>> >> please stand by... >> >> >> welcome to our rules committee for thursday, october 16, 2014. i'm supervisor norman yee. i will be chairing the meeting today and joining by katie tang and david campos. the committee would like to

acknowledge the staff sf govtv mark smith who records our meetings and makes the transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. copies submitted to the file should be submitted to the clerk. items will be appear on the supervisors board agenda. >>supervisor norman yee: item no. 1. city clerk: item 1: 140975 confirming reappointment, public utilities commission - anson moran]sponsor: mayormotion confirming the mayor's reappointment of anson moran to the public utilities commission, term ending august 1, 2018.sf 11234 >> mr. moran? >> thank you. i have been appointed to seat no. 4 on the public utilities commission and

that's the seat that requires somebody with basic utility management experience. my experience in that is i worked 27 years for the city. the last 17 years i was in executive positions with the public utilities commission first as the head of finances for the puc and as general manager for hetch hetchy and then the public utilities commission. i have been with the public utilities commission for about five 5 years. it's been an interesting five 5 years and probably the single greatest challenge to us is maintaining the oversight of the water system improvement program and making sure that is done not only on time and in budget, but also that there are the appropriate management and project controls in place to make sure the money is being spent properly and what

i'm really pleased with is the puc has the most robust agency anywhere and paying off with the city. the other issues i have dealt with during this time is we have been working to try to figure out handout you -- how to deal with hetch hetchy power supply. that continues to be an area that we wrestle with and i continue to go forward. as i look forward to the next 4 years, we have a lot of things coming up during this period which is one of the reasons i'm pleased to be reappointed to this position. first, we need to complete we sip and we will not get it done by the end of the year but we are close and we'll make sure it's done properly.

we also have a series of long-term water supply questions to answer our wholesale customers, two -thirds of our customers that live south of the county line. that is very much within the term and frankly those questions are such that they need to be worked on now in order to be ready then. we are working on trying to structure a business plan for hetch hetchy that deals with several dominant facts. the first is the energy market is very different than it was 25 years ago. the last time we negotiated contracts that control our business. second is that we have significant infrastructure needs that we need to make sure we produce enough money to fund and the city and county has policy directives towards

greenhouse and production and clean energy production to do as well. we also have expiring contracts with pg & e, motion desto and you are the lock in the next year and finally the biggest dollar ticket item on the list is the sewer system improvement program is really taking shape and beginning to take off an that's a program that is going to require everything that we have learned in the water system improvement program to make sure that that program goes well. that's a brief overview. i would be graduate to answer any questions that you have and would enjoy that discussion. >> thank you. >>supervisor norman yee: supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: thank you very much for the service that you have provided the city and i have always had a lot of respect

and admiration for you and i know that you take this assignment very seriously. i have supported your appointment before and i think it's good to maintain that continuity. i wanted to just get a couple of thoughts from you about where we are with community choice aggregation and then you know there have been some differences between the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and i see by the way, we have our current general manager and former jillion -- general manager. a special committee. i want to know if you remain committed to the cleanpowersf program and how you see that proceeding going forward? >> before this committee four

4 years ago we had discussion about it as well. my interest and position at the time is unchanged. that is that whatever this city decides to do by way ofcca, i want to make sure that it works. i want to make sure that we deliver on the promises we make and i want to make sure to the extent that there is financial risk that that risk is understood, that it's disclosed and mitigated and we don't put the funds unnecessarily at risk. those are the concerns that i had four 4 years ago when the committee set the rate not to exceed rate and the proposals as he that had come forward to the commission had changed enough over time and they met those requirements and because of that i went on to see it. and that is something that

those interest are the same and i would expect my consideration to be the same. i think there were challenges to figure out handout you to make it work and we still haven't figured that out with what measures properly with the measures and what they are and i think that is a challenge. what is constant is the objective. the objective is we want to provide clean pour to city of san francisco and hetch hetchy and those are all the same and there is no change in my thinking about those. >> i appreciate that and that your views remain the same. that is very important and greatly appreciated. as you know the puc staff stopped working on cca and lafco has

picked up the ball if you will by hiring intern x and we know they are working on a report that's going to come out shortly and our hope is that once that report comes out and of course the puc staff reviews the report that there be a joint meeting of lafco and the sf puc and simply ask you that you remain committed that happens and move forward once that work is completed. whoo! -- when that report comes forward we'll discuss it fully. i'm still unclear whether that remains a challenge with hetch hetchy. as we look at the contract that expired this past june, the power industry has changed tremendously over

the last five 5 years and we need to position ourselves to prosper in that new regulatory environment. we also need to make sure that we have as many high revenue opportunities for the power as we can. i think that the objective behind the cca and program itself will require some thinking. i'm clear about what my objectives are and you know what they are. what the ends are i don't know. >> thank you and again i appreciate the commitment to continue to work together with lafco. and just the last question related to that as you know the puc and lafco have a memorandum of understanding that will be expiring at the end of the fiscal year june 2015. it's hard to imagine how quickly time has flown. but would you be open to

