On April 16, 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E)—collectively, the Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs)—filed Advice Letters (ALs) 5277-E, 3787-E, and 3211-E, respectively, proposing formats and implementation workplans for their annual Grid Needs Assessment (GNA) and Distribution Deferral Opportunity Report (DDOR) filings in compliance with Ordering Paragraph (OP) 2.k of Decision (D.)18-02-004. This Resolution approves the IOUs’ proposed implementation workplans and adopts formats for the annual GNA and DDOR filings. PG&E and SCE’s GNA and DDOR formats are approved with modification. SDG&E’s format is rejected and SDG&E is ordered to use either PG&E or SCE’s format for their 2018 GNA and DDOR. The GNA and DDOR are foundational elements of the annual Distribution Investment Deferral Framework, enabling the Commission and stakeholders to ensure that candidate distribution deferral projects proposed by IOUs maximize the ratepayer benefits of distributed energy resources. On August 14, 2014, the Commission issued Rulemaking (R.)14-08-013 to establish policies, procedures, and rules to guide California IOUs in developing §769. Distribution Resource Plans (DRPs) required by Public Utilities (P.U.) Code On October 21, 2016, the Commission issued the Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling on Track 3 Issues, which included consideration of a Distribution Investment Deferral Process as the third Sub-track of DRP Track 3. Subsequently, the Commission issued D.18-02-004 (the Decision) on February 15, 2018 approving an annual Distribution Investment Deferral Framework (DIDF) whose central objective is to identify and capture opportunities for distributed energy resources (DERs) to cost-effectively defer or avoid traditional IOU investments that are planned to mitigate forecasted deficiencies on the distribution system. The Decision adopted two new IOU reports that serve as
On April 16, 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E)—collectively, the Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs)—filed Advice Letters (ALs) 5277-E, 3787-E, and 3211-E, respectively, proposing formats and implementation workplans for their annual Grid Needs Assessment (GNA) and Distribution Deferral Opportunity Report (DDOR) filings in compliance with Ordering Paragraph (OP) 2.k of Decision (D.)18-02-004. This Resolution approves the IOUs’ proposed implementation workplans and adopts formats for the annual GNA and DDOR filings. PG&E and SCE’s GNA and DDOR formats are approved with modification. SDG&E’s format is rejected and SDG&E is ordered to use either PG&E or SCE’s format for their 2018 GNA and DDOR. The GNA and DDOR are foundational elements of the annual Distribution Investment Deferral Framework, enabling the Commission and stakeholders to ensure that candidate distribution deferral projects proposed by IOUs maximize the ratepayer benefits of distributed energy resources. On August 14, 2014, the Commission issued Rulemaking (R.)14-08-013 to establish policies, procedures, and rules to guide California IOUs in developing Distribution Resource Plans (DRPs) required by Public Utilities (P.U.) Code §769. On October 21, 2016, the Commission issued the Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling on Track 3 Issues, which included consideration of a Distribution Investment Deferral Process as the third Sub-track of DRP Track 3. Subsequently, the Commission issued D.18-02-004 (the Decision) on February 15, 2018 approving an annual Distribution Investment Deferral Framework (DIDF) whose central objective is to identify and capture opportunities for distributed energy resources (DERs) to cost-effectively defer or avoid traditional IOU investments that are planned to mitigate forecasted deficiencies on the distribution system. The Decision adopted two new IOU reports that serve as
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