ALJ/BWM/sid Mailed 7/27/2007
Decision 07-07-027 July 26, 2007
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. |
Rulemaking 06-05-027 (Filed May 25, 2006) |
OPINION ADOPTING TARIFFS AND STANDARD CONTRACTS FOR
WATER, WASTEWATER AND OTHER CUSTOMERS TO SELL
ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM RPS-ELIGIBLE RENEWABLE RESOURCES TO ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
OPINION ADOPTING TARIFFS AND STANDARD CONTRACTS FOR
WATER, WASTEWATER AND OTHER CUSTOMERS TO SELL
ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM RPS-ELIGIBLE RENEWABLE RESOURCES TO ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS 2
1. Summary 2
2. Background 3
3. Water and Wastewater Customers 6
3.1. Tariff 7
3.2. Standard Contract 7
3.3. Allocation of 250 MW 8
3.4. Queue, Tariff Closure, Information 11
3.5. Tariff Rates 16
3.5.1. Market Price Referent 16
3.5.2. Rates Must Be Stated 16
3.5.3. Unique Rates 19
3.5.4. Reduction in MPR for Other Costs 21
3.5.5. Actual Commercial Operation 22
3.5.6. Time Differentiated or Annual Average MPR 24
3.6. MW Capacity of Each Project 26
3.7. SGIP and Net Metering 26
3.8. Standard Terms and Conditions 27
3.9. Full Buy/Sell, Sale of Excess, RECs 33
3.10. Initial Operation and Interconnection 38
3.11. Payment Provisions 42
4. Other Customers 43
4.1. Background 43
4.2. Expansion for SCE and PG&E 46
4.3. No Expansion to Other Utilities 49
4.4. Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Projects
Using Biomass Fuels 50
4.5. Further Process 50
5. Implementation 52
6. Avista and New West Energy 53
7. Comment Period on Proposed Decision 53
8. Assignment of Proceeding 54
Findings of Fact 54
Conclusions of Law 58
O R D E R 62
ATTACHMENT A - Summary of Major Changes to Proposed Tariffs and Standard Contracts
OPINION ADOPTING TARIFFS AND STANDARD CONTRACTS FOR
WATER, WASTEWATER AND OTHER CUSTOMERS TO SELL
ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM RPS-ELIGIBLE RENEWABLE RESOURCES TO ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS
1. Summary
California electrical corporations must make a tariff available to public water and wastewater agencies for the purchase of electricity generated from certain electric generation facilities powered by renewable resources. They may make the terms of the tariff available in the form of a standard contract.1
Today's decision adopts tariffs and standard contracts for the purchase of this electricity from water and wastewater customers. The result is a simple and streamlined mechanism for certain generators to sell electricity to the utility without complex negotiations and delays. We also adopt similar tariffs and standard contracts for the purchase of electricity from other customers on the same simple and streamlined basis. Each electrical corporation shall make a compliance filing within seven days of the date this order is mailed.
Two respondents are dismissed (Avista Utilities and New West Energy).2 The proceeding remains open to address limited other matters stated in the August 21, 2006 Scoping Memo and Ruling, and June 15, 2007 Amended Scoping Memo and Ruling.
1 Pub. Util. Code § 399.20. (Assembly Bill (AB) 1969 (Yee) Stats. 2006, Chapter 731.) All code references are to the Public Utilities Code unless noted otherwise.
2 The respondents to this proceeding were named in Appendix A to the May 25, 2006 Order Instituting Rulemaking. They are in the categories of large utilities, small and multi-jurisdictional utilities (SMJUs), registered electric service providers (ESPs), and prospective community choice aggregators. Avista Utilities is in the category of SMJU, and New West Energy in the category of ESP.