extending the memorandum of understanding and your thoughts on it? >> i'm not opposed to it. i don't mean to be cute about that. june of 2015 is also when our contract with pg & e and you are the lock expire. how that table is is it in june and the resource requirements are i can't predict at this point. but i think that we have done extensions in the past and i think that basic underlying thought process and interest of the commission won't change. >> great, thank you very much, commissioner and again thank you for your service and for wanting to continue to serve. it greatly appreciated. >> thank you. any other questions, seeing none. thank you commissioner. >>supervisor norman yee: okay. i have a few cards for public

testimony here, and nicole sank uther. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm the chief executive officer for the bay area water supply energy and i'm here to recommended. represents water suppliers in alameda county to purchase the water produced by the san francisco water system. in turn those agencies deliver that water to 1.7 million people and businesses and countless organizations and three counties who pay two-thirds of the cost as well. i have worked with andy

moran. on items critical to our agencies most recently as members of our agency have actively supported the $4.7 billion water improvement program. this and other experience are the bays for my strong support for his recommendation. specifically for this critical responsibility, andy moran has exhibited a sharp mind and intellectual honesty and integrity and leadership experience at the management and policy level. andy and i share the same goal of reliable of high quality water and he has worked diligently and wisely for the continued protect of the public health and safety and san francisco and our neighboring communities and his loyalty to the county and

commitment to the puc and personal integrity make him an excellent choice for the committee again. >> good afternoon. my name is ed harrington. if you recall back in 2008 as we looked at the charter we were looking to have a difference in opinion and we wanted to make sure there were people there to appreciate diversity and that knew about water and power and environmentalist and ratepayer advocate and regular city, just a person and having someone that could understand and relate to that

was part of it. when we did that, it wasn't that andy moran was a good person to fit that role, but he's exactly that person that i had in mind to fit that role because he had all the qualifications for it and for the management of hetch hetchy and san francisco and you heard how he works with our wholesale customers and others at the irrigation district who are part of our customer as close working base and also working with senator feinstein and he knows the entire world he works with. he is somebody who listens and bases his decisions or facts and i wholeheartedly recommend him to you. >> thank you. nice seeing you again. >> after this it will be harlin kelly and then courtney.

>> my name is rebecca earning ton. we are here to support mr. moran for this important role. he is uniquely qualified and i think mr. harrington went through his qualities so i won't repeat them, but as someone who is monitoring the program in the puc and i have served in the water advisory committee in the puc and someone who is clearly interested in the city's water and as a ratepayer, i think it's important to have someone who has a strong opinion about the clean energy of the city. thank you very much. >> thank you.

>> good afternoon, my name is harlin kelly and the general manager of the public utilities commission. i'm here definitely in support of andy moran. he's been very valuable to me. as you know i came with a previous loss from the regional manager and taking this role and responsibility was great that anson embraced me and help me especially with challenging issues especially relating to the water system and we are focused on the water supply issues and he's been very very helpful and also on the power side is something that he's really rolled up his sleeves to help us maneuver. as you know this has been the worst drought in recent history and

he is and courtney have been leaders in helping us through that. we had a two 2-year budget which we were successfully implementing and just his knowledge, being with the puc for so many years has been so helpful to me and the rest of the puc team. i just urge you to continue his efforts and continue helping me as general manager, but also the organization and the city. so thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is vicinity cornell with the labor union with 40,000 plus northern california. i'm standing before you to give you our ringing endorsement of the confirmation. anson moran. i have gotten to know him for the past five 5 years and not only do i have great respect and leadership

for his knowledge and the way he's engaged in the fiscal component of the public utilities commission but he also makes himself available to me and my colleagues to sit down with us after hours and help us under and get around some of the pressing issues. everybody has their own expertise, their own areas of concern. andy seems to get it all. he understand every single aspect. but that being said, on behalf of the laborers, the great work that we are doing not just in the community, for the community workforce but the great work that we are doing throughout the entire region, andy is a supporter of the opportunities we want to create, bring jobs to the community through the infrastructure whether it's through the water system improvement program where ed harrington and now with the service sewer program and kelly, i know that i can

count on andy to prioritize the community workforce and the construction business workers and i'm excited to be able to support him. >>supervisor norman yee: one other person. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is jessica acker man with the san francisco sierra club. we are here to support mr. moran to the puc for the last two 2 years. we have seen him be a representative of the people and would like to continue seeing him do so. >>supervisor norman yee: thank you. any other comments c'mon up. >> i saw these people's face. i intention for job or business. because fovr everyone,

inform -- for the money they earn, the business -- working schedule, they want a way of destiny of job or business. not because being famous, so wealthy, it's because of good determination and aim objective in life. and i see people to have a joint academy, organization that can create san francisco everywhere, cover professional individual, anybody but in order to have that happen, must have a complete, well a way of law. the earth way of law that can jab a

human soul everybody. 10,000 everybody everybody san francisco and being part of the non-profit organization, that means in touch or without touch. >> any other public comment? >> good afternoon supervisors, eric brooks representing san francisco green party, the local grass organizations of our city and also the coalition called san francisco clean energy advocates which includes our city green party local sf and neighborhood council. just to reiterate the important chorus that you just heard from which is the