4. Interagency Considerations

The Commission established that long-term procurement planning would occur on a biennial basis in D.04-01-050, an approach adopted to ensure appropriate coordination with the CEC's IEPR proceeding. (See D.04-01-050, p. 175.)

In the past few years and especially in R.02-06-001 and R.04-04-003, this Commission has encouraged the active participation of the CEC in its rulemaking endeavors on the decisionmaking side, rather than as party litigants. We invite the CEC to join us in this proceeding by continuing the collaborative approach that both agencies pursued in the development of procurement policy in R.04-04-003. The collaborative approach has been an effective tool to ensure that state agencies are able to communicate and effectuate their joint policy goals. At this point, we do not specify the details of the precise interagency working models that will prove to be most effective in this proceeding. However, the assigned Commissioner and ALJ will work together to develop the necessary interagency working models that will support successful decisionmaking.