(R.01-08-028)

December 19, 2001

CPUC Auditorium, 505 Van Ness Avenue

San Francisco, California

INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to Ordering Paragraph (O.P.) 6 of the Commission's Decision (D.) 01-11-066 ("Interim Decision"), the Energy Division conducted a workshop on December 19, 2001, to assist non-utility parties wishing to submit 2002-03 energy efficiency program proposals. The workshop provided interested parties the opportunity to discuss and clarify with Energy Division staff questions/issues regarding the preparation of program proposals to be submitted in response to the Commission's solicitation.

The Commission initially announced the workshop venue to be at the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Hearing Room 9. Staff decided to move the workshop to the CPUC Auditorium to accommodate the number of participants that showed up. The list of participants is shown in Attachment A to this document.

The Energy Division prepared and structured the workshop agenda based on questions that staff received from several parties before the workshop through e-mail and telephone communications. The workshop agenda is shown as Attachment B to this document. During the workshop, participants raised questions on additional topics, which have been included in this summary. In addition to the Question and Answer Sessions, the California Power Authority (CPA) provided a brief presentation on the financing instruments that it is in the process of developing.

The following Energy Division staff facilitated the workshop discussions and provided responses, whenever appropriate, to questions from the participants on the various topics covered in the agenda: Julie Fitch, Eli Kollman, Ariana Merlino, and Zenaida Tapawan-Conway. Tim Drew and Marshall Kennedy assisted with note taking and workshop logistics. Rosalina White of the Public Advisor's Office was also present to assist the participants.

Since there were no written transcripts of the workshop, the Energy Division agreed to prepare this document to provide a summary of the question and answer sessions. This summary provides a distillation of the questions that were asked before and during the workshop, and Energy Division's responses to those questions. It is organized according to the topics in the agenda. The responses contained in this summary represent the Energy Division's views and interpretations to assist those preparing proposals. Only directions given in the Energy Efficiency Policy Manual ("Policy Manual"), attached to D.01-11-066, represent the views of the full Commission. The Energy Division's answers, given in the workshop and this workshop summary, do not bind the full Commission, which may render a different judgment when it votes on program proposals in this proceeding.

Please contact the following staff if you have questions specifically about this document and/or corrections/additional information to the participant list: Zenaida Tapawan-Conway, (415) 703-2624, e-mail at ztc@cpuc.ca.gov; or Tim Drew, (415) 703-5618, e-mail at zap@cpuc.ca.gov. (Please direct other inquiries or requests to the Energy Efficiency Hotline at (415) 703-2776, e-mail at ee@cpuc.ca.gov.)