p.u.c. general manager, pat martell. could you come up, please? it's like being home. room 400. it's a homecoming. pat was the g.m. from 2001 to 2004. and mayor willie brown appointed her in a second term as mayor to head up this utility. commissioner anne cane was a commissioner at that time. and michael carlin. where is michael? [laughter] and he was actually part of the executive leadership team and then i joined in 2003. and, in fact, pat brought me over. pat really showed leadership. we were at a time when our water system was failing and in -- in november, 2002, the san francisco voters really placed their trust in the p.u.c. by passing and placing trust in the water and wastewater system. and she spent hours talking about the need of our infrastructure and really showed some leadership and people really felt and really trusted her when she was out there speaking on behalf of the p.u.c. and so prop a and e passed. and that started the water system improvement program. one thing that i

thank you to the p.u.c. for watching out for my interest. because i am a p.u.c. customer. actually, my family and i average 12 gallons per day, per person. i challenge the rest of us in this room to try it for 25 or less per day. please. it can be done. you know that the fish are important but it's not just about the fish. there are entire ecosystems at risk. we have already pushed numerous species to the brink of extinction what about the delta? it has to be on your radar somewhere. so business as usual is just unsustainable. we can't keep growing more in terms of business or population. it is just not reasonable to expect unlimited growth when our resources are a finite, limited amount. so until we can actually grasp this reality, we are living in a dream world. let's just go to the state water board and to their plan. due to the uncertainties and other plans, you know, alternative plans are based on, assumptions and uncertain science, let's just go to the state water board and see what we can get from that. thank you. >> president kwon: thank you. mr peter drift meyer.

there is no problem with the p.u.c. continuing on this. >> currently, they maintain the infrastructure on the island. this is under an agreement with tee ida. in terms of being the permanent electrical service divider, there is not any hurdles to that we are working with ticd at the p.u.c. where they are negotiating and electrical service agreement to memorialize the p.u.c. they will be the electrical service provider to the developments. and the acceptance agreements at companion document to that service agreements. but the approval of those two documents by ticd and ultimately the board of supervisors will memorialize that relationship. >> commissioner dunlop: ok. this question comes from when there have been power outages, the few that there have been, lately, when you call the p.u.c. , the first thing they usually say is we don't handle treasure island. we don't do that. so i guess, as we move forward, just to make sure that their employees are very aware that we are here and that there are people. >> yeah. we conti

the p.u.c., to support the, of course, infamous cleanpower cleanpower cleanpowersf program that grows and is more popular. >> supervisors, good morning. michael hymns, director of the cleanpowersf program for the san francisco public utilities commission. before you is an action requesting the board to retroactively approve three resource adequacy contracts, executed by the general manager of the public utilities commission with pacific gas and electric company. critical to the planned growth of the clean powpowersf program. two years and five months from august 2018 through december 2020. the combined total cost of the three contracts is 13.7 million. through previous actions, the board of supervisors, to support the expansion of cleanpowersf. and limited delegation authority of the p.u.c. to enter into contracts featuring binding arbitration without going back to the board, subject to a very limited set of conditions. resource adequacy is a state requirement applicable to all entities that pro

the p.u.c. has really played an active participate in the summit. we sponsored the green film festival screening of point of no return. we programs. we had quite a bit of media coverage. you know, abc 7, the chronicle. coit, sf fund cheap, and others. we had quite a bit of social media opportunities on twitter and facebook, which we're continuing, and we'll be conducting a follow up campaign showing our success and encouraging cleanpowersf sign ups in the next few weeks, so you'll be seeing more of us celebrating that. and with that, i'm going to turn to our regulatory update. >> supervisor fewer: miss hale, i have one question. when you're doing your outreach, do you have any idea about the demographics of the people that are signing up for clean energy and supergreen. for example, are we also looking at people who speak different language, socioeconomic diversity, and also ethnic data? >> yeah. so we do have some information that we'll be able to present at our next gathering with you, when we

