PG&E Issues Its 2012 Renewables Portfolio Standard Request for Offers
At long last, PG&E finally issued its 2012 Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Request For Offers (RFO). PG&E is seeking offers to procure approximately 1,000 GWh per year of renewable energy from long-term Power Purchase Agreements and Renewable Energy Credit Purchase Agreements (so they will accept offers of products that would qualify for any of the … Continue reading
California Court finds Renovated Ferry Building to No Longer Be Municipal Load
A California Appellate Court confirmed on March 27 an earlier Superior Court ruling that the iconic Ferry Building in San Francisco, a property owned and originally largely occupied by the Port of San Francisco, was no longer Municipal Load. This is significant because the City and County of San Francisco has a contract with Pacific Gas and … Continue reading
Proposed Decision Adopting Metrics to Measure Smart Grid Deployments
The California Public Utilities Commission released a much awaited proposed decision on March 20th regarding metrics to measure the deployment of the smart grid in the PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E service territories. The consensus metrics can be found in Attachment A to the proposed decision. The consensus consists of 19 metrics that the utilities will report … Continue reading
California Combined Heat and Power Solicitations
Are you a CHP resource that missed out on the first Combined Heat and Power Utility RFO? Not to worry, there will be more opportunities. PG&E, SCE and SDG&E are each in the midst of issuing solicitations for combined heat and power products (CHP RFO) as required by the CHP Program Settlement Agreement approved by … Continue reading
SmartMeter Program May Now Have an Opt-Out Option
After a persistent and vocal outcry by anti-SmartMeter activists, the Commission has released a proposed decision that will be voted on at its next meeting (this coming Thursday) that will allow those who want to go back to the good ol’ days of the analog meter. No more RF radiation for those who who don’t … Continue reading
California Public Utilities Commission Launches New Formal Investigation Into PG&E’s Gas Pipelines
The Commission launched a formal investigation into PG&E’s gas pipelines located in areas of higher population density. Specifically, the Commission is to review and determine whether “PG&E properly and safely reviewed, on a regular basis, its natural gas transmission pipelines to identify areas of increased population density so as to modify its maximum allowable operating pressures (taking pressure … Continue reading
