XI. Reporting and Information Sharing

PG&E proposes to report on its progress periodically. No party disagrees with the proposed reporting, and we adopt PG&E's approach, as set forth below. We are also aware of other utilities that may be planning GHG reduction programs, and there may be other persons or entities that wish to learn from PG&E's experience.

1. Reporting

PG&E's chief witness, Wendy Pulling, committed that the CPT program would be "transparent, with regular reporting to our customers, [and] regular reporting to the CPUC."⁴⁰ We agree that reporting is important; especially this is a new program with a number of uncertainties.

We will require PG&E to report annually (and publicly) on program results, budget, what it has learned, problems, and customer satisfaction as follows:

· Marketing dollars spent (total and detail);

· Number of customers participating in the program (by month) including the numbers of new enrollments and customers ceasing participation;

· CPT program revenues;

· Dollar and GHG reduction amounts under contract, with the timeframe during which the reductions are expected to be achieved;

· Description of GHG reduction contracts signed (with copies of each contract);

· Actual cost per ton of GHG reductions contracted for;

· A summary of the results of solicitations including number of bidders, range of bid prices, description of projects bid;

· Results of any customer surveys;

· Explanation of difficulties, challenges, and lessons learned;

· Copies of all marketing materials produced and used in the program; and

· Climate protection balancing account revenues, expenditures and interest accruals during the previous year, and end-of-year account balance.

Each report shall be due by March 15 (with the first due March 15, 2008) and shall contain the required information for the previous calendar year (with the March 15, 2008 report containing data for January1, 2007-December 31, 2007). These reports shall be publicly filed, without redaction, and served as set out in the ordering paragraphs below. PG&E shall also make the reports available on its website.

The Commission's Energy Division should review the reports in order to determine 1) whether the program meets the requirements of this decision, 2) whether projected program participation levels are being achieved, and 3) the degree of success in GHG contracting and amount of GHG reductions. If the Energy Division discovers serious problems with the program, it should make recommendations to the Commission on appropriate next steps.

PG&E should also make annual reports to participating customers summarizing program results, including the amount of GHG emissions reductions realized to date, projected future reductions from projects for which it has contracted and the timeframe in which those reductions are expected to occur. PG&E should provide these reports to the Commission with its annual reports, as discussed above.

2. Information Sharing

We are at an important moment in California, as new mandatory GHG reduction legislation is implemented and new charitable and other voluntary initiatives begin. PG&E's program is one small part of a much bigger picture. Third parties, as well as this Commission, may be interested in learning from PG&E's experiences. We therefore expect PG&E to make information about its program available to third parties (and Commission staff) who seek it, even outside the normal reporting period.

⁴⁰ RT Vol. 1, page 100, Pulling, cited in PG&E opening brief at 50-51.