont go back over that ground. I just and thank you chair and commissioner williams for your for your questions and comments and i just on that last point, which i think is a really important one and i appreciate the discussion, just want to note that we have various models, right, with different Grant Programs that that have existed in San Francisco. So its not just a matter of like what what does say the rent ordinance say about a tenants rights. Its also the terms of these various programs. So an example would be, you know, there have been there have been programs where where private landlords may get funding or loan to do lead abatement work. But part of receiving that loan is actually signing off on certain commitments, including continuing to rent to low income renters over a specified period of time. That prevents a landlord from taking the funds and then turning around and invoking the ellis act to kick everyone out of their homes or Something Like that. So some of this can be in actual when you get to the point of what the terms of the grants and loans will be making sure that they have sufficient agent protections and using the best practices from some of the other programs that that weve deployed locally. But i appreciate everyone raising that and we should definitely make sure thats thats built into these programs as the funds start to flow. Thank you, commissioner preston um, sorry, last thought on this. It also occurred to me that we have plenty of Public Schools that could use weatherization. And i know that theres funds from completely different federal program, um, i want to say its i cant remember the acronym, but we can definitely should look into that too. How do we stack them . Um, but thank you so much. Um, mr. Himes, executive officer pollack, for presenting today an at this point we can open this up for Public Comment speakers will have three minutes. Thank you. Members of the public wish to provide Public Comment on item number four. The clean power sf updates. If you are joining us here in person, please line up to speak now on your right. Seeing no Public Comment, commenters, we will go to the remote comment line. We do have one person in the queue. Susanna, could you put the first caller through . You will have three minutes to. So ive listened to the presentation because some people called me and said if i was listening to you all and they were surprised that i was listening to you all. So as far as pg and e is concerned, if you want to badmouth pg and e, i think its better to have pg and e in the room so that they can clarify what pg and e does and what puc does. And what lafco can do as far as helping the people. All yall do not have the resources. Yall dont have the expertise and so you can talk bad about pg and e, but yall cant do the work and yall dont have the resources even when it comes to paying the bill. We have to pay to pg and e so that says it all. As to the green banking, that is very convoluted issue. And as far as talking about the coalitions, we do not want the others to talk on behalf of the coalition. Its better to bring the 2 or 3 coalitions to your meetings and have them express what they are doing. So what lafco is doing now by taking on subjects that they do not know, where they dont have goals, where they dont have timelines to adjust, muddying the waters and youre muddying the waters because you are not educated on issues. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you so much for your comments, mr. Decosta susanna, do we have any other callers in the queue. Madam vice chair, that concludes the Public Comment queue. Thank you. Seeing no other public speakers, Public Comment is now closed. Id madam clerk, can you please call item number five . Item number five is the draft study proposal for the golden gate energy act. California senate bill 350 members of the public wish to provide comment on that item. On this item should line up to speak or press star three. If youre joining us remotely. And for the record, madam vice chair, item number four, there was no action taken. Thank you. All right. Now we will hear from Travis Gabriel and antonio diaz from reclaim our Power Campaign for utility justice. If you could, please keep your presentation to ten minutes, that would be much appreciated. And. Thank you, commissioners. My name is antonio diaz. Im with moderna and the reclaim our power utility justice campaign. And thank you for the slide deck. I apologize that being there in person with all of you at city hall, but just wanted to talk a little bit about the work that weve been doing with with with the lafco, the study proposal. So building on previous work that we presented. To this commission. Next slide, please. Ill be providing some context for what travis will will dive more deeply into in terms of the study proposal. But just to say that the reclaim our Power Coalition is the Largest Coalition working and organizing for Energy Transformation in california, working to move us from a monopoly utility to Community Power. It organized us and mobilizes fire survivors organizations in environmental and Environmental Justice communities, youth people with disabilities, workers and Energy Justice advocates. Next slide, please. The context of our work is the fact that pg and e is a failing utility. Part of the impetus of us organizing was because of the devastating wildfire fires that were occurring on a frequent basis because of the crumbling equipment of pge and the fact that instead of investing in maintenance and upgrades, they instead were funneling ratepayer money to executive bonuses and shareholder profits. This is an unfortunate listing of some of the fires