MINUTES
of the
POWER PLANT TASK FORCE
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Room 408
San Francisco, CA
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Philip DeAndrade called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m.
Present:
Joe Boss
Karen Pierce
Philip DeAndrade
Richard Millet
Malik Looper
Steven Moss
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of September 24, 2009 were approved as corrected.
3. COGENERATION OPPORTUNITIES IN SF:
Presentation: Gordon Judd, NRG Thermal: NRG is an independent power producer, owns and operates power plants throughout nation; almost 24,000 MW of generation; coal, oil, gas, nuclear power, extensive solar; a $700 billion company.
NRG Thermal focused on thermal systems and CHP combined heat and power systems).Is regulated by CPUC. In SF NRG owns an extensive network of underground piping; generate steam at a central plant and distribute to downtown buildings. Cogeneration works where there is a thermal load and heat or chilled water is supplied.
SF has ten miles of underground piping and NRG serves 180 buildings in SF including City Hall, office buildings, large hotels and community centers. NRG can provide enough cogeneration in SF to provide the amount of megawatts necessary for power in SF
4. CONSULTANTS STUDY TO ADDRESS CITY RELIABILITY AND THE POTRERO POWER PLANT CLOSURE: BARRY FLYNN, FLYNN RESOURCE CONSULTANTS, INC.
A Local Capacity Requirement (LCR) study done by ISO last year. ISO assumed that for 2010, the high voltage transbay cable would be in service. PG&E replaced cables from Martin substation to Potrero substation with new cables. Once cable replacement accomplished, ISO LCR studies indicated there was a need for 35MW in the City at Potrero.
Per Flynn, PG&E project to change configuration at Larkin substation changed relaying system. This reduced need for 35MW to 26MW at Potrero for needs of 2010 summer peak. Study considered four scenarios with different criteria to ensure sufficient power in SF to remove RMR and shutter Potrero.
5. TASK FORCE REQUEST TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO EXTEND DELIVERY DATE FOR ELECTRIC RELIABILITY PLAN
Mr. Boss moved that the Task Force ask the Board of Supervisors to add the study of cogeneration added to the request for the Electric Resource Plan and if necessary, request additional time to complete the study. Ms. Pierce seconded the motion. Ms. Pierce asked to make a friendly amendment restating the motion to read: this Task Force recommends to the BOS that it revise its request for the ERP to specifically include consideration of cogeneration and other generation of electricity if that is anticipated in the plan. The motion was defeated in a 2-3 vote.
Mr. Moss moved to restate the previous motion: that the BOS set up a technical advisory committee, composed of the Task Force, to review and approve the ERP. Motion was unanimously approved.
6. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Ms. Pierce, seconded by Mr. Moss, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00.