p.u.c. plan promotes environmental sustainability and water reliability. we urge a negotiated settlement with state leaders with the p.u.c. to move forward. the bay area plan is something that we are watching. we have not taken a position so we do ask you to continue working with the state leaders to find a solution. thank you for your time. >> hello. i am, my family came here during the dust bowl. we lived in stockton and fresno and i picked grapes. and now i live in palo alto. i can say i'm very proud to see how the city council voted. i i was in union organizer for city council to go against the staff, all the recommendations i am mixed because the city council voted because they looked at all the materials, and everything and they realize that the environment and our water usage and that was the best plan , the delta plan. i urge you all to look at the plan and you think about all the scientists, on all sides. i have been going to the state board meetings and i can tell you that every position had a scientist backing their plan. we had farmers saying w

p.u.c. are partners with contra costa, east bay, alameda county water district. they are a member and they are also a partner. may include many irrigation districts in the central valley. i could go down the list. there is a lot of partners. what that what do you, if they asked a band of the reservoir, as provide storage volume for all of us to utilize. all of us as partner agencies. we have identified how much we want to use. beyond that, we talked about the piping it it could create. there is a pipeline that would link up that reservoir to the south bay aqueduct. it creates a new route to bring water and that could be routes that would come from storage that we would put an in and potentially water transfers that they could enter into with the sacramento river system customer to me, the plumbing is more important than the reservoir expansion. but that is the big efforts. this year it is early on in the process. they are looking at governance options. how would 15-20 agencies on a project? it is complicated. thankfully they have lawyers in the room helping with

the california p.u.c. has a rulemaking underway where they are reconsiderating -- reconsidering the methodology for how these rates are set. they've issued two proposed decisions in that rulemaking, one by the assigned administrative law judge, one was issued by the assigned commissioner. that's referred to as an alternate. broadly speaking, the judge's proposal is much better for c.c.a.'s. it includes incentives for the utilities to prudently manage their supply portfolios in order to minimize costs that are passed onto all rate pairs, and it creates a more stable and predictable charge. that predictability helps our customers, and it allows programs like ours to continue to invest long-term in renewable resources and in developing innovate tiff local customer programs. the other does the opposite, creates risks for c.c.a. programs, and we feel it compromises cleanpowersf's sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction goals. it looks like it's going to undermine all the progress that c.c.a.'s programs have

and p.u.c. on july 27. and the contact for construction management staff augmentation was signed on august 1. so we expect to have n.t.p. later this month. it's a bit hard to see, but the photo is the physical hydraulic model of the flow stream for the facility. it's used to evaluate the position and flow characteristics under varying flow conditions. regarding progress, scope one for site prep is under construction. we're taking delivery of the 54-inch-diameter, temporary bypass pipe, that will allow flows to be rerouted for future construction of the main facility under scope 3. on scope 2a, we've advertised various packages for improvement. we plan to open an award on this corridor. we achieved 95% design milestone for scope three and are in the process of evaluating the cost. this shows the progress. this shows us where we are as of june 30. blue represents preconstruction and green, construction. we're finishing up design on the west side and the north shore pump station improvement projects. as well a

so through our external affairs team, the p.u.c. hass engaged with our mayor as well as the board of supervisors and other communities impacted by these pending decisions. last week, mayor breed joined the mayor's of oakland and san jose in issuing a joint press release that urged the cpua to adopt the proposal in this case. the mayor's letter urged the cpuc to make a decision that does not shift cost to customers and could dramatically roll back the positive efforts of the local communities with respect to climate change. we also worked with state legislators to send a letter to the cpuc which has been signed by 17 assembly members. >> commissioner pollock >> any of our representatives, san francisco's representatives? >> yes. >> all of them? >> yes. >> and finally, cal c.c.a. put a full page article in the chronicle for publication. that happened on thursday that has been endorsed by more than 120 local elected officials. that was a letter that was asking the cpuc to adopt a balanced proposal that meets the requirements of state l

