Whether PG&E’s Greenhouse Gas Compliance Instrument procurement complies with the 2014 bundled procurement plans; Whether the costs incurred and the entries recorded in the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Balancing Account in 2016 are in compliance with applicable tariffs and Commission directives; and Whether the request to recover the $5.689 million, not including interest and franchise fees and uncollectables through December 31, 2016, should be approved. Positions of the Parties Applicant: PG&E In its application, PG&E requests the Commission determine that, during the record year, PG&E: 1) complied with its Commission-approved Bundled Procurement Plan for fuel procurement, administration of power purchase contracts, greenhouse gas compliance instrument procurement, and least cost dispatch of electric generation resources; 2) managed its utility-owned generation facilities reasonably; 3) made reasonable expenditures in its Diablo Canyon Seismic Studies Balancing Account and the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Memorandum Account; and 4) ensured entries in the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Balancing Account were consistent with applicable tariffs and Commission directives. PG&E requests recovery of revenue requirements totaling $5.689 million, not including the associated interest and franchise fees and uncollectibles. PG&E makes the following contentions in its application: PG&E’s least cost dispatch showing is consistent with requirements in D.15-05-006, D.15-12-015, and the settlement approved in D.16-12-045, from the 2014 ERRA Compliance proceeding.
Whether PG&E’s Greenhouse Gas Compliance Instrument procurement complies with the 2014 bundled procurement plans; Whether the costs incurred and the entries recorded in the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Balancing Account in 2016 are in compliance with applicable tariffs and Commission directives; and Whether the request to recover the $5.689 million, not including interest and franchise fees and uncollectables through December 31, 2016, should be approved. Positions of the Parties Applicant: PG&E In its application, PG&E requests the Commission determine that, during the record year, PG&E: 1) complied with its Commission-approved Bundled Procurement Plan for fuel procurement, administration of power purchase contracts, greenhouse gas compliance instrument procurement, and least cost dispatch of electric generation resources; 2) managed its utility-owned generation facilities reasonably; 3) made reasonable expenditures in its Diablo Canyon Seismic Studies Balancing Account and the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Memorandum Account; and 4) ensured entries in the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Balancing Account were consistent with applicable tariffs and Commission directives. PG&E requests recovery of revenue requirements totaling $5.689 million, not including the associated interest and franchise fees and uncollectibles. PG&E makes the following contentions in its application: PG&E’s least cost dispatch showing is consistent with requirements in D.15-05-006, D.15-12-015, and the settlement approved in D.16-12-045, from the 2014 ERRA Compliance proceeding.
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