The 2017 ACR identified the following information for inclusion in the 2017 Procurements Plans: Assessment of RPS Portfolio Supplies and Demand (Section 6.1); Project Development Status Update (Section 6.2); Potential Compliance Delays (Section 6.3); Risk Assessment (Section 6.4); Quantification Information (Section 6.5); “Minimum Margin” of Procurement (6.6); Bid Solicitation Proposal, Including LeastCost BestFit Methodologies (6.7); Consideration of Price Adjustment Mechanisms (6.8); Curtailment Frequency, Costs, and Forecasting (6.9); Expiring Contracts (6.10); Cost Quantification (6.11); Important Changes to Plans Noted (6.12); Redlined Copy of Required (6.13); and Safety Considerations (6.14). The 2017 ACR instructed the parties that all of the proposed 2017 RPS Procurement Plans must achieve the following: Describe the overall plan for procuring RPS resources for the purposes of satisfying the RPS program requirements minimizing cost and maximizing value to ratepayers. This includes, but is not limited to, any plans for building utilityowned resources, investing in renewable resources, and engaging in the sales of RPS eligible resources. The various aspects of the plans themselves must be consistent. For instance, the bid solicitation protocol
The following parties filed comments on the proposal: PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, the CCAs, ORA, Clean Coalition, and LSA. PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, and ORA filed reply comments. CalWEA did not comment directly on the proposal and instead offered their proposal for a Small Wind RAM Program. Utilities Subject to Pub. Util. Code § 399.17 RPS procurement requirements for multijurisdictional utilities and successors allow these utilities to meet their RPS procurement obligations without regard to the portfolio content category limitations in Pub. Util. Code § 399.16. Multijurisdictional utilities, i.e., PacifiCorp, also have the ability to use an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) prepared for regulatory agencies in other states to satisfy the annual RPS Procurement Plan requirement so long as the IRP complies with the requirements specified in Pub. Util. Code § 399.17(d). PacifiCorp prepares its IRP on a biennial schedule, filing its plan in odd numbered years. It files a supplement to this plan in even numbered years. As required by D.0805029, PacifiCorp must file and serve its IRP in Rulemaking (R.) 0605027 or its successor proceeding at the same time it files with the jurisdictions requiring the IRP, and an IRP Supplement within 30 days of filing its IRP. PacifiCorp filed its 2017 IRP on April 4, 2017, an Amendment to its 2017 IRP on April 11, 2017, and its “on year” supplement to its 2017 IRP on May 4, 2017. Liberty Utilities (Liberty), on the other hand, is not a multi-state utility and does not prepare an IRP. Therefore, we required that Liberty prepare an RPS Procurement Plan subject to the same requirements as a small utility under Pub. Util. Code § 399.18.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) shall file Final 2017 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Procurement Plans with the Commission within 30 days of the issuance date of this decision. PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E may issue solicitations to sell RPS volumes 7 days after filing Final 2017 RPS Procurement Plans unless the IOU’s amended RPS Procurement Plan is suspended by the Energy Division Director within the 7-day period. 3. Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 365.1(c)(1), the 2017 Renewables Portfolio Standard Procurement Plans filed by the following electric service providers are accepted and deemed final: 3 Phases Renewables, Agera Energy, LLC, American PowerNet Management, LP, Calpine PowerAmericaCA, LLC, CalPine Energy Solutions, LLC, Commerce Energy of Montana, Inc. (dba Commercial Energy of California), Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., Direct Energy Business LLC, Direct Energy Services, LLC, EDF Industrial Power Services (CA), LLC, EnerCal USA, LLC (dba Yep Energy, Y.E.P.), Gexa Energy California, LLC, Just Energy Solutions, Inc., Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, Palmco Power CA, Pilot Power Group, Inc., Shell Energy North America (US), L.P., The Regents of the University of California, and Tiger Natural Gas, Inc. 4. Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 365.1(c)(1), the 2017 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Procurement Plans filed by the following community choice aggregators (CCA) are accepted and deemed final: Redwood Coast Energy Authority, Apple Valley Choice Energy, Marin Clean Energy, Pico Rivera Innovative Municipal Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy, Sonoma Clean Power Authority, Peninsula Clean Energy, CleanPowerSF, and Lancaster Choice