which is, in part, what they p.u.c. should be committed to, as protecting the watershed and not just selling their watersheds. thank you, very much. >> president kwon: thank you. mr rosenkranz. welcome. >> thank you. i am the executive director of restore [indiscernible]. we have no position on this proposal but i have a few comments i would like to make about it. you are on record as saying you have your own proposal, and you and you will try and negotiate and people say that that doesn't work. maybe you litigate, but my suggestion is that this commission, directs staff to figure out what you guys are going to do if it does become law that a substantial amount of additional flow needs to go down the river. as you no, you have junior water rights on the river. they have the oldest irrigation districts in the state. you agree to put the majority of any increase in flow down the river from your supply. even though they use four times as much water collectively as your regional system, you have to meet the majority of any

the p.u.c. did not take a formal position on the bill. he did share our concerns on the bill with our legislators. the trade association sported the bill, while the municipal utilities association opposed the bill. and the bill was referred to the suspense file in the senate and did not pass this year. we do expect this is a conversation that will continue with the next legislative session. on a happier note, we have senator deleon's sp100 that would accelerate the state's current renewable portfolio program to 50% by 2025 and 6 # o% by 2030 and sets a 100% clean, zero carbon, and renewable energy file for california's electric system by 2045. again, this is where san francisco's goals are faster. we would be meeting these goals 15 years earlier by 2030. we supported the bill and it included existing large hydro power as counting toward the mandate, so that's good. this bill passed the senate and was signed by governor brown. and then the wildfire response bill, senator dodd's 901. this allows c

however, i trust that our p.u.c. general manager, however, while i trust the p.u.c. general manager, i am uncomfortable with the potential of a long-term authority for p.g. and e., as cleanpowersf gains capacity and matures and other potential sources for reserve capacity companion line, i would like the board of supervisors to retain some of its oversight and hear what alternatives to p.g. and e. might be available. introducing to you, should have them before you, some amendments. i have circulated the amendments, and sunset date of the authority, five years from the effective date of the ordinance, approximately october of 2023. this will give the general manager, this will give general manager kelly the space to conduct his business in good faith, but will also give us more insight and the opportunity to review as programs continue to progress. i just want to also acknowledge john scarpula, not here, ok. p.u.c. is in agreement with the amendments, we worked with them on getting them crafted. so, this is no surprise to them. i don't know if you have any other quest

the p.u.c. has begun the first steps of this, and they began a first round of testing on thursday, august 2, and we'll have preliminary results within approximately a week that they will be presenting to the department of public health. the p.u.c. is also going to be contacted -- contracting with a third party lab for radiological testing of those water samples. they were actually out at the building today, taking additional water samples to be tested. the final results of the water testing that includes the radiological component, they believe, will take approximately three months. they believe that they will have preliminary testing which will -- will have that base -- kind of the base panel testing, that's going to be in a shorter time frame, and that's the one that they'll be presenting to the department of public health and then ultimately to us. the next step that we've requested is a retesting of the air quality and the dust that settles in building 606. similar to the retesting of the wa

the p.u.c. and the environment. but that can't, or couldn't be further from the truth. the p.u.c. is the agency where a long sit -- where there is a long history for advocating responsible environmental policies and practices. we replace thousands of fixtures in toilets across san francisco over the past several years to help residents and businesses conserve water. this has been the result in san francisco having, amongst the lowest water use in the states. early this year, we broke ground on a new state-of-the-art recycled water treatment facility that went complete and is expected to save 2 million gallons of drinking water per day. while other cities across the country are wondering how to deal with collapsing infrastructure in the face of climate change, we invested 4.8 lean dollars in the water system improvement program which is almost complete and we gave a presentation on it. last week, the state deferred a vote on a plan allowing us to continue working with the stakeholders on a volunt

these are also priorities that the p.u.c. has gone to great lengths to achieve, address, and i've been very attentive to those needs. i think the last thing i'll say to you, as a rate peer advocate, it's important to make it as easy for possible for people to tell you how they're affected, so my goal for the next four years is also to listen. many people that i've surrounded the issue outside of staff, the paid professionals doing this job were sort of like the five blind people touching the elephant, to use an old parable. i think my role as commissioner is to bring those conversations into one place and to make a data driven, neighborhood informed decision. so with that, i want to thank you for your time and welcome any questions. >> supervisor safai: thank you. i think we'll -- you have any questions right now or you want to just let the other presenters speak and we'll just open it up to public comment. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you, commissioner. >> good morning. supervisor, safai, members, i'm anson moran