that were caused by pge and the acres burn and the deaths that were caused by this, by this utilitys malfeasance. Next slide, please. So at the same time that that the wildfires were occurring, the utility was getting billions of dollars. To for the their mitigation costs, but they were passing off those those costs to ratepayers, as we have seen, weve have rising bills ongoing. Weve got more rate hikes from pg and this year so have have instead of internalizing the cost of their of their failures, the externalize them also as an approach to the to dealing with the fires. They implemented the Public Safety power shutoffs that put at risk disabled people , elderly and low income people. Their approach the and we like to call it as a very wrongheaded approach to dealing with with the lack of maintenance and upgrades. Next slide, please. And in particular, weve seen the impacts of their failures in San Francisco. We all remember the orange tinged days that we had poor air quality that we experienced because of the of the wildfires of that that were caused across the region at the same time. And commissioner fielder made reference to this the challenges with with pge and around the specific. Issues that the city and residents have had in terms of making and whether d electrification an or even energy in in housing and other institutions for that that serve residents of San Francisco. Next slide, please. And so were here to talk about this study proposal, which is an alternative of Golden State Energy, which travis will walk us through in a minute. It is it exists on paper. It was something that was legislated through sb 350, a skeleton of which was was was articulated. And weve been working with allies to make make this real, make, make Golden State Energy a real choice to the current investor owned utility. And i think this is in keeping with some of the other agenda items before you today in terms of how San Francisco is leading the way, not only with clean power as and municipal bank, but really looking at how we can transform our future. And in particular in this instance, our utility future. And with that, ill turn it over to travis. Hi my name is Travis Gabriel. Im the microgrids project manager with reclaim our power utility justice campaign. I have some slides. Jeremys on it. Great. So the next slide. Thanks. Okay so as antonio mentioned, sb 350 created the Golden State Energy act in 2020. It exists essentially as a backstop. If pga should fail, it included a six step process that that define and how the cpuc would move pga through these accelerating stages of what they would consider failure. And if it were to reach the sixth step, then eventually they would lose their business license and would be replaced by Golden State Energy. The problem with that is they they were put into that six step process and then the dixie fire happened and burned almost a million acres in california and instead of that process accelerating like it was supposed to, they were moved out of out of the six step process. So theres a way in which its clear that that the cpuc and the state arent actively trying to hold pga accountable. Our campaign has been working on that and weve weve met with a lot of crickets. And its also clear through the skeletal nature of what Golden State Energy is that they never took the time to define it. It was never clearly laid out. And so we feel as though we, the people of california, need to take it into our own hands to define what is this utility and why is it different from pga . How is it different and how does it meet the needs of the people . So a few things to know about it. Its a not for profit Public Benefit corporation. It would be a receiver for pga assets. So basically, all that is pga would be transferred, transferred over to Golden State Energy, and thats about it. Thats all we know. So this study is to answer some of the questions of what it could be and how it would solve our problems. Next slide, please. So an important idea is Golden State Energy is a provider of last resort. So that means that , well, one of the ways we have been looking at it is that those like San Francisco and san jose who want to municipal eyes, they can write written into this, written into a fleshed out utility is a simple, easy process by which various jurisdictions could form their own utilities if they wanted to. But the folks were really focused on are those who dont have the capacity. So we want to make sure that theyre still guaranteed safe, reliable and affordable energy. One of the big issues that we see with the balkanization of a big utility such as pga is that there could be huge disparities in rates for the people in the various districts based off of what what infrastructure theyre theyre dealing with. And so we want a solution that involves a socialization of the costs across the whole system. But thats still enables local control and local power for those who who want it. Next slide, please. Publicly accountable financing pga is a is an investor owned for profit corporation. You the what . Golden state energy could be is transparent in a way that that that the incumbent is not as a not for profit we first off gain access to lower Interest Rates which would would translate to lower rates for the ratepayers. But the eye bank as was just mentioned by by jeremy, is actually currently legislated to offer special bond and loan rates to Golden State Energy as a as serving in the Public Interest. And so right there theres a vehicle for lowering rates. And its also an interesting idea that there would be more democratic avenues for raising money for the infrastructure. So that could be through municipal