II. Background

In Rulemaking (R.) 06-03-004, the Commission initiated a new rulemaking to continue its work from earlier rulemakings to develop rules and procedures for the California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), and general policies surrounding distributed generation (DG). This new rulemaking, which we will refer to as the "CSI/DG OIR," evolves from and builds on the work in three previous Commission rulemakings where the Commission has made substantial effort to stimulate development of DG projects and technologies by providing financial and other incentives to project developers. The background of the Commission's work is set forth in the text of R.06-03-004.

In the Commission's prior DG rulemaking, R.04-03-017, the California Energy Commission (CEC) staff participated as collaborative State Agency staff. We expect they will continue to act in a similar capacity in this proceeding.