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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ENERGY DIVISION RESOLUTION E-4132

RESOLUTION

Resolution E-4132. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company requests approval of three renewable resource procurement contracts resulting from its 2006 RPS solicitation. These contracts are approved without modification.

By Advice Letter (AL) 3074-E filed on June 27, 2007, Supplemental AL 3074-E-A filed on October 9, 2007 and Supplemental AL 3074-E-B filed on November 29, 2007.

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SUMMARY

PG&E's renewable contracts comply with the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) procurement guidelines and are approved without modification

PG&E's renewable contracts comply with the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) procurement guidelines and are approved. PG&E's request for approval of the renewable resource procurement contracts (Western GeoPower, GreenVolts and CalRenew) are granted pursuant to D.06-05-039. The energy acquired from these contracts will count towards PG&E's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements.

Generating Facility

Type

Term Years

MW Capacity

Annual Deliveries

Online Date

Project Location

Western GeoPower

Geothermal

20

25.5 MW

212 GWh

4/1/2010

Sonoma County, CA

GreenVolts

Photovoltaic

20

2 MW

4.6 GWh

9/1/ 2008 (phase 1)

9/1/ 2009 (phase 2)

Byron, CA

CalRenew-1

Photovoltaic

20

5 MW

9 GWh

4/30/2009

Mendota, CA

Deliveries from these contracts are reasonably priced and fully recoverable in rates over the life of the contracts; subject to Commission review of PG&E's administration of the contracts.

Confidential information about the contract should remain confidential

This resolution finds that certain material filed under seal pursuant to Public Utilities (Pub. Util.) Code Section 583, General Order (G.O.) 66-C, and D.06-06-066 should be kept confidential to ensure that market sensitive data does not influence the behavior of bidders in future RPS solicitations.

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