2. Procedural Background
The Commission issued Decision (D.)10-03-021 on March 15, 2010, with an effective date of March 11, 2010. On April 12, 2010, Southern California Edison Company (SCE), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) filed the Joint Petition of Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company for Modification of Decision 10-03-021 (utility petition). Filed with the utility petition were the Joint Motion of Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Diego Gas & Electric Company to Shorten Time to Respond to Petition for Modification of Decision 10-03-021 and for an Expedited Decision and the Motion of Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas & Electric Company for Stay of Decision 10-03-021 (joint stay motion).
On April 14, 2010, the assigned Commissioner issued the Assigned Commissioner's Ruling Setting Schedule for Consideration of Joint Petition for Modification of Decision 10-03-021 and Joint Motion for Stay of Decision 10-03-021 (ACR). The ACR shortened the time for responses and replies to the joint stay motion and for responses and replies to the utility petition.
On April 15, 2010, the Independent Energy Producers Association (IEP) filed the Petition of the Independent Energy Producers Association for Modification of Decision 10-03-021 Authorizing Use of Renewable Energy Credits for RPS Compliance (IEP petition). IEP also filed the Motion of the Independent Energy Producers Association to Shorten Time with its petition. The Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) Ruling Granting Motion of the Independent Energy Producers Association to Shorten Time (April 16, 2010) aligned the timing of consideration of the IEP petition with that of the utility petition.
Responses to the joint stay motion were filed April 21, 2010.1 SCE filed a reply to the responses to the joint stay motion on April 23, 2010. In D.10-05-018, the Commission stayed D.10-03-021 on its own motion, pending the resolution of the two petitions for modification. D.10-05-018 also instituted a temporary moratorium on approval of any RPS procurement contracts for compliance with the renewables portfolio standard program (RPS) signed after May 6, 2010 (the effective date of the stay decision) that would be defined under D.10-03-021 as transactions transferring only renewable energy credits (RECs).
Responses to the utility petition and the IEP petition were filed May 4, 2010.2 SCE, PG&E, and SDG&E filed a joint reply to the responses to the utility petition on May 10, 2010.
The proposed decision (PD) was mailed for comment August 25, 2010. The alternate proposed decision of Commission Grueneich (alternate PD) was mailed for comment October 25, 2010.
1 Responses to the joint stay motion were filed by the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets (AReM); Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT); City and County of San Francisco (CCSF); PG&E; Shell Energy North America (Shell); Sierra Pacific Industries; The Utility Reform Network (TURN); Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS); and Western Power Trading Forum (WPTF).
2 Responses to the petitions for modification were filed by AReM; Bloom Energy; California Independent System Operator (CAISO); California Wind Energy Association (CalWEA); CCSF; Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA); Green Power Institute (GPI); Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. (Iberdrola); LS Power Associates, L.P. (LS Power); Large Scale Solar Association (LSA); Mountain Utilities and Bear Valley Electric Service (jointly; collectively, MU); NextEra Energy Resources (Next Era); Renewable Energy Coalition; SCE; Sempra Generation; Shell; Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD); Solar Alliance; TURN; UCS; WPTF; and Zephyr Power Transmission, LLC and Chinook Power Transmission, LLC (jointly; collectively, Zephyr).
