dated June 3, 2015, entitled Energy Division Staff Paper Presenting Proposals for Alternatives to the NEM Successor Tariff or Contract for Residential Customers in Disadvantaged Communities in Compliance with AB 327 (Staff Paper), which offered two proposals for alternatives to any NEM successor tariff or contract, and modeled the elements that party proposals for alternatives for DACs should include. In response to the June Ruling, nine parties submitted proposals that addressed alternatives for DACs (2015 Proposals). Comments on parties’ proposals were filed on September 1, 2015; reply comments were filed on September 15, 2015. In Decision (D.)16-01-044, the Commission adopted a NEM successor tariff (often referred to as “NEM 2.0”) for use by residential In that decision, the Commission deferred adoption of alternatives for DACs, along with the implementation of AB 693 (Eggman), Stats. 2015, ch. 582, creating a Multi-family Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program, to a second phase of the proceeding to ensure full consideration of both issues. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Ruling issued on March 14, 2017 (March 2017 Ruling), sought updated proposals and/or comments on alternatives for DACs. That ruling stated that proposals and comments should assume that the Commission will count the program it adopts to implement AB 693 “toward the satisfaction of the commission’s obligation to ensure . . . specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities. . .” (Section 2870(b)(1).), and sought proposals for alternatives for DACs that are distinct from any program implementing AB 693. In formulating these proposals, the ruling directed parties, for the purposes of DAC tariff options, to propose a DAC definition with reference to the most recent screening tool developed by the California Environmental Protection
dated June 3, 2015, entitled Energy Division Staff Paper Presenting Proposals for Alternatives to the NEM Successor Tariff or Contract for Residential Customers in Disadvantaged Communities in Compliance with AB 327 (Staff Paper), which offered two proposals for alternatives to any NEM successor tariff or contract, and modeled the elements that party proposals for alternatives for DACs should include. In response to the June Ruling, nine parties submitted proposals that addressed alternatives for DACs (2015 Proposals). Comments on parties’ proposals were filed on September 1, 2015; reply comments were filed on September 15, 2015. In Decision (D.)16-01-044, the Commission adopted a NEM successor tariff (often referred to as “NEM 2.0”) for use by residential In that decision, the Commission deferred adoption of alternatives for DACs, along with the implementation of AB 693 (Eggman), Stats. 2015, ch. 582, creating a Multi-family Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program, to a second phase of the proceeding to ensure full consideration of both issues. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Ruling issued on March 14, 2017 (March 2017 Ruling), sought updated proposals and/or comments on alternatives for DACs. That ruling stated that proposals and comments should assume that the Commission will count the program it adopts to implement AB 693 “toward the satisfaction of the commission’s obligation to ensure . . . specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers in disadvantaged communities. . .” (Section 2870(b)(1).), and sought proposals for alternatives for DACs that are distinct from any program implementing AB 693. In formulating these proposals, the ruling directed parties, for the purposes of DAC tariff options, to propose a DAC definition with reference to the most recent screening tool developed by the California Environmental Protection
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