LGSEC provides a voice for its members on crucial energy policy. Staff closely monitors proceedings of the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board, and submits formal comments on issues that matter to the Coalition’s members. Our work ensures local governments have a regular presence with key regulatory agencies. When state laws and policies are converted into specific regulations and programs, LGSEC is there to provide a local government perspective and identify emerging challenges.
Regulatory Proceedings
Active Proceedings
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Sunnova Community Microgrids California, LLC (“SCMC”) submits application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) authorizing the construction and operation of public utility microgrids by SCMC in the State of California and to establish rates for service. SCMC requests approval from the Commission to own and operate microgrids to be constructed as part of new master-planned residential communities consisting of between approximately 500 to 2,000 new homes and select non-residential facilities that are colocated in or an essential part of the community plan (e.g., streetlights, community buildings, electric vehicle charging stations, schools, libraries, and parks).2
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Engagement Completed
Senate Bill 1389 requires the CEC to: “Conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices. The Energy Commission shall use these assessments and forecasts to develop energy policies that conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure energy reliability, enhance the state’s economy, and protect public health and safety.” (Pub. Res. Code § 25301(a)). The CEC adopts an Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) every two years and an update every other year. This proceeding covers the 2021 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update.
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Engagement Completed
- Energy Efficiency Working Group 2013
- Energy Efficiency Working Group 2014
- Energy Efficiency Working Group 2015
- Energy Efficiency Working Group 2016
- Prehearing Statement Filed 12/6/13
- Comments Filed 4/4/14
- Comments Filed 9/8/15
- Response Letter 7/14/16
- Motion of leave 7/14/16
- Comments Filed 6/17/16
- Comments Filed 8/8/16
- Comments Filed 2/26/16
- Comments Filed 11/12/19
- Comments Filed 10/16/20
- Comments Filed 10/30/20
- Comments Filed 5/6/21
- Join Comments Filed 6/20/22
- Comments Filed 8/9/22
- Comments Filed 9/23/22
- Comments Filed 1/13/23
Proceeding Schedule
Event | Date |
Application filed | December 20, 2021 |
Protests / Responses Due | January 20, 2022 |
Reply to Protests | January 31, 2022 |
SCE-Scheduled Meet & Confer | March 8, 2022 |
Pre-Hearing Conference (PHC) | March 24, 2022 |
SCE hosts virtual meeting with parties to walkthrough SCE workpapers | March 29, 2022 |
Scoping Memo Issued* | April 5, 2022 |
Intervenor Testimony due: (6 weeks after scoping memo) | May 17, 2022 |
SCE Rebuttal Testimony due (8 weeks after intervenor testimony) | July 12, 2022 |
Deadline for Stipulations / Requests to limit hearings (2 weeks after previous deadline) | July 26, 2022 |
Hearings held (if needed) (2 weeks after previous deadline) | August 9, 2022 |
Concurrent Opening Briefs (4 weeks after end of hearings deadline) | September 6, 2022 |
Concurrent Reply Briefs (3 weeks after opening briefs) | September 27, 2022 |
Proposed Decision | October 2022 |
Comments on Proposed Decision (20 days from the date of issuance) | November 2022 |
Replies to Comments (5 days later) | November 2022 |
Final Commission Decision |
December 2022
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Engagement Completed
- What actions, if any, should the Commission take to mitigate future increases in energy costs, rates and bills?
- What actions, if any, should the Commission recommend other entities take to mitigate future increases in energy costs, rates and bills?
