4. Shifting of Funds from Energy Options to the Capacity Bidding Program and the Demand Bidding Program

Under the original SCE proposal to implement the Energy Options Program, the customers enrolled in SCE's Capacity Bidding Program and Demand Bidding Program would have been transitioned into the Energy Options Program in early 2010. For this reason, SCE did not request funding for the Capacity Bidding and Demand Bidding Programs for most of 2010 or any of 2011. With the elimination of the Energy Options Program, SCE requests to instead continue the Capacity Bidding and Demand Bidding Programs, and to make this possible, requests that $5,584,231 in funding approved for the Energy Options Program be shifted to these programs to ensure they are able to operate and maintain enrollment through the end of 2011. SCE requests $2,026,028 for the Capacity Bidding Program and $3,558,203 for the Demand Bidding Program for 2010 and 2011.

The elimination of the Capacity Bidding and Demand Bidding Programs was approved as part of the implementation of the Energy Options Program, and the intention of this change was to transition customers to a more flexible program, not to discontinue active programs in which customers are already enrolled. Given the elimination of the Energy Options Program, it is reasonable to continue the Capacity Bidding Program and Demand Bidding Program, and to ensure that they have budgets that enable them to continue to operate through 2011. We approve the SCE request to shift a total of $5,584,231 to the Capacity Bidding Program and Demand Bidding Program, including any funds transferred before the issuance of this decision, to continue these programs for the remainder of 2010 and 2011, and we modify D.09-08-027 consistent with this request.