Staff Concept Paper on important to ensure Integrated Resource transparency and a public Planning, pp. 21-22, (p. 128) process.” 26-27, August 31, practical and 2016; “For administrative reasons, we Sierra Club and CEJA modify the original staff support LSEs filing proposal on the mechanisms applications that are all of IRP filing. Instead of consolidated into the requiring the filing of IRP proceeding. separate applications by (Opening Comments of each LSE, we will require California that each LSE file its IRP in Environmental Justice this rulemaking proceeding, Alliance and Sierra R.16-02-007, as a Club On “compliance filing” (for Administrative Law purposes of document designation only). In this Judge’s Ruling Seeking Comment on way, all of the IRPs will Staff Proposal on automatically be Process for Integrated consolidated within this Resource Planning, p. proceeding for our 52, June 28, 2017) (p. 130) consideration.” Sierra Club and CEJA “During even-numbered support aligning the following years…the IRP process with the activities will take Transmission Planning December 31, the place…By Process (TPP). Commission will adopt a “For the 2018-19 TPP, PSP for use in the CAISO CEJA and Sierra Club TPP commencing in agree that CAISO February of the should use the outputs (p. 22) years.” of the Reference and Sierra Club System Plan because at “CEJA preferred that the that time, the Commission wait until after Reference System Plan approval of the PSP before will be the only investigating out-of-state planning document that (p. 77) creates a portfolio for wind further.” the CAISO-wide will continue to study “We system that meets the all of these resource types in 2030 GHG limit.” the next cycle of IRP, to (Opening Comments of determine if circumstances California and cost/benefit assumptions Environmental Justice have changed sufficiently to Alliance and Sierra
Staff Concept Paper on Integrated Resource Planning, pp. 21-22, 26-27, August 31, 2016; Sierra Club and CEJA support LSEs filing applications that are all consolidated into the IRP proceeding. (Opening Comments of California Environmental Justice Alliance and Sierra Club On Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling Seeking Comment on Staff Proposal on Process for Integrated Resource Planning, p. 52, June 28, 2017) Sierra Club and CEJA support aligning the IRP process with the Transmission Planning Process (TPP). “For the 2018-19 TPP, CEJA and Sierra Club agree that CAISO should use the outputs of the Reference System Plan because at that time, the Reference System Plan will be the only planning document that creates a portfolio for the CAISO-wide system that meets the 2030 GHG limit.” (Opening Comments of California Environmental Justice Alliance and Sierra important to ensure transparency and a public process.” (p. 128) “For practical and administrative reasons, we modify the original staff proposal on the mechanisms of IRP filing. Instead of requiring the filing of separate applications by each LSE, we will require that each LSE file its IRP in this rulemaking proceeding, R.16-02-007, as a “compliance filing” (for purposes of document designation only). In this way, all of the IRPs will automatically be consolidated within this proceeding for our consideration.” (p. 130) “During even-numbered years…the following activities will take place…By December 31, the Commission will adopt a PSP for use in the CAISO TPP commencing in February of the years.” (p. 22) “CEJA and Sierra Club preferred that the Commission wait until after approval of the PSP before investigating out-of-state wind further.” (p. 77) “We will continue to study all of these resource types in the next cycle of IRP, to determine if circumstances and cost/benefit assumptions have changed sufficiently to
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