bonds, that could be through Ballot Initiatives. Its a its a way that the people of the state would would relate to their utility in a different way. So next slide, please. Yeah. And along with that, electricity rates would be set in a different way. So currently theyre set by the cpuc based on what pga says that they need to charge and that includes legally guaranteed profits. If they do any infrastructure upgrades such as transmission lines, they have a guaranteed 7 to 10 rate of return built into that. And also their liabilities every time they burn down a town or burn burn down a mountain range, which the shareholders dont have to pay for, that we have to pay for that. And so yeah, so and that all goes into our rates. So, so how could it be different with Golden State EnergyInfrastructure Projects and budgets are set with an eye without an eye to the dividends of the shareholders, but to whats in the in the Public Interest seems like a radical idea. But you know, shouldnt all utilities work that way . And there are some other ideas that wed like to explore, such as elected boards, performance based metrics, ways in which different jurisdictions can have different strategies for equity based on their specific needs. But a more robust study would cover would cover a lot of those questions. Next slide, please. So then, yeah, we know that the grid is made up of two essential components. Its the Transmission System and the distribution system. Next slide. So for the Transmission System, as i mentioned right now, every time they build a transmission line, theres a built in 7 to 10 rate of return. This is where they make a lot of their profits by some estimates, about 60 of our bills are paying for the transmission lines. And so theyre just there is a structural incentive for them to overbuild and build out transmission lines. Were not saying that were against transmission lines, but were saying if we remove the profit incentive from it, then perhaps the strategies for how california builds are grid of the future would be different. And maybe that could involve more of a local build out on the distribution network, which would be more supportive of local economies and could lead to more resilience. If you have more Energy Generation closer to the end users. Next slide. And along the line of the distribution network, were interested in exploring whats called a dso model. This has been gaining a lot of traction within Energy Policy circles, but so its basically a neutral third party thats responsible for balancing the distribution system. So currently we have caiso for the Transmission System, but for the distribution system, its still privately owned by pg and e, and so a lot of the complaints that we hear from from people in our coalition are are the ways in which they gatekeep various projects that people want to build, right . If theyre not actively aligned with with the profit motive of pge, then they can just they can slow walk things, they can block them. So if we had a neutral third party that was in charge of the interconnection process, then then it would open up a whole world of competition for local Ders Distributed Energy Resources to compete on the open market and it would allow local local organizations to build out larger scale Energy Generation in San Francisco or in oakland, where i live is. Yeah without without having projects like that blocked. So next slide please. Yeah. And finally with in within our framework the guiding principle of how we would like to see this new utility be created follows the lines of a Just Transition. Next slide and a Just Transition is a transition to lifeways and an economic ways that that center the health and well being of the people in the planet as opposed to a more extractive economy thats based on, you know, optimizing profits for shareholders. So yeah some of the things that we see and obviously theres a lot more space to go deeper with like a more robust study trying to flesh out what is Golden State Energy. But, you know, were imagining a path for phasing out residential and commercial fossil fuel usage, active repairing the harms of the fossil fuel generation system. You know, its well known that a lot of the siting of gas, power plants and whatnot are inevitably in low income communities of color and so we would like to see the new utility of the future actively repairing the harms that have been caused in the past, ensuring equitable access to clean, Renewable Energy, know questions around workers jobs and pension guarantees and whatnot, the needs of labor, the needs of the people whove been running these systems for years and yeah, also the reality that rural and urban people have in communities have have different needs. Right and so, so to be able to center the specific needs of different communities. Next slide, please. Yeah. So in conclusion, you know, we support a vision for local control for San Francisco. Were strongly in support of that and we want it to happen in a way that lifts up low income, Vulnerable People throughout all of Northern California. In the process, if San Francisco fights this drawn out legal battle to create their own utility, what if we fought one fight and created Golden State Energy and then every jurisdiction throughout Northern California could decide what was best for them. So this is a vision of solidarity with all the people in the northern part of the state. So yeah, thats thats my presentation. