COM/MP1/sid Date of Issuance 3/17/2008

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.

FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MARCH 13, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA RULEMAKING 08-03-008

ORDER INSTITUTING RULEMAKING
REGARDING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND RULES FOR THE
CALIFORNIA SOLAR INITIATIVE, THE SELF-GENERATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND OTHER DISTRIBUTED GENERATION ISSUES

1. Summary

This rulemaking is initiated to continue the work from Rulemaking (R.) 06-03-004 for the purpose of development and refinement of policies, rules and programs for the California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) and to continue our consideration more generally of policies for the development of cost-effective, clean and reliable distributed generation (DG). As in our previous rulemakings, we intend to continue to collaborate with the California Energy Commission (CEC) on these matters to ensure our programs and policies are coordinated to the maximum extent practicable. The Commission will hold a Prehearing Conference in this matter on April 22, 2008. R.06-03-004 is closed.