SCE’s PRG participants included representatives from Energy Division (ED), the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), Department of Resources, Union of Concerned Scientists, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), and the California Utility Employees (CUE). Pursuant to D.02-08-071, SCE’s Procurement Review Group participated in the review of the First Solar PPAs. The supplemental advice letter does not change this assessment. Safety Considerations California PU Code §451 requires that every public utility maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment and facilities to ensure the safety, health, and comfort of the public. The First Solar PPAs, as approved in Commission Resolution E-4790, require the sellers of the generation to comply with all applicable requirements of law relating to the projects including those related to planning, construction, ownership, decommissioning and/or operation of the projects, including environmental laws. Based on the revised valuation information submitted to the Commission, these contracts do not appear to result in any adverse safety impacts on the facilities or operations of SCE. This Resolution reaffirms the findings of Resolution E-4790 pertaining to the safety considerations of the First Solar PPAs. Confidential Information The Commission, in implementing Section 454.5(g), has determined in D.06-06-066, as modified by D.07-05-032 and D.16-08-024, that certain material submitted to the Commission as confidential should be kept confidential to ensure that market sensitive data does not influence the behavior of bidders in future RPS solicitations. D.06-06-066 adopted a time limit on the confidentiality of specific terms in RPS contracts. Such information, including price, is confidential for three years from the date the contract states that energy deliveries begin, or until one year following contract expiration, except contracts between IOUs and their affiliates, which are public. The confidential appendices, marked in the public copy of this “[REDACTED]” Resolution, as well as the confidential portions of the supplemental AL, should remain confidential at this time.
SCE’s PRG participants included representatives from Energy Division (ED), the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), Department of Resources, Union of Concerned Scientists, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), and the California Utility Employees (CUE). Pursuant to D.02-08-071, SCE’s Procurement Review Group participated in the review of the First Solar PPAs. The supplemental advice letter does not change this assessment. Safety Considerations California PU Code §451 requires that every public utility maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment and facilities to ensure the safety, health, and comfort of the public. The First Solar PPAs, as approved in Commission Resolution E-4790, require the sellers of the generation to comply with all applicable requirements of law relating to the projects including those related to planning, construction, ownership, decommissioning and/or operation of the projects, including environmental laws. Based on the revised valuation information submitted to the Commission, these contracts do not appear to result in any adverse safety impacts on the facilities or operations of SCE. This Resolution reaffirms the findings of Resolution E-4790 pertaining to the safety considerations of the First Solar PPAs. Confidential Information The Commission, in implementing Section 454.5(g), has determined in D.06-06-066, as modified by D.07-05-032 and D.16-08-024, that certain material submitted to the Commission as confidential should be kept confidential to ensure that market sensitive data does not influence the behavior of bidders in future RPS solicitations. D.06-06-066 adopted a time limit on the confidentiality of specific terms in RPS contracts. Such information, including price, is confidential for three years from the date the contract states that energy deliveries begin, or until one year following contract expiration, except contracts between IOUs and their affiliates, which are public. The confidential appendices, marked “[REDACTED]” in the public copy of this Resolution, as well as the confidential portions of the supplemental AL, should remain confidential at this time.
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