response, energy storage, etc.) as fixed amounts once the goals or requirements were developed in the individual resource-specific proceedings. Then, the LTPP analysis functioned as a mathematical exercise to determine any residual need to meet system or local capacity requirements, ultimately leading to the authorization of procurement to fill that need. In early LTPP cycles, most of the residual need was met with conventional resources. In recent LTPPs, more efforts have been directed toward procuring so-called or low- or zero-GHG-emitting resources (including energy “preferred” efficiency, demand response, renewables, and electricity storage) to meet the residual need identified. In addition, previous LTPPs have focused primarily on the IOUs and their resource needs, especially for their bundled load, whereas the new IRP requirement explicitly extends to all LSEs who serve load within the IOU service territories, including electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators (CCAs), as well as the small and multi-jurisdictional utilities (SMJUs). This proceeding will, ultimately, determine the requirements for the IRPs that must be submitted to the Commission and adopt an IRP framework and process, as required by statute, for all Commission-jurisdictional LSEs. Towards this end, this proceeding will address a number of critical IRP implementation issues including, but not necessarily limited to the following: Whether integrated resource planning will be undertaken on a system-wide basis and/or by individual LSEs;
response, energy storage, etc.) as fixed amounts once the goals or requirements were developed in the individual resource-specific proceedings. Then, the LTPP analysis functioned as a mathematical exercise to determine any residual need to meet system or local capacity requirements, ultimately leading to the authorization of procurement to fill that need. In early LTPP cycles, most of the residual need was met with conventional resources. In recent LTPPs, more efforts have been directed toward procuring so-called “preferred” or low- or zero-GHG-emitting resources (including energy efficiency, demand response, renewables, and electricity storage) to meet the residual need identified. In addition, previous LTPPs have focused primarily on the IOUs and their resource needs, especially for their bundled load, whereas the new IRP requirement explicitly extends to all LSEs who serve load within the IOU service territories, including electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators (CCAs), as well as the small and multi-jurisdictional utilities (SMJUs). This proceeding will, ultimately, determine the requirements for the IRPs that must be submitted to the Commission and adopt an IRP framework and process, as required by statute, for all Commission-jurisdictional LSEs. Towards this end, this proceeding will address a number of critical IRP implementation issues including, but not necessarily limited to the following: Whether integrated resource planning will be undertaken on a system-wide basis and/or by individual LSEs;
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