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much. Antonio and travis, really appreciate it. Um commissioner williams, this is funny. I told commissioner fielder that i wouldnt ask too many questions today, and i think im talking the most. Thank you so much for this work. I really appreciate it. And everything that you do too. I think the reason im asking so many questions is just because im so excited and about green bank and energy and part of your presentation, it featured that photo of one of the worst days i can ever remember in San Francisco, where it was just dark the entire time. And this guy in the air was bright red and we were all suffocating at night. Marish comes to mind. And i also attribute that to cpuc and pga, which was so gloriously illustrated in the california auditors report. So if you want to if you feel like not sleeping for the rest of your life, you should read that report because it is true. Flying and newsome safely declaring it a pga, a safe company. And then also collecting 200,000 is quite the coincidence. But i wonder, are there other models you might have spoke to this already, but i was just reading more about it in other ways. But are there other models in the country or are we about to be the first again, same bill. I mean, yeah. So in maine actually, this this election season, they have a Ballot Initiative thats thats on the ballot. Theyre going to vote on transforming their investor owned utility to a public utility. And our coalition is going to be at a gathering, a National Gathering in october, talking about how how they succeeded and what we can learn from them. So thank you. Thank you, commissioner williams. Wow. I did not know that. Thats so exciting. Um i also didnt know that pge is profits are legally guaranteed. Did you say 7 to 10 . 7 to 10 rate of rate of return. So undergrounding wires is part of that building out new transmission lines. Its large scale Infrastructure Projects that has a built in rate of return. Can you say more about how transmission lines is . Whats the incentive for that . Again, for them, whats the incentive . So transmission lines, you know, what is the incentive . I dont understand that relationship between transmission lines and profits. Yeah, yeah. So its you know, when theyre when theyre deciding what upgrades need to happen, you know, there as was mentioned before, you know, so a fun fact about their equipment is that most of the infrastructure has is like a you know like a lifespan of about 60 years. Thats how long the towers and the lines should be there. And the average amount of time that one of those towers has been out in the field has been 90 years in california right. And so a lot of a lot of these failures that were seeing is because the equipment is just well past its usable lifespan. Right. And for decades, they had the ability to do maintenance on that. But they decided to put it towards dividends for shareholders with transmission lines. So when it comes to questions of how do they want to do maintenance and repair, its much more profitable for them to build new lines, for them to create new large scale Infrastructure Projects than it is to simply take care of the stuff thats already there. And so, yeah, and when it comes to questions about the future build out for electrification, then the answer will always be more transmission lines because thats where theres an active profit. Whereas if we were to build out locally, we there would be less of a need for transmission lines. So therefore we wouldnt build them and therefore they wouldnt be able to collect dividends on that. Right . So when theyre lobbying the cpuc about what is the future of californias grid, its always going to be build out more transmission lines because thats the quickest, easiest way for them to make a profit, right . So thats why theyre really, really against local generation. Understood. Thank you. And then just lastly , i mean, im in support of this and i want to see Golden State Energy in my lifetime and the downfall of pga in my lifetime. Um, i am concerned, though, about the elected seats if theyre statewide, just because money, especially in california , has completely taken over any state level office. And i am concerned about about, you know, whatever big money interests being able to put whoever they want onto this board. And really, unfortunately, low information voters voting for someone just because and, you know, losing out on a real opportunity to sit someone down whos in labor, who represents the workers who is also an Environmental Justice advocate and has the expertise. So im just wondering, the elected seats are those like statewide or district specific . So thats a great question. I think the i bank is actually a great example of that, right . So its like people have been putting a lot of thought for years into how to create systems of democracy that actually respond to some of those concerns. And so i think, you know, because what were proposing here is a study to really flesh out how these things could work. I think that thats one source of information to just really learn from the research and the work that others have done. So our our report doesnt doesnt have like a specific declaration of how we want to see that its more the questions of where can we go to learn the, the best models for that and that need to be implemented. Got it. Thank you so much. Yeah. All right. Um, now we can open up for Public Comment. All right. