Clear, that is something that we can actually implement, and something that when explained to the public its clear. Thats really what im looking for because although i realize when shell was selected they were selected to be the broker, to purchase the clean power on our behalf and our goal was to of course generate the revenue necessary to leverage bonds in order to do the build out and the plan, we understood the plan we knew it was a good plan, we knew that the possibilities exist, we had to make some decisions that we may not have been completely comfortable with but it would have gotten us to where we needed to go and the problem was it was just really hard to articulate a lot of what we were trying to do to the public even though we understood the details of the plan and what im asking or hoping to propose is that we prepare a comprehensive rfp that gets us to a comprehensive plan that has tangible information so that were able to have various options for all the different layers
Incorporated into whatever happens. Because we do are have work that has been done that provides a potential framework and i dont know what that looks like in terms of an rfp but i think its important for us to make sure that work consult ants have done for lafco is a part of what is done and we dont lose that work and the other question ive had for quite sometime is what is it that we, as a city, can do internal ly as well to move the ball rolling and one question is the issue of the h bonds and are there actions by the board of supervisors by the city that should be taken as part of any kind of build out or for any build out to move forward . Thats something that i would like to be considered as were putting together an rfp. I also would be interested in knowing more about what the timeline for an rfp would be and what that looks like you know in terms of putting an rfp together and getting responses and how long before we actually have any work completed. I dont know if its a matter
I think for being more patient than probably anyone should be i think it makes sense to figure out how we move forward with the build out and i think that the rfp idea is something that provides that opportunity. The one thing that i would like to figure out how we incorporate into anything we do is how do we make sure that we dont reinvent the wheel and that we maximize the benefits from work that has already been done. We, as an agency, have invested a lot of money in work by entities like public power and local power how do we make sure that their work is incorporated into whatever happens. Because we do are have work that has been done that provides a potential framework and i dont know what that looks like in terms of an rfp but i think its important for us to make sure that work consult ants have done for lafco is a part of what is done and we dont lose that work and the other question ive had for quite sometime is what is it that we, as a city, can do internal ly as well to move
Message was defined by the media by officials from bart and i bring this up because we suffered the same fate recently when the information that had gone out to homes to sha say shell is going to come in and do this and this is whats going to happen and that message was communicated unfortunately not completely accurately and created the challenges were facing with getting this program moved forward so we need to be prepared and think about what that looks like we need a Clear Communication strategy and a clear understanding of the build out and a clear understanding of how this Program Works as it relates to facilities and customers and as it relates to opt out is it recommended that we work on state legislation to change opt out versus opt in . Personally i think opting in is a lot more challenge and a new program could fail if we try and convince people to opt in its a little bit easier but if were basically shoving this down peoples throats we want them to know not only is this goo
Savings here to get more people to support the program so having the right understanding and experts to help us put this plan together so that were able to present a plan that is clear, that is something that we can actually implement, and something that when explained to the public its clear. Thats really what im looking for because although i realize when shell was selected they were selected to be the broker, to purchase the clean power on our behalf and our goal was to of course generate the revenue necessary to leverage bonds in order to do the build out and the plan, we understood the plan we knew it was a good plan, we knew that the possibilities exist, we had to make some decisions that we may not have been completely comfortable with but it would have gotten us to where we needed to go and the problem was it was just really hard to articulate a lot of what we were trying to do to the public even though we understood the details of the plan and what im asking or hoping to propo