the p.u.c. our current quarter outlook for quarter four is ending june the 30th of where we are expected to complete the audits for the citywide fleet management. audits, as well as the annual fiscal inventory count for the three enterprises. upcoming audits that come at this time of the year include the financial statement audits for fiscal year 17, 18, as well as upcoming comprehensive financial report and the popular annual financial report. lastly, this final piece highlights our performance within the outstanding audits and recommendations. in quarter four, we closed one audit for the citywide construction safety audit. from this audit, at included eight recommendations that were close. in addition, age recommendations were close for the wastewater management divisional performance audit. as a result, there are now only 13 open audit recommendations remaining, representing open audit recommendations remaining, representing a 94% rate. we will continue to work on the remaining outstanding au

a side note, in the folks that p.u.c. was working with at that time, they were convinced that at least the staff we were working with, was convinced that a hatchery was what was needed. so they had a bias that direction, and i think that that clouded the conversations and the work that preceded. it would identify ten priority nonflow projects, with a minimum of two special run pool projects. special run pool projects where you take one of those big gravel pits that have been created by gravel mining and try to modify the habitat so it could be a useful part of the river again. other projects were to include gravel positions, flood plain restoration and riparian planting. and districts in san francisco were required to provide another $500,000, and one of the expects at that time because it was the end of the cal fed area is other funds coming from state and federal sources would be available, and a lot of that funding never materialized, which is part of the issue we were dealing with then. the settlement agreement also r

when i asked the health department and the p.u.c. for their criteria for making this, they had one example. but they couldn't prove what had really gone wrong. there was no evidence to say that this is what failed. they didn't know if they had a device to begin with that veiled that is what got my attention. i said, look, at this point in time, we want to step back. we reviewed this for months and months through title 17 and title 24 and the plumbing code. we found a determination that we would like to retract from the code if, in fact, the p.u.c. or the health department want to put it back in, than they need to come back to the proper channels which is through your board and the board of supervisors to do so. that is what we are trying to do it is as simple as removing a statement from the code but should have been no more as a reference but came in as the body of the code. that is where we stand. >> thank you, inspector. is there any comment? thank you for your explanation of that. i understand it now. when i was reading it i was

frankly, we think the p.u.c. needs to catch up. we think you need to do that any way to address the impacts of climate change, but it's clear that the state board standards are what are really bringing that into sharp focus. we think there's a hefty list there. i'll simply add one comment about those alternate tiff approaches. east bay mud initially said something similar to what mr. ritchie just said. east bay mud said the same thing, and what came out of that, those discussions, very extensive, long discussions with -- with the environmental communication and local government, what came out of that was a project that nobody was thinking of going on. that was the freeport project. that project is serving east bay mud today. it was working during the drought. they transferred water through that facility during the drought, so the point is with -- if folks sit down in good faith and try to collaborate in terms of water supply solutions, we may come up with ideas that aren't even on the table today. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you.

is working for a number of years and as we know and the timeline showed and the p.u.c.'s operated in pedestrian and changed the for hire industry and changed the world and is a global market and phenomenon. and we have had ongoing regulatory review, reform, and streamlined the new driver onboarding and have gone through and looked at the requirements to match what we need today and not what we needed 10, 15, 20 years ago. and reduced and eliminated fees and taxi-related fees of approximately $9.5 million. and that's been over the last three or four years. and we supported the ramp taxi program and t.n.c. rule making proceedings and committed about 36 sets of comments about the t.n.c. rule making. as part of thisover all effort to level the playing field, we engaged p.h. shawler to review the health of the taxi industry. the report was released in may of this year. we vetted the recommendations. they had three main recommendations. we vetted the recommendations with the taxi industry through taxi town hall, taxi tax force, through email and worked hard to gather extensive