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item number five, the draft study proposal for the Golden State Energy act. You can line up to speak now on your right. Youll have three minutes. Thank you. Good morning. My name is emily ross. Im a Community Organizer and actually a richmond resident. But hearing about the red day reminded me of like, i had those guys too, and how your decisions actually influence at a broader range and that by virtue of living in the same region, we share some concerns. I want to thank the lafco commissioners and staff for your support and leadership for the residents of San Francisco and to reclaim our power for the work to hold accountable and pursue an entity, an Energy Alternative thats safe, affordable and community controlled. I believe that that San Francisco can lead the way in sending a message to the Governors Administration in and as well as influencing other municipalities to do the same. And together we can hold p. G. A. Accountable for these safety failures, outages and rate increases that impact so many of us. Um, the proposed study outline offers a beautiful and comprehensive path forward to inform future Energy System development for San Francisco and beyond and answers a lot of the important lays out many of the important questions around financing the technical stuff around transmission and sort of how it would be democratically controlled. Um as someone who has loved ones who have lost their homes or faced multiple evacuations due to wildfires in the north bay, despite pga role in those fires, it was the individual families and communities and Government Agencies that were actually there to pick up the pieces. And given that governments have a responsibility to their people, that corporations do not, i really commend the direction folks seem to be going in finding a healthier path forward for all of us. So thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Do we have any other individuals who would like to provide Public Comment here in person . If anybody else would like to provide, please line up to speak now. Hi my name is shaina nanavati. Im also with the reclaim our Power Campaign and i was grew up in the bay area and ive seen especially in San Francisco, just a lot of changes. Um, from yeah, just over the past 30 years. And i think one of the other big things ive seen change over the course of my lifetime is just the, the, the catastrophic wildfires that didnt happen even ten years ago. Um, and, and i think i actually wanted to speak to the question that you asked, commissioner, about how, how do they make profit off of transmission. And i think that the best example that i can use to kind of understand that is the argument that developers use to talk about how we need more luxury apartments and high rise condos and the thing is that we have a cost based rate making system right in california. And most investor owned utilities and public utility also make their costs which theyre allowed to pass down to customers based on what they say that this costs them to build. And transmission is one of the most expensive of infrastructure items to build. And so just like with luxury condos, when they say build, build, build, and thats how were going to have housing trickle down to people, theres a very similar argument to bring in wall street money into build, build, build Long Distance transmission lines, and then clean energy will trickle down to the people. And so what we believe in the reclaim our Power Campaign is that local, clean energy is a place for us to start to build Healthy Communities and to build local resilience in the face of increasing wildfire fires and now hurricanes in california. And from there, we can then build up a system that we need to bring in resources from elsewhere. But if we start with our communities, then that overbuild is not no longer necessary free. And so meeting the needs of our communities at a local level and having a utility that will actually facilitate that rather than their job being to maximize shareholder profits and ceo profits by building the most expensive infrastructure first, that thats a big part of this vision for our campaign and for San Francisco and for the state of california. So thank you all for considering this study and really looking forward to seeing where this goes. Thanks. Thank you for your comments. Miss, are there any other speakers. Hi there. My names Morgan Curtis and im also a supporter of the reclaim our Power Campaign. And i think folks have spoken really powerfully to the potential local benefits and impacts both for folks paying utility bills impacted by fires. All thats required to change here to make california safe, affordable and welcome thing. I also want to speak for a moment to like the potential national and Global Impact of San Francisco and california taking leadership on this issue. I think when we look globally, wherever we see private banks and investors running systems for the public good, we see those false incentives that fall short of providing for people, providing for a Sustainable Future for the planet. And so it feels just tremendously exciting to me to imagine that this region could set an example on a global stage for what happens when the people take back the power over assets that should be in service of the public good rather than letting them be owned and mobilized by private investors to line the pockets of the wealthy over and over again. So thank you for considering moving this forward and just really hope that we can both see this in our lifetime here and trickling out across the world because these solutions are needed on a global scale for Just Transition to a just sustainable economy for all. