COM/MP1/avs Date of Issuance 12/4/2008

Decision 08-12-004 December 4, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Policies, Procedures and Rules for the California Solar Initiative, the Self-Generation Incentive Program and Other Distributed Generation Issues.

Rulemaking 08-03-008 (Filed March 13, 2008)

DECISION GRANTING IN PART PETITION
TO MODIFY DECISION 06-01-024 TO SUSPEND
CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE COLLECTIONS IN 2009

1. Summary

This decision grants, in part, a petition for modification of Decision 06-01-024 filed jointly by San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Southern California Edison Company (SCE) requesting a temporary suspension in collections from their ratepayers to fund the California Solar Initiative (CSI) in 2009 due to a current surplus of funds in each utility's CSI balancing account. This means that the portion of electric rates that funds CSI will be decreased in 2009 for ratepayers of SCE and SDG&E, without jeopardizing the payment of CSI incentives or the future success of the program. A new revenue requirement schedule for CSI is adopted to replace the schedule previously adopted in Decision 06-12-033. The decision denies the portion of the petition requesting an advice letter process for further modification of the schedule for collection of CSI funds from ratepayers.