3. REGULAR AGENDA
Regular Agenda - Energy Orders
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A08-03-015 - Southern California Edison Company Solar Photovoltaic Program.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Installation of 320 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects on rooftops over five years in Southern
California Edison Company’s (Edison) service territory;
(2) Edison will own, operate and maintain 160 MW;
(3) Edison will seek bids for the ownership, installation, and operation of another 160 MW of solar PV
rooftops from independent power producers;
(4) Projects will be approximately 1 to 2 MW in size;
(5) If Edison owned projects do not produce sufficient power, Edison will pay a penalty equal to
replacing that amount of power.
ESTIMATED COST:
$3.85/W installed cost target for Edison owned generation; Independent project bids capped at
average cost of Edison installed projects over the life of the equipment (20 years).
(Comr Peevey - ALJ Ebke)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
Agenda 3232, Item 49 4/16/2009 (Staff);
Agenda 3233, Item 31 5/7/2009 (Bohn );
Agenda 3234, Item 29 5/21/2009 (Bohn )
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=385373
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ALTERNATE TO ITEM 8386
A08-03-015 - Southern California Edison Company Solar Photovoltaic Program.
PROPOSED
OUTCOME:
(1) Installation of 500 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects on rooftops over five years in Southern
California Edison’s (Edison) service territory;
(2) Edison will own, operate and maintain 250 MW;
(3) Edison will seek bids for the ownership, installation, and operation of another 250 MW of solar PV
rooftops from independent power producers;
(4) Projects will be approximately 1 to 2 MW in size;
(5) Denies requested bonus on Edison’s rate of return;
(6) Denies proposals for performance requirements and sharing of cost overruns for the utility-owned
projects.
ESTIMATED COST:
$3.85/W installed cost target for Edison owned generation; Independent project bids capped at
average cost of Edison installed projects over the life of the equipment (20 years).
(Comr Bohn )
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Agenda 3234, Item 29a 5/21/2009 (Pub. Util. Code §311(e))
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=386989
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R08-08-009 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to continue implementation and administration of
California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Establishes a fast track procedure for review of procurement contracts of less than 10 years
duration (short-term contracts) entered into by investor-owned utilities (IOUs) under the renewables
portfolio standard (RPS);
(2) Establishes price reasonableness benchmarks for short-term contracts eligible for fast-track review
and for recovery of the cost in IOUs' rates;
(3) Establishes requirements for terms and conditions of short-term contracts eligible for fast-track
review;
(4) Affirms that short-term contracts not eligible for fast-track review will continue to be reviewed
using the Commission's standard procedures for RPS contracts;
(5) Establishes methods for Commission review of reasonableness of RPS procurement contracts
negotiated by IOUs outside of a competitive RPS solicitation.
ESTIMATED COST: None foreseen.
(Comr Peevey - ALJ Simon)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
Agenda 3235, Item 22 6/4/2009 (Peevey)
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R06-04-009 - Modification of Methodology for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Performance Standard for Cogeneration Facilities.
Order Instituting Rulemaking to implement the Commission’s procurement incentive framework and to
examine the integration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards into procurement policies.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Clarifies the Methodology for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard
(EPS) for Cogeneration Facilities (Conversion Method) to ensure that regulation of GHG emissions for
bottoming-cycle cogeneration facilities is consistent with the overall framework of Assembly Bill 32
and the Commission's decision in Phase II of this proceeding.
(2) Modifies D07-08-009 to state that when calculating the EPS for bottoming-cycle cogeneration,
the Conversion Method shall not include the emissions associated with the industrial or commercial
process, but rather, shall only include emissions associated with any supplemental firing that might
occur.
ESTIMATED COST: None foreseen.
(Comr Peevey - ALJ Yip-kikugawa)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative.
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=385702
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R____________ - New Rulemaking on California Department of Water Resources Annual
Revenue Requirement.
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider the Annual Revenue Requirement Determination of the
California Department of Water Resources. PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Opens a rulemaking to consider issues related to the future allocation of the allocation of the annual
revenue requirement determinations of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and
issues related to DWR's power purchase activities. The prior revenue requirement determinations of
DWR were handled in Rulemaking (R) 06-07-010.
(2) Closes R06-07-010.
ESTIMATED COST: No costs to customers as a result of opening this new rulemaking and closing of
R06-07-010.
06/12/2009 - This revision was not shown on the Agenda mailed to the public.
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=382021
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7. Regular Agenda - Energy Resolutions and Written Reports
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Res E-4243 - Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
This resolution affirms a prior Executive Director’s Action Resolution E-4225 findings related to
SCE’s proposed Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission line. This resolution finds that:
(1) SCE complied with the notice requirements for the proposed construction of facilities;
(2) The proposed facilities were exempt from Permit to Construct requirements;
(3) Facts claimed in protests to Executive Director’s Action Resolution did not support a finding that
General Order 131-D exemption criteria applied;
(4) Protests should be dismissed.