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Are there any other individuals here in person who would like to provide comment . Seeing none, we will go to the remote. Colin we currently have three callers in the queue. Susanna, could you put the first caller through. Good morning. Uh, can you hear me . Yes, we can. Please proceed. Great. Thank you. Hi, im igor tregub and i am speaking in my individual capacity in support of the reclaim our Power Campaign in a campaign that has been demanding accountability for pges continued failure to protect our communities and ensuring that our governor ultimately reigns in pge and the other investor owned utilities. Energy is a human right, and we need electricity that is safe, safe, resilient, affordable and community. And worker controlled. We need a new Energy System that works for every californian, and San Francisco is well positioned to lead the way. So im calling to encourage lafco to pass the resolution before you outlining the future utility that we can envision together, we need to hold p. G. A. Accountable for continuing to cause fires. As i was just in paradise two years ago, so short shortly after pge and also killed the ability of working class and middle class folks to be able to save money on their utility rates to rooftop solar and even years after the paradise fire, the images were haunting. To me, this body can push the Governors Administration on to whole pge accountable and to stop them from destroying the lives, lungs and livelihoods of california. And i urging the Golden State Energy to have the opportunity to initiate building an alternative to pge and i listened to most of your hearing. Youre doing great work. Unfortunately, in western owned utilities like pge and are continuing to make your work more difficult. Right now they are in the process of a two pronged attack on working class and middle class folks, as well as renters as prong one. They are trying to stop the ability of renters in multi Family Housing as well as schools and farms to be able to save money on their utility bills through solar. And secondly, they have proposed the highest utility tax in the country by 1,500. So what youre doing is important, and i hope you will also join me in calling into the cpuc meeting. This coming thursday at 11 a. M. To tell them to not do what pge is asking them to do and not kill solar for renters, schools and farms. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Lets go to the next caller. Good morning. My name is leah montano. Im the organizing director at senior and disability action in supporting the reclaim our Power Campaign, demanding accountability for pga, our seniors and people with disabilities have suffered greatly from the irresponsibility of pga that has caused fire, killed people and raised our rates. Some of our members have shared with us that they dont even use their heating system during winter because they simply cannot afford it. We need a better system that reconfigures the Service Rates and rates according to the Community Needs this Governor Administration needs needs to protect our communities and should cancel pga to stop them from destroying the livelihood of human animals and the forests in california. Energy is a human right and we need Electric City that is safe , resilient, affordable, and community and work control. We need a new Energy System that works for every californian and San Francisco can be the one leading this effort. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Lets go to the next caller. So most of you all do not know how pga was created when we san franciscans, when it and got the land 160 miles away from San Francisco. So the hetch acid reservoir and dam we brought the lines and stopped 30 miles away south instead of bringing our the grid into San Francisco. So the lines are brought into the city. And that work was done by pga. So we have to get some understanding of our Due Diligence that we didnt do in the first place. So secondly, our fight should be with cpuc, not by this coming from oakland and trying to tell us what to do. Our fight in San Francisco should be with the cpuc and with gavin newsom, who was the mayor of San Francisco and knows a lot about San Francisco and we must hold his feet to the fire to now i notice that we do have many people of color in San Francisco , eco advocates, and they are not embraced it. But we bring people from far away places to tell us about paradise fire, which, you know, i empathize with those people, but thats a different issue. We want to have our resource choices and we have millions of acres of land and where we can put solar by crystal springs, for example, all. And we dont think outside the box. We what we waste our energy on is badmouthing pigeon and some other characters. And thats not going to take us anywhere. Good leaders know the way, show the way and go the way. Unfortunately lafco is pathetic. Thank you very much. Thank you for your comments. All right, lets go to the next caller. Good morning. My name is zach loo and im the director for the California Green new deal coalition. Im calling in to urge lafco to pass the resolution in front of you outlining the need to comprehensively study the benefits of Golden State Energy for San Francisco. Golden state energy, as folks have been talking about, was created in the aftermath of the pga bankruptcy in 2020 and recognition that we need to create a contingency plan if and when pga fails again. Now, we need to take the time to initiate Golden State Energy and set it up as a viable alternative to pga, one that can actually provide safe, reliable and affordable electricity in a way that is just the People Living in San Francisco and those in the larger pga territory have had to live with the consequences of a utility system that has caused fires that have claimed human lives, a system that has caused Power Outages that threaten vulnerable residents, and all the while having to pay for these failures through rates that continue to increase. So we asked lafco to pass this resolution and work with reclaim our power to make tangible strides towards the Energy System of the future. