Verified TURN, among other parties, demonstrated D.16-04-040, p. 22; that the Commission should act as Conclusion of Law 1 expeditiously as possible to issue a Commission should (“The decision on the 2015-2017 CARE and endeavor to issue a ESAP programs, given the pending decision for the 2015-2017 proposals for new measures and policies to CARE and ESA programs increase energy savings from ESAP, which as expeditiously as would have the effect of increasing ESAP possible.”) benefits both in the Aliso Canyon affected TURN Cmts on Aliso region and across the state. Without these Canyon, 3/24/16, p. 3, changes, TURN questioned the ability of ESAP to meaningfully relieve reliability implications of Aliso Canyon. TURN Reply Cmts on PD/APD, 4/19/16, pp. 3-4 D.15-12-047 (Re: Community Help and Awareness of Natural Gas and Electricity Services (CHANGES) Program) Verified TURN demonstrated that the Commission D.15-12-047, pp. 17-19 should dismiss the suggestion of some of (summarizing parties’ the utilities that the CHANGES program is positions); Conclusion of unnecessary to meet the needs of LEP Law 7 (establishing consumers -- since some CHANGES CHANGES as an ongoing functions simply cannot be performed by statewide program) the utilities, and because cultural and TURN Cmts on linguistic barriers prevent CAB from CHANGES Pilot Program sufficiently serving this population and – Evaluation, 1/16/15, pp. transition CHANGES into an ongoing statewide program, as recommended by the CHANGES Evaluation Report. TURN Reply Cmts on CHANGES Pilot Program Evaluation, 1/23/15, pp. Verified TURN demonstrated that the Commission D.15-12-047, pp. 17-19 should continue to fund CHANGES (summarizing parties’ through the CARE administrative budget positions); Conclusion of until the Commission can fund it through Law 10 (finding that its own CHANGES should be reimbursable “on budget” account. Several of the utilities had argued that funded through CARE CHANGES should instead be funded rates until it can be through GRC rates (if continued). by brought “on budget” the Commission) TURN Reply Cmts on CHANGES Pilot Program Evaluation, 1/23/15, pp.
TURN, among other parties, demonstrated that the Commission should act as expeditiously as possible to issue a decision on the 2015-2017 CARE and ESAP programs, given the pending proposals for new measures and policies to increase energy savings from ESAP, which would have the effect of increasing ESAP benefits both in the Aliso Canyon affected region and across the state. Without these changes, TURN questioned the ability of ESAP to meaningfully relieve reliability implications of Aliso Canyon. D.16-04-040, p. 22; Conclusion of Law 1 (“The Commission should endeavor to issue a decision for the 2015-2017 CARE and ESA programs as expeditiously as possible.”) TURN Cmts on Aliso Canyon, 3/24/16, p. 3, TURN Reply Cmts on PD/APD, 4/19/16, pp. 3-4 Verified D.15-12-047 (Re: Community Help and Awareness of Natural Gas and Electricity Services (CHANGES) Program) TURN demonstrated that the Commission should dismiss the suggestion of some of the utilities that the CHANGES program is unnecessary to meet the needs of LEP consumers -- since some CHANGES functions simply cannot be performed by the utilities, and because cultural and linguistic barriers prevent CAB from sufficiently serving this population – and transition CHANGES into an ongoing statewide program, as recommended by the CHANGES Evaluation Report. D.15-12-047, pp. 17-19 (summarizing parties’ positions); Conclusion of Law 7 (establishing CHANGES as an ongoing statewide program) TURN Cmts on CHANGES Pilot Program Evaluation, 1/16/15, pp. TURN Reply Cmts on CHANGES Pilot Program Evaluation, 1/23/15, pp. Verified TURN demonstrated that the Commission should continue to fund CHANGES through the CARE administrative budget until the Commission can fund it through its own reimbursable “on budget” account. Several of the utilities had argued that CHANGES should instead be funded through GRC rates (if continued). D.15-12-047, pp. 17-19 (summarizing parties’ positions); Conclusion of Law 10 (finding that CHANGES should be funded through CARE rates until it can be brought “on budget” by the Commission) TURN Reply Cmts on CHANGES Pilot Program Evaluation, 1/23/15, pp. Verified
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