CEC S4.2: Develop Innovative Tools Improved forecasting of and Strategies to Increase wind/solar can help make Predictability and Reliability of assumptions about renewables Wind and Solar Energy more accurate in the LTPP; this in Generation. turn will help directly create ratepayer savings; thus the CEC shall ensure this initiative is coordinated with or can inform the LTPP. CEC S5.3: Improve Science for Water When investigating the Management in Power technologies and strategies that Generation: Hydropower may be applied and demonstrated Forecasting and Alternative in this space, the CEC should Sources of Cooling Water. consider how these innovations may interact with the RA program, for example by informing how the qualifying capacity for hydropower resources should be calculated (R.11-10-023 and its successor). It should also consider whether/how they should be integrated into production cost simulation models for the RA program (ELCC modeling) and/or the LTPP proceeding (Operational Flexibility modeling, R.13-12-010). CEC S5.4: Provide Tools and If this initiative demonstrates that Information for Regional wind/solar availability are affected Climate Change Adaptation by climate change, such change in Measures for the Electricity availability could get incorporated Sector into LTPP assumptions, to the direct benefit of ratepayers; thus the CEC shall ensure that relevant results are shared with the appropriate Energy Division staff to help inform future procurement planning proceedings.
CEC S4.2: Develop Innovative Tools and Strategies to Increase Predictability and Reliability of Wind and Solar Energy Generation. Improved forecasting of wind/solar can help make assumptions about renewables more accurate in the LTPP; this in turn will help directly create ratepayer savings; thus the CEC shall ensure this initiative is coordinated with or can inform the LTPP. CEC S5.3: Improve Science for Water Management in Power Generation: Hydropower Forecasting and Alternative Sources of Cooling Water. When investigating the technologies and strategies that may be applied and demonstrated in this space, the CEC should consider how these innovations may interact with the RA program, for example by informing how the qualifying capacity for hydropower resources should be calculated (R.11-10-023 and its successor). It should also consider whether/how they should be integrated into production cost simulation models for the RA program (ELCC modeling) and/or the LTPP proceeding (Operational Flexibility modeling, R.13-12-010). CEC S5.4: Provide Tools and Information for Regional Climate Change Adaptation Measures for the Electricity Sector If this initiative demonstrates that wind/solar availability are affected by climate change, such change in availability could get incorporated into LTPP assumptions, to the direct benefit of ratepayers; thus the CEC shall ensure that relevant results are shared with the appropriate Energy Division staff to help inform future procurement planning proceedings.