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Oh all right. Do we have any other callers left in the queue. Hello. Caller. All right. Hello. Caller all right. It looks like we they hung up. Um, madam vice chair, that concludes a comment line. Thank you. Seeing no public speakers, Public Comment is now closed. I would like to make a motion to accept the study proposal and to direct executive officer to transmit copies to the governor and to San Franciscos representatives in the state legislature. Do i have a second . Second seconded by commissioner williams . Madam clerk, can you please call the roll . Yes on the motion, as stated by vice chair fielder, commissioner Preston Preston i commissioner williams i. Williams i vice chair, fielder i fielder i. There are three eyes. Thank you, madam clerk. And this resolution is approved. Madam clerk, can you please call item number six . Yes. Item number six is the executive officer. Officers report, including an update on the midtown Park Apartments and the forward calendar for members of the public who want to provide comment on this item should line up to speak on your right or press star. Three to join the speakers queue. Thank you. We will now hear from executive officer jeremy pollack. Thank you very much. Jeremy pollack executive officer ill be brief. I know the commissioners have time constraints, but a quick update on the midtown Park Apartments study. Were excited that weve finalized contract negotiate options with the supplier. Were hoping to have that fully executed. But unfortunately, theyve run into an issue with registering with the citys payroll Payment System and want to get that squared away before we officially sign it. But hoping to have that done in a matter of days and get to work on the on the project, but also want to acknowledge commissioner williams recruitment of mr. Henry lear, whos been helping with researching a pro bono basis. A lot of the history of midtown has really put together an excellent collection of resources thats going to help us jump start this project. Um, and so just briefly on the forward calendar, our next meeting is november 17th and hope to have a project launch presentation from the midtown folks on that. And also chair chan has indicated she wants to schedule a closed session for Performance Review of myself and the general counsel and then well have the regular meeting schedule for the 2024. And when our next meeting after that will be january 2024. And that completes my report. Thank you so much. Colleagues, do you have any comments or questions . All right. Seeing none. Um, and theres no action for this item, madam clerk, can you please call item number seven, madam vice chair, would you like to call Public Comment . Oh, sorry. Um, opening Public Comment for this section . Yes members of the public who are in the room, it doesnt look like we have anyone left in the room. So well go to the remote Public Comment line. Susannah is checking to see if we have any callers. And madam vice chair, there are no callers. Thank you. Seeing no Public Commenters, Public Comment is now closed and theres no action for this item. Madam clerk, can you please call item number seven . Yes, item number seven is general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the San Francisco local Agency Formation commission on matters that are within their jurisdiction. Jurisdic ation and not on todays agenda. Seeing no one here in person, we will go to the Public Comment line to see if we have any remote speakers. Well give a pause to see if anyone joins a speakers queue and no madam vice chair, we have no callers. Thank you. Seeing no speakers or callers, Public Comment is now closed. And finally, madam clerk, can you please call item number eight . Item number eight is future agenda items. All right, colleagues, any future agenda items seeing none. Lets open this for Public Comment since we do not have any members of the public here in person, well go to the Public Comment. The remote line, give a pause to see if anyone raises their hand and no, madam vice chair, we have no callers. All right. Seeing no public speakers or callers, Public Comment is now closed and theres no action to take on this matter. Madam clerk, is there any other business before us today . That concludes our business for today. All right. Thank you so much. This is a meeting adjourned. Youre muted. Flyshaker pool was a public pool located on sloat boulevard near great highway. It operated from 1925 to 1971 and was one of the largest pools in the world. After decades of use, less people visited. The pool deteriorated and was demolished in 2000. Built by herbert flyshaker, pumps from the Pacific Ocean that were filtered and heated filled the pool. Aside from the recreational activities, many schools held swim meets there. The delia flyshaker Memorial Building was on the west side of the pool. It had locker rooms with a sun room and mini hospital. In 1995, a storm damaged one of the pipes that flowed to the ocean. Maintenance was not met, and the pool had to close. In 1999, the pool was filled with sand and gravel. In 2000, the space became a spot for the San Francisco zoo. These are some memories that many families remember swimming at flyshaker pool. Hello fellow commissioners and members toft public welcome to the Health Commission meeting of tuesday september 5th, 2023. Please call the roll. Commissioner andrado. Present. Commissioner christian. Present. Dismissinger bern al. Present. Commissioner greene. Present. And ill recognize commissioner christian to offer the ramaytush ohlone. They have not see