4. Interagency Considerations
The Commission established that LTPPs would occur on a biennial basis in D.04-01-050, an approach adopted to ensure appropriate coordination with the CEC's Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) proceeding.19 We will consider the CEC's 2009 IEPR, for procurement-related recommendations during this and related rulemakings.20
In the past few years, we have encouraged the active participation of the CEC in our rulemaking endeavors on the decision-making side, rather than as party litigants. We invite the CEC to join us in this proceeding by continuing the collaborative approach that both agencies pursued in the development of procurement policy in R.05-12-013. This collaborative approach has been an effective tool to ensure that state agencies are able to communicate and effectuate their joint policy goals. At this point, we do not specify the details of the precise interagency working model that will prove to be most effective in this proceeding.
In addition, the Commission has worked cooperatively with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on matters that directly impact long-term procurement, including transmission planning and wholesale market issues. We welcome and invite the CAISO's participation in this proceeding. As with the CEC, we do not specify the details of the precise working model that will prove to be most effective in this proceeding.
Other state agencies actively involved in energy policymaking may also be interested in this proceeding, and we welcome their participation.
19 D.04-01-050 at 175.
20 CEC. 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report, CEC-100-2009-003-CMF, December 16, 2009. See http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-100-2009-003/CEC-100-2009-003-CMF.PDF.
