ALJ/BWM/lil Date of Issuance 8/26/2008
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. |
FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AUGUST 21, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA RULEMAKING 08-08-009 |
ORDER INSTITUTING RULEMAKING
REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION
OF THE RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM
1. Summary
This rulemaking continues implementation and administration of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program.1 As a successor docket to Rulemaking (R.) 06-05-027, this proceeding involves ongoing oversight, including review of RPS procurement plans, reporting, compliance, and enforcement. It also includes consideration of limited policy issues related to ongoing implementation and administration. We coordinate this proceeding with several others addressing related matters.2 R.06-05-027 is closed.
1 The California RPS Program was established by Senate Bill (SB) 1078 (Stats. 2002, Ch. 516, Sec. 3, codified as Pub. Util. Code §§ 399.11 et seq., chaptered September 12, 2002, effective January 1, 2003). It has been amended several times, including SB 107 (Stats. 2006, Ch. 464) and Assembly Bill (AB) 1969 (Stats. 2006, Ch. 731). Unless noted otherwise, all statutory references herein are to the Public Utilities Code.
2 For example, R.08-03-009 and Investigation (I.) 08-03-010 (to actively promote the development of transmission infrastructure to provide access to renewable energy resources), R.06-02-012 (to develop additional methods to implement the RPS program, including the applicability of using renewable energy credits (RECs) for compliance with RPS requirements), R.08-02-007 (integrating and refining procurement policies underlying long-term procurement plans), and R.08-03-008 (regarding policies, procedures and rules for the California Solar Initiative, the self-generation incentive program and other distributed generation issues).
