II. Procedural History

This proceeding was opened in April 2004 to continue our implementation of the RPS program created by Senate Bill 1078, effective January 1, 2003. Decision (D.) 03-06-071, the first of our decisions setting parameters and requirements for the RPS program, was issued in R.01-10-024.

The Assigned Commissioner's Ruling and Scoping Memo Establishing Schedule for Phase Two of the Renewables Portfolio Standard Proceeding (Scoping Memo) (December 16, 2004) set a schedule for addressing a range of issues, including long-term planning and the utilities' 2005 RPS solicitations. In D.04-12-048, issued in R.04-04-003, we found that the utilities' long-term procurement plans did not adequately address their 2010 renewable procurement goals. We instructed them to submit revised long-term RPS plans in this proceeding. In accordance with the Scoping Memo, the utilities filed long-term plans and 2005 plans and draft requests for offers (RFOs) together. PG&E and SCE filed their short- and long-term RPS procurement plans, with redacted public versions and confidential versions filed with requests that they be kept under seal, on March 7, 2005. SDG&E filed its short and long-term RPS procurement plan, with redacted public version and confidential version filed with a request that it be kept under seal, on April 15, 2005. Comments on the PG&E and SCE plans were filed April 7 and April 21, 2005; comments on the SDG&E plan and reply comments on the PG&E and SCE plans were filed on May 6, 2005. Reply comments on SDG&E's plan were filed May 13, 2005.¹ In D.05-07-039, we approved with modifications the utilities' 2005 short-term procurement plans and RFOs.

This decision addresses the long-term plans, which we delayed in D.05-07-039 because certain information from SCE relevant to our discussion of the long-term plans was made publicly available too late to be included. The relevant information having been provided, we now turn to a review of long-term RPS planning.