Electricity: transmission planning and transmission facilities.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill aims to improve California’s planning for electricity transmission and facilities. It requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), in collaboration with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Independent System Operator (ISO), to update their coordination plan to align with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 1920-A. Specifically, the bill mandates that the PUC provide updated guidance to the ISO, incorporating projections for resource portfolios and electricity demand for at least 20 years, while also ensuring that the guidance is risk-prudent and considers the state’s renewable energy goals. Furthermore, it requires the PUC to make planning data publicly available.
Key provisions
- Requires the PUC, Energy Commission, and ISO to update their memorandum of understanding to align with FERC Order 1920-A by January 1, 2028.
- Mandates that the PUC provide transmission-focused guidance to the ISO, including projections of resource portfolios and electricity demand for at least 20 years.
- Requires the guidance to be risk-prudent and consider system adaptability and competitive resource procurement.
- Requires the PUC to make all nonconfidential input and output data from integrated resource and transmission planning processes publicly available.
- Extends the timeframe for resource portfolio projections from 15 to 20 years.
- Adds reducing resource interconnection timelines as a state policy goal.
- Requires the PUC to consider wildfire risk and system reliability when planning new transmission facilities.
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