ALJ/AES/eap Mailed 10/7/2005

Decision 05-10-014 October 6, 2005

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

Rulemaking 04-04-026 (Filed April 22, 2004)

INTERIM OPINION APPROVING LONG-TERM
RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD PLANS

I. Summary

We conditionally approve the long-term procurement plans for the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program submitted by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), and require the utilities to supplement their plans with further information on transmission planning and contingency planning. We also direct that, in the future, long-term RPS planning be undertaken in our general procurement planning proceeding, Rulemaking (R.) 04-04-003 or its successor proceedings.