Proceeding Schedule
Event | Date |
Amended Scoping Memo, Issued | January 2022 |
Electric and Gas Rates En Banc, HoldFebruary/March 2022 | February/March 2022 |
Ruling Soliciting Recommendations and Considerations on Proposed Strategies to Mitigate Energy Rate Increases, Issue | March/April 2022 |
Party Recommendations, File and Serve | May 2022 |
Workshop based on Party Recommendations and Considerations, Hold | July 2022 |
Party Opening and Reply Comments on Recommendations, File and Serve | August/September 2022 |
Staff Proposal on Recommended Strategies to Mitigate Energy Rate Increases, Issue | Q1 2023 |
Workshop on Staff Proposal, Hold | Q1 2023 |
Reply Comments on Staff Proposal, File and Serve | Q2 2023 |
Phase 3 Proposed Decision, Issue | Q2-Q3 2023 |
Proceeding Schedule
Event |
Date |
Amended Scoping Memo and revised schedule for new financing proposals, metrics, and evaluation strategies | November 2021 |
Workshop(s) to receive public feedback to utilities’ initial high-level proposals addressing template | Q1 2022 |
Proposals for clean energy financing programs filed and served by IOUs and other parties | April 15, 2022 |
IOU-hosted community meetings on proposed clean energy financing options | May 2022 |
Revisions to IOU proposals and IOU reports on community meeting feedback due | June 15, 2022 |
Workshop(s) discussing metrics, reporting, and evaluation requirements | Q2 2022 |
Workshop(s) for discussion of outstanding issues related to clean energy financing program proposals, if needed | Q3 2022 |
Opening comments on IOU and party clean energy financing proposals due | June 29, 2022 |
Deadline for parties to request evidentiary hearing | June 29, 2022 |
Reply comments on IOU and party clean energy financing proposals due | July 11, 2022 |
Proposed decision | September 2022 |
Commission decision | 30 days after issuance of PD |
Engagement Completed
- 2020 Working Group
- 2021 Working Group
- 2022 Working Group
- Workshop Proposal Presentation 3/25/2022
- Proposal to Pilot a Decarbonization Rate 4/15/2022
- Final Proposal for Pilot Decarbonization Rate 6/15/2022
- Reply Comments 7/22/2022
- Should the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) investigate how to redefine electric distribution investor-owned utility (IOU) roles to accommodate a high DER future, limit market power, and ensure open access for DER providers and aggregators offering retail and wholesale grid services? If so, how?
- How frequent should distribution planning consultations be and at what level of local government (e.g., city or county level)? What should be the scope of outreach, including to tribal governments?
- Should Distribution Planning Process (DPP) outreach be coordinated and/or combined with associated community engagement activities (e.g., those required by the wildfire mitigation, de-energization, microgrids and resiliency, climate adaptation, and/or other proceedings)?
- Should DPP outreach play a role in supporting development of community-scale DERs (i.e., DERs smaller than utility scale but significantly larger than typical single-customer residential DERs).
Proceeding Schedule
Activity |
Date |
Track 1: Distribution Planning Process and Data Improvements (Phase 1: Near-Term Actions) | |
Electrification Impacts Study Scope and Objectives Workshop | 12/7/2021 |
Integration Capacity Analysis and Grid Needs Assessment Alignment and Utility Workplan Reports | February 2022 |
Data Portals Improvement (Workshop, Focus Group) | Q1 2022 |
Additional Guiding Questions and California Energy Commission Report Comments | Q1 2022 |
Distribution Investment Deferral Framework Guidelines | Q2 2022 |
Distribution Forecasting Working Group Workshop | Q2 2022 |
Electrification Impacts Study and Workshop | Q2 2022 |
Community Engagement Needs Assessment Scope and Objectives Workshop | Q3 2022 |
Electrification Impacts Staff Proposal | Q4 2022 |
Utility Integration Capacity Analysis Refinements 1st Annual Reports and Workshop | Q4 2022 |
Deadline to Request Evidentiary Hearing for Track 1, Phase 1 issues | November 30, 2022 |
Proposed Decision (Phase 1) | Q1 2023 |
Track 1 (Phase 2: Distribution Planning Process Improvement) | |
