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    SDG&E Letter To City Attorney Saying No 1-Year Extension On Franchise Agreement

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    Diana Day, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SDG&E, writes a letter to City Attorney Mara Elliott regarding the electric and gas franchise agreements between SDG&E and the City of San Diego that are set to expire on January 17, 2021. Day expresses concern over a recent memorandum from City Council President Georgette Gómez requesting a one-year extension of the current agreements rather than considering the bids submitted in response to the City's Invitations to Bid. Day states that SDG&E will not agree to a one-year extension and hopes the City Council will docket the bids submitted in response to the Invitations to Bid to allow for a fair and open competition for the new franchise

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    Diana Day, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SDG&E, writes a letter to City Attorney Mara Elliott regarding the electric and gas franchise agreements between SDG&E and the City of San Diego that are set to expire on January 17, 2021. Day expresses concern over a recent memorandum from City Council President Georgette Gómez requesting a one-year extension of the current agreements rather than considering the bids submitted in response to the City's Invitations to Bid. Day states that SDG&E will not agree to a one-year extension and hopes the City Council will docket the bids submitted in response to the Invitations to Bid to allow for a fair and open competition for the new franchise

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    Diana Day, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SDG&E, writes a letter to City Attorney Mara Elliott regarding the electric and gas franchise agreements between SDG&E and the City of San Diego that are set to expire on January 17, 2021. Day expresses concern over a recent memorandum from City Council President Georgette Gómez requesting a one-year extension of the current agreements rather than considering the bids submitted in response to the City's Invitations to Bid. Day states that SDG&E will not agree to a one-year extension and hopes the City Council will docket the bids submitted in response to the Invitations to Bid to allow for a fair and open competition for the new franchise

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    Diana Day, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SDG&E, writes a letter to City Attorney Mara Elliott regarding the electric and gas franchise agreements between SDG&E and the City of San Diego that are set to expire on January 17, 2021. Day expresses concern over a recent memorandum from City Council President Georgette Gómez requesting a one-year extension of the current agreements rather than considering the bids submitted in response to the City's Invitations to Bid. Day states that SDG&E will not agree to a one-year extension and hopes the City Council will docket the bids submitted in response to the Invitations to Bid to allow for a fair and open competition for the new franchise

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    Diana Day

    Senior Vice President, General Counsel

    8330 Century Park Ct


    San Diego, CA 92123-1530

    Tel: 619.699.5054
    Fax: 858.650.6117
    dday@sdge.com

    November 12, 2020

    City Attorney Mara W. Elliott


    Office of the City Attorney
    City of San Diego
    1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1620
    San Diego, CA 92101

    RE: Current Electric and Gas Franchise Agreements

    Dear Mara,

    SDG&E is, and always has been, grateful for the opportunity to partner with the City to benefit
    our community, including ways to find appropriate agreements to govern our long-standing
    relationship. This process has occurred not just now, but over the past years, and has allowed us
    to understand the City’s priorities while further aligning our mutual interests in providing clean,
    safe and reliable energy to the community. I am writing regarding the Electric and Gas
    Franchise Agreements between SDG&E and the City of San Diego. As you know, those
    Agreements will expire on January 17, 2021, and the City has issued Invitations to Bid (ITB) for
    both the electric and gas franchises to take effect on the expiration of our current Agreements.

    Recent events have caused us some concern. In the middle of this process, after bids have been
    submitted, we learned that Council President Georgette Gómez wrote a memorandum, dated
    November 9, 2020, which stated that the City Council “will not be docketing the responses to the
    Invitations to Bid.” Even more surprisingly, the letter requested that City staff “bring forward
    for the City Council’s consideration a one-year extension to the current agreements to ensure that
    an extension is in effect prior to the January 17, 2021 expiration.”

    We do not believe that a one-year extension is in the best interest of the City or San Diego
    electric and gas consumers. As your office has correctly recognized, any extension would
    require SDG&E’s concurrence. In an August 25, 2020 Memorandum MS 59, your office
    addressed the legal requirements applicable to an extension of the current Agreements, and
    correctly stated that “the City has the option of extending the current franchise agreements
    beyond January 2021 subject to SDG&E’s concurrence.” SDG&E will comply with the lawful
    requirements that the City imposes with respect to the Agreements, but cannot and will not agree
    to a one-year extension of the Agreements.
    SDG&E would be disappointed if the City Council President does not docket the responses to
    the ITB. We stand ready to fairly and openly compete for the new Electric and Gas Franchise
    Agreements. SDG&E has a demonstrated and long history of providing clean, safe and reliable
    energy to the San Diego community, and reaffirms its commitment to continuing this proud
    tradition.

    Sincerely,
    Diana Day
    Diana L. Day
    Senior Vice President & General Counsel
    San Diego Gas & Electric Company

    cc:

    Honorable Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer


    Honorable Members of the City Council
    Honorable Mayor-Elect Todd Gloria
    Andrea Tevlin, Independent Budget Analyst

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