PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ITEM # 47
I.D. # 10999
ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4471 (Rev. 2)
March 22, 2012
Resolution E-4471.
PROPOSED OUTCOME: This Resolution orders Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric utilities to negotiate to enter into a contract with Calpine's Sutter Energy Center to end no later than 12/31/2012, and adopts a non-bypassable charge to pay for the cost of the contract.
ESTIMATED COST: Not to exceed $2.95 million per month, to a total of $17.4 million.
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SUMMARY
This Resolution orders Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to enter negotiations with the Calpine Corporation to offer a contract that ends by 12/31/2012 with the Sutter Energy Center (Sutter). The purpose of this order is to keep the Sutter plant online in 2012, enabling further analysis of the impacts of current and proposed dynamic transfer tariff changes at the CAISO.