ESTIMATED COST:
Moorpark-Newbury 66kV Subtransmission Line was filed as Advice Letter 2272-E Notice of
Proposed Construction Project Pursuant to General Order 131-D, therefore no cost information is
provided or required for Permits to Construct.
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Agenda 3235, Item 25 6/4/2009 (Staff)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=381223
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
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Res E-4242 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), San Diego Gas & Electric
Company (SDG&E), and Southern California Edison Company (SCE).
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
Resolution adopts, with modifications, the Qualifying Facility (QF) Standard Offer Contracts proposed
by PG&E, SCE and SDG&E. Upon adoption, there will be one QF Standard Offer Contract across
all three electric Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs).
The new contract may be signed by new and existing QFs with expired contracts in addition to QFs
pursuing other contracting methods such as participating in an IOU’s Request for Offer process or
negotiating a bilateral contract.
ESTIMATED COST:
Adoption of this resolution does not imply any specific cost; however, upon adoption, the utilities may
enter into contracts with new or existing QFs. These contracts will form part of the utilities’
procurement costs for electricity. It is impossible to know in advance the total cost of those contracts,
but in the past, QF power has represented no more than 20% of the utilities’ portfolio. Contracts
executed with existing QFs should not result in any additional costs as the utilities were already
purchasing power from these QFs in the past. Contracts signed with new QFs will represent new
incremental expenditures, but this spending will be offset by the reduced need for new generation as a
result of contracting with the new QF.
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Agenda 3235, Item 26 6/4/2009 (Staff)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=382056
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
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Res E-4246 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and
Southern California Edison Company.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Resolution implements a Market Index Formula (MIF) used in calculating Qualifying Facility (QF)
payments and originally defined by the Commission in D.07-09-040;
(2) Approves in part and rejects in part, with modification, the methodology and data sets proposed
by the utilities.
ESTIMATED COST:
This resolution adopts a specific cost formula for QF contracts. Part of the formula involves utilizing
future market price indices, such that the cost impact of this decision, in aggregate, is difficult to
predict, either in direction or magnitude.
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Agenda 3235, Item 27 6/4/2009 (Staff)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=386149
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
10. Regular Agenda - Communication Orders
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R06-05-028 - Rulemaking on the Commission’s Own Motion to review the
Telecommunications Public Policy Programs.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Background: Legislative constraints on the basic phone rate expired at the end of 2008 and the
CPUC proactively implemented rate caps for 2009 and 2010 to limit any increases to protect
consumers from rate shock. Beginning in 2011, state law allows basic rate to be deregulated. Without
reforms, current law requires the California LifeLine rate to change based on changes to the AT&T
basic rate;
(2) Reduces the amount LifeLine customers pay for telephone service;
(3) De-links the California LifeLine rate from the AT&T basic rate structure;
(4) Adopts a “Specific Support” discount of 55 percent of the highest basic rate of the state’s carriers
of last resort, which will provide each LifeLine customer the same support amount, but adopts a
minimum monthly price of $5.00;
(5) LifeLine customer pricing will now be the specific carrier basic rate less the California LifeLine
discount. The initial California LifeLine discount will be up to $12.20. The customer will pay the
difference between the carrier’s otherwise applicable basic service rate minus the California LifeLine
discount (e.g. $12.20);
(6) Rejects “Set Price” option as this method would not comply with Moore Act which requires a
50% discount off basic rate;
(7) Clarifies that since 2000, wireless carriers have been eligible to be reimbursed by California
LifeLine for providing discounted service to customers if the carrier wants to participate in the
program;
(8) Limits extra payments to carriers for administration and eliminates extra payments for bad debt and
to make-up for forgone federal support.
ESTIMATED COST:
Uncertain, parties acknowledge that without change, LifeLine fund could double in size from current
$276 million. Reforms proposed will control growth in a legally compliant manner, but cost is not able
to be quantified because it depends on the possibility of future basic rate increases and the impact on
the size of the LifeLine fund.
(Comr Chong - ALJ Bushey)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative.
Agenda 3232, Item 52 4/16/2009 (Grueneich);
Agenda 3233, Item 33 5/7/2009 (Grueneich);
Agenda 3234, Item 31 5/21/2009 (Peevey);
Agenda 3235, Item 28 6/4/2009 (Staff)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=384506
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
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R02-12-004 - Service Quality Standards for all Telecommunications Carriers and Revisions
to General Order 133-B.
