Agreement. EDF, 1. Must support the Governor’s and positions is also with the other California state goals to: achieve installation of accurate. Settling Parties, grid-integrated infrastructure to support 1 million Pursuant to (D.) filed Opening and ZEVs by 2020; accelerate the adoption of 1.5 94-10-029, the Reply Briefs million ZEVs by 2025, and support clean air and Commission has advocating for the climate change objectives; discretion to adoption of the award 2. Must be structured to provide net benefits Settlement compensation to to all ratepayers; Agreement. parties who EDF continually participated in 3. Must protect ratepayers by ensuring that advocated that the settlement assets continue to be used and useful; benefits of charging agreements, 4. Must provide EV drivers the opportunity EVs in this manner when there is a to maximize fuel cost savings relative to will result in the finding that they conventional transportation fuels; following: (1) made a taking advantage of substantial 5. Must provide equitable deployment of an abundance of contribution to a services to all ratepayers, including statutory and other decision. We requirements and directives to serve energy on find that disadvantaged communities and increase access the grid; (2) Environmental to clean transportation; enabling the smooth Defense Fund’s 6. Must provide customer choice; integration of participation in increasing amounts the settlement 7. Must support broad-based investment in of renewable energy made a EV charging equipment and services by public, while reducing substantial private and utility entities and avoid reliance on GHG contribution to anticompetitive impacts on the markets for EV producing gas-fired D.16-01-045. charging equipment and related services; resources to provide ramping services; 8. Must incorporate learning-by-doing and and (3) using a make adjustments to the VGI pilot program as price signal to needed; ensure that load is 9. Must provide data to help inform effectively policy; managed. 10. Must utilize rate design and load management practices to facilitate the integration of renewable energy resources, as well as deliver other grid benefits; and 11. Must align with SDG&E’s Diversified Business Enterprise (DBE) goal of 40% and request subcontractors to provide proposals in support of the 40% goal. As part of the Proposed Settlement, the settling parties have agreed to 16 modifications to SDG&E’s original VGI proposal. According to the Proposed Settlement,
Agreement. EDF, with the other Settling Parties, filed Opening and Reply Briefs advocating for the adoption of the Settlement Agreement. EDF continually advocated that the benefits of charging EVs in this manner will result in the following: (1) taking advantage of an abundance of and other energy on the grid; (2) enabling the smooth integration of increasing amounts of renewable energy while reducing reliance on GHG producing gas-fired resources to provide ramping services; and (3) using a price signal to ensure that load is effectively managed. 1. Must support the Governor’s and California state goals to: achieve installation of grid-integrated infrastructure to support 1 million ZEVs by 2020; accelerate the adoption of 1.5 million ZEVs by 2025, and support clean air and climate change objectives; 2. Must be structured to provide net benefits to all ratepayers; 3. Must protect ratepayers by ensuring that assets continue to be used and useful; 4. Must provide EV drivers the opportunity to maximize fuel cost savings relative to conventional transportation fuels; 5. Must provide equitable deployment of services to all ratepayers, including statutory requirements and directives to serve disadvantaged communities and increase access to clean transportation; 6. Must provide customer choice; 7. Must support broad-based investment in EV charging equipment and services by public, private and utility entities and avoid anticompetitive impacts on the markets for EV charging equipment and related services; 8. Must incorporate learning-by-doing and make adjustments to the VGI pilot program as needed; 9. Must provide data to help inform policy; 10. Must utilize rate design and load management practices to facilitate the integration of renewable energy resources, as well as deliver other grid benefits; and 11. Must align with SDG&E’s Diversified Business Enterprise (DBE) goal of 40% and request subcontractors to provide proposals in support of the 40% goal. As part of the Proposed Settlement, the settling parties have agreed to 16 modifications to SDG&E’s original VGI proposal. According to the Proposed Settlement, positions is also accurate. Pursuant to (D.) 94-10-029, the Commission has discretion to award compensation to parties who participated in settlement agreements, when there is a finding that they made a substantial contribution to a decision. We find that Environmental Defense Fund’s participation in the settlement made a substantial contribution to D.16-01-045.
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