California Wind Energy Association (CalWEA)

CalWEA's one issue in the proceeding is PG&E's request for authorization to build 500 MW of new peaking capacity, at a cost of $500 million or more, as a back-up for the expected levels of wind generation on the PG&E system in 2016. CalWEA urges the Commission to reject this request and defer consideration of such back-up wind resources until renewable integration studies are completed. CalWEA is convinced that the studies will indicate that there is no need for such peaking back-up, and these results will comport with the Commission established policies for the RA and RPS programs. In particular, CalWEA argues against the adoption of any proposal that devalues wind generation by only assessing its capacity during the three peak hours of June, July and August. In addition, CalWEA asks the Commission to reject PG&E's attempt to limit intermittent renewables to no more than 10% of its bundled sales,