Order Instituting Rulemaking on the Commission’s own Motion into the service quality standards for all
Telecommunications Carriers and revisions to General Order 133-B. PROPOSED OUTCOME:
Adopts General Order (GO) 133-C to establish minimum service quality measures and standards for
the installation, maintenance and operator answer time (business office and repair) for local exchange
telephone service that:
(1) Apply in their entirety to general rate case incumbent local exchange carriers;
(2) Apply in part to Uniform Regulatory Framework carriers;
(3) Exempt wireless, Voice Over Internet Protocol and IP-enabled carriers and resellers and excludes
medium and large businesses from installation and answer time measures; Adopts in GO 133-C major
service interruption reporting for all facilities-based certificated and registered carriers the Federal
Communications Commission’s significant disruption and outage reporting (Network Outage Reporting
System) requirements with confidentiality protections; Requires wireless carriers to provide coverage
maps on their websites and at retail locations; Relieves Pacific Bell Telephone Company from
submitting out of service repair interval data under the standard established in Decision 01-12-021, but
requires Pacific Bell Telephone Company to report GO 133-C and Automated Reporting
Management Information System out of service data.
ESTIMATED COST:
No additional regulatory costs anticipated; compliance costs will vary by class of telephone carrier with
carriers in general experiencing slightly greater compliance costs initially as they modify reporting
requirements in response to positive reporting of new service quality measures and standards and
eliminate or phase out other measures and reporting requirements.
(Comr Chong - ALJ Grau)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Quasi-Legislative.
Agenda 3234, Item 32 5/21/2009 (Staff);
Agenda 3235, Item 29 6/4/2009 (Simon)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=387091
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
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R__________ - New Rulemaking on California High Cost Fund B Program.
Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Revisions to the California High Cost Fund B Program.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
Opens new Rulemaking as successor to Rulemaking 06-06-028 to address outstanding issues
concerning the reform of the California High Cost Fund B Program.
ESTIMATED COST: Unknown at this time.
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=386942
Item taken up with Consent Agenda
13. Regular Agenda - Water/Sewer Orders
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A08-01-027 - California-American Water Company Monterey District Rates.
A08-01-024 - Related matters.
PROPOSED OUTCOME:
(1) Authorizes a 35% revenue increase for California-American Water Company's Monterey District
and a 119% revenue increase for the Toro Service Area.
(2) Allows over $7 million in new tanks, over $3 million in new mains and pipelines, and a tripled well
rehabilitation program.
(3) Disallows proposed new Carmel River wells and portion of Sand City Desalinization plant lease.
(4) Orders reductions in unaccounted for water.
(5) Limits General Office increases to 22%.
(6) Approves Rate Design Settlement Agreement which eliminates summer rate discount and
establishes steeply inverted tiered rates to encourage conservation.
(7) Directs California-American Water Company to develop and implement program to restrict or
prohibit the use of potable water for landscape irrigation during times of maximum system demand.
(8) Closes proceedings A08-01-027 and A08-01-024.
ESTIMATED COST:
The 2009 revenue requirement is increased by $10,811,000 for the Monterey District and by
$354,524 for the Toro Service Area.
(Comr Bohn - ALJ Bushey)
Pub. Util. Code § 311 – This item was mailed for Public Comment.
Pub. Util. Code §1701.1 -- This proceeding is categorized as Ratesetting.
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=382218
Item held for 7/9 Agenda
14. Regular Agenda - Legislative and Other Matters
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AB 1110 (Fuentes)
This bill would modify the definition of “cogeneration” to apply more widely to fuel cell technologies.
The definition would change from the term “power production” to “generation of electricity” to be
more inclusive of fuel cells. The bill would also reduce the minimum thermal efficiency requirements to
be considered cogeneration from 42.5% to 40%, specifically for fuel cells. (Leg Sub
Recommendation: OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED)
Agenda 3234, Item 41 5/21/2009 (Staff);
Agenda 3235, Item 34 6/4/2009 (Staff)
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/Cyberdocs/AgendaDoc.asp?DOC_ID=386041
Item taken up with Consent Agenda
15. Regular Agenda - Commissioner's Reports
Commissioner Simon Report
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16. Commissioner Grueneich Report
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17. Commissioner Bohn ReportNone
18. Commissioner Chong Report
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19. President Peevey Report
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20. Regular Agenda - Management Reports and Resolutions
Chief ALJ Karen Clopton Report
Introduction of new interns
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21. Regular Agenda - Management Reports and Resolutions
(if needed)
22. Regular Agenda - Management Reports and Resolutions
(if needed)
23. CLOSED SESSION
Please see complete Closed Session agenda here (pages 26-35).
Approved Consent Items #52, 53, 55, and 57
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