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Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
(as of date of publication)
Anson Moran, President
Ike Kwon, Vice President
Ann Moller Caen, Commissioner
Vince Courtney, Commissioner
Francesca Vietor, Commissioner
Water
Contents
03 Water
Delivering High-Quality Water Every Day
06 Power
07 Sewer
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• 2.6 Million People Served
Outreach and Engagement
11 Finance
Harlan L. Kelly Jr.
General Manager
• 197 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) Distributed
• 1.6 Million kW hours of Clean Hydroelectricity Generated
• 167 Miles Across the State Over Major Fault Lines
• Gravity-fed Engineering Marvel Using No Fossil Fuels
Power
Generating Clean Energy For Vital Services
• 100% Greenhouse Gas-Free Energy for Residential, Commercial and Municipal Customers
• 380.5 MW of Greenhouse Gas-Free Hydroelectric Generation Capacity
• 11.1 MW of Renewable Solar and Biogas Generation
• 45,000 SF Street Lights Powered with Clean Energy
• 160 Miles of Transmission Lines
Sewer
Protecting Public Health And The Environment
• 3 Treatment Facilities
• Approximately 1,000 Miles of Pipes
Dear Customers and Stakeholders,
Our core mission at the San Francisco Public Utilities
Commission (SFPUC) is to provide customers with
high-quality, efficient and reliable water, power,
and wastewater services in a manner that values
environmental and community interests and sustains
the resources entrusted to our care. Being a Utility of
the Future means we deliver services in a way that
values the diverse communities that we serve and
embraces a culture and practice of sustainability.
Our Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP)
is deploying cutting edge technology for essential
upgrades at our Southeast Treatment Plant (SEP)
to further strengthen our seismic reliability while
reducing odors. We capture the methane gas created
during the wastewater treatment process, meeting
up to 40% of the plant’s energy needs. Innovative
resource reuse is an important part of how we
do business.
After 25 years of conservation leadership, San
Francisco has some of the lowest residential per
capita water usage in the United States. While
we are very proud of these results and our progress
in crucial water supply diversification projects, we
must confront the challenge of rebalancing our
finances around new, lower levels of water demand.
Hetch Hetchy Power provides clean energy to
our municipal facilities, and some residents and
businesses. San Franciscans can participate
in our clean energy revolution by signing up for
CleanPowerSF. We will be expanding the program
rapidly over the next few years, which will be pivotal
in achieving the City’s climate goals.
Our Local Water Program will ensure the right water
for the right use. In addition to utilizing groundwater
to augment our existing water supply, we are also
moving forward with recycled water projects for
irrigation. Our headquarters utilizes an innovative
onsite water treatment system, which reduces our
own potable water consumption by 60%. Going
forward, onsite water treatment systems are now
required in new large-scale developments in
San Francisco.
We do this while maintaining sound fiscal stewardship
of our ratepayer dollars. Despite our challenges this
year, we achieved a credit rating upgrade to AA for the
Wastewater Enterprise. This will allow us to sell bonds
at lower interest rates, resulting in lower debt service.
On behalf of the San Francisco Public Utilities
Commission, I am pleased to present the SFPUC
Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR), for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.
• 70 MGD Treated Dry Weather
• 575 MGD Treated Wet Weather
• 40 Billion Gallons Treated per Year
Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016
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