The Commission established a D.15-09-022, pp. 7-11, 16-17, 20-23. goal of optimizing customer and (p. 7 purpose of broad scope was that – grid benefits, while advancing a determination of how best it “includes climate objectives. The to source the distributed energy Commission explained that resources needed by the utilities based there is a tension between on the determinations made in maximizing resource uptake by R.14-08-013.”) individual customers and (p. 11 R.14-10-003 can and serving both customer and grid – “Hence, should create the framework to needs. determine how the resources, which are The Commission expanded the needed to fill the required characteristics scope to include 1) the relation and values developed in R.14-08-013, to distribution planning; and 2) could be sourced.”) the issue of localized incentives, (p. 14 - the scope of this and 3) the role of the utility in “will broaden proceeding beyond looking at solely sourcing DERs; with the intent what the utilities offer customers to promote cost effective (integrated demand-side management) integration and sourcing of and commit to also focus on what DERs to optimize grid needs, customers offer the utility (integration and to highlight the combined of distributed energy role of customers and third resources).”) parties in integrating distributed (p. 22 that there is a need – “We agree energy resources, as opposed to for harmonization between grid and just the role of utilities in customer benefits in the integration of offering demand-side distributed energy resources. We also management to customers. find that incentives should reflect both grid-wide and locational benefits”) Claimed Specific References to CPUC Discussion Intervenor’s Intervenor’s Contribution(s) to Claimed Contribution(s) D.16-06-007 Hourly Allocation of Verified Generation Capacity TURN recommended that the TURN Opening Comments on Status Commission adopt a Report, March 14, 2016, p. 3. methodology that allocates generation capacity across a large number of hours due to the changing functions of DERs. D.16-06-007, pp. 9-12 find that (“We The Commission agreed, and the RECAP model provides for a adopted the RECAP model consistent methodology for distributed for capacity allocation.
The Commission established a goal of optimizing customer and grid benefits, while advancing climate objectives. The Commission explained that there is a tension between maximizing resource uptake by individual customers and serving both customer and grid needs. The Commission expanded the scope to include 1) the relation to distribution planning; and 2) the issue of localized incentives, and 3) the role of the utility in sourcing DERs; with the intent to promote cost effective integration and sourcing of DERs to optimize grid needs, and to highlight the combined role of customers and third parties in integrating distributed energy resources, as opposed to just the role of utilities in offering demand-side management to customers. D.15-09-022, pp. 7-11, 16-17, 20-23. (p. 7 – purpose of broad scope was that it “includes a determination of how best to source the distributed energy resources needed by the utilities based on the determinations made in R.14-08-013.”) (p. 11 – “Hence, R.14-10-003 can and should create the framework to determine how the resources, which are needed to fill the required characteristics and values developed in R.14-08-013, could be sourced.”) (p. 14 - “will broaden the scope of this proceeding beyond looking at solely what the utilities offer customers (integrated demand-side management) and commit to also focus on what customers offer the utility (integration of distributed energy resources).”) (p. 22 – “We agree that there is a need for harmonization between grid and customer benefits in the integration of distributed energy resources. We also find that incentives should reflect both grid-wide and locational benefits”) Intervenor’s Claimed Contribution(s) to D.16-06-007 Specific References to Intervenor’s Claimed Contribution(s) CPUC Discussion Hourly Allocation of Generation Capacity TURN recommended that the Commission adopt a methodology that allocates generation capacity across a large number of hours due to the changing functions of DERs. The Commission agreed, and adopted the RECAP model for capacity allocation. TURN Opening Comments on Status Report, March 14, 2016, p. 3. D.16-06-007, pp. 9-12 (“We find that the RECAP model provides for a consistent methodology for distributed Verified