Community Engagement Needs Assessment Report and Workshop | Q1 2024 |
Data Portals Improvement Technical Report | Q2 2024 |
Distribution Planning Process Improvement Workshop | Q2 2024 |
Deadline to request Evidentiary Hearing for Track 1, Phase 2 Issues | July 31, 2024 |
DPP Guidelines Staff Proposal and Workshop | Q3 2024 |
Proposed Decision (Phase 2) | Q1 2025 |
Track 2: Distribution System Operator Roles and Responsibilities | |
White Paper and Workshop | Q1 2022 |
Future Grid/Distribution System Operator Workshop Series | Q2 and Q3 2022 |
Deadline to request Evidentiary Hearing for Track 2 issues | April 30, 2023 |
Future Grid/Distribution System Operator Roles and Responsibilities Technical Report and En Banc | Q3 2023 |
Proposed Decision | Q4 2023 |
Track 3: Smarter Inverter Operationalization and Grid Modernization Planning (Phase 1: Smart Inverter Operationalization) | |
Smart Inverter Operationalization Working Group Workshop | 1/25/2022 |
Smart Inverter Operationalization Working Group | Q1 2022-Q1 2023 |
Deadline to request Evidentiary Heading for Track 3, Phase 1 issues | January 31, 2023 |
Smart Inverter Operationalization Working Group Report | Q1 2023 |
Smart Inverter Operationalization Staff Proposal and Workshop | Q2 2023 |
Proposed Decision (Phase 1) | Q3 2023 |
Track 3 (Phase 2: Grid Modernization Planning and Cost Recovery) | |
Deadline to request Evidentiary Hearing in Track 3, Phase 2 issues | October 31, 2023 |
Grid Modernization Plan Improvement and General Rate Case Alignment Staff Proposal and Workshop | Q1 2024 |
Proposed Decision (Phase 2) | Q2 2024 |
Engagement Completed
- 2021 Working Group
- Comments Filed 8/17/2021
Proceeding Schedule
Proceeding Milestone |
Date |
Amended Scoping Memo and Ruling, filing and served | February 9, 2021 |
Comments on Ruling, filed and served | March 3, 2021 |
Reply comments on Ruling, filed and served | March 10, 2021 |
Proposed Decision, filed and served | June 9, 2021 |
Comments on Proposed Decision, filed and served | June 29, 2021 |
Engagement Completed
- 2020 Working Group
- 2021 Working Group
- Protest Letter 2/16/2021
- SCE Response 2/23/2021
- CPUC Response 4/13/2021
- Informal Comment Letter to CPUC Staff 6/16/21
Proceeding Schedule
Event | Date |
Comments on Guiding Principles Received | December 4, 2020 |
Reply Comments on Guiding Principles Received | December 11, 2020 |
Proposed Decision on Guiding Principles Issued | January 5, 2020 |
Issuance of NEM2 Lookback Study | January 21, 2021 |
Workshop on E3 White Paper and Program Elements | February 8, 2021 |
Decision on Guiding Principles Issued | February 17, 2021 |
Party Proposals Served | March 15, 2021 |
Workshop Presenting Party Proposals | March 23-24 |
Second Workshop on Proposals | April 22, 2021 |
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Results Provided to Parties | May 28, 2021 |
Opening Testimony on Issues 2 -6 | June 18, 2021 |
Rebuttal Testimony | July 16, 2021 |
Evidentiary Hearing on Issues 3 – 6 | July 26 – August 6, 2021 |
Completion of Settlement Talks | August 27, 2021 |
Opening Briefs on Issues 2-6 | August 31, 2021 |
Reply brief [matter submitted] | September 14, 2021 |
Proposed Decision (PD) on successor to current main NEM tariff and NEM tariff for fuel cells |
[no later than December 13, 2021 (90 days after
reply briefs submission)]
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Commission Decision | [at least 30 days after PD] |
Engagement Completed
- 2021 Working Group
- Public Comments 9/21/2021
- Public Comments 1/14/2022
Engagement Completed
- 2021 Working Group
Engagement Completed
- 2020 Working Group
- Comments Filed 8/12/20
- Comments Filed 6/21/21
- Comments Filed 6/28/21
Inactive Proceedings
View the proceedings LGSEC has engaged with in the past. The comments submitted for each are included. Click on the proceeding name to expand details.
Engagement Completed
Engagement Completed
- Comments Filed 2/8/19
- 2020 Working Group
- Comments Filed 2/19/20
- Comments Filed 2/26/20
- Comments Filed 4/17/20
Engagement Completed
Engagement Completed
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Engagement Completed
- Comments on Draft Plan 4/21/15
- Comments Filed 5/21/15
- Comments Filed 7/20/15
- 2021 Working Group