Acronyms

AL Advice Letter, a regulatory process to change a provision of the utility tariff

ALJ Administrative Law Judge, assigned to a CPUC or FERC proceeding

APPR Appropriations (Senate and Assembly Committees)

ARB Air Resources Board (California)

B&F Banking & Finance (Assembly Committee)

B & FR Budget and Fiscal Review (Senate Committee)

BF & I Banking, Finance, and Insurance (Senate Committee)

BP & CP Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Assembly Committee)

BP&ED Business, Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee)

BACT Best Available Control Technology

BP&ED Business Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee)

CAEATFA California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority

CAISO California Independent System Operator

CAR Climate Action Reserve

CARB California Air Resources Board

CCA Community Choice Aggregator

CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

CCSE California Center for Sustainable Energy (Formerly San Diego Regional Energy Office)

CEC California Energy Commission

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act

CHP Combined Heat & Power

CLECA California Large Energy Consumers Association

CO2E Carbon dioxide equivalent (equivalent global warming potential)

COG California Onsite Generation (this publication)

CPUC California Public Utilities Commission

CRS Customer Responsibility Surcharge (exit fee)

CRT Climate Reserve Tonnes

CSI California Solar Initiative

DER Distributed Energy Resources

DG Distributed Generation

DOE Department of Energy (Federal)

DR Demand Response

DRA Division of Ratepayer Advocates (formerly ORA), representing small consumers

DRP Demand Response Provider

ED Education (Senate and Assembly Committees)

EPUC Energy Producers and Users Coalition

EQ Environmental Quality (Senate Committee)

ER&CA Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments (Senate Committee)

ES&TM Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Assembly Committee)

ESP Energy Service Provider

EU&C Energy, Utilities and Communications (Senate
Committee)

F & A Food and Agriculture (Senate Committee)

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

GHG Greenhouse Gases

Gov&F Governance and Finance (Senate Committee)

GWP Global Warming Potential

HEALTH Health (Senate Committee)

IOU Investor Owned Utility

ISO (California) Independent System Operator

JED & E Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Assembly Committee)

L&E Labor and Employment (Assembly Committee)

L&IR Labor and Industrial Relations (Senate Committee)

LGOV Local Government (Senate and Assembly Committees)

LSE Load Serving Entity, any entity that provides retail electricity service.

MDL Municipal Departing Load

MPR Market Price Referent

NatRes Natural Resources (Assembly Committee)

NEM Net Energy Metering

NR & W Natural Resources and Water (Senate Committee)

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

OIR Order Instituting Rulemaking

PBI Performance Based Incentive

PD Proposed Decision

PGC Public Goods Charge

PIER Public Interest Energy Research program implemented by CEC

PPA Power Purchase Agreement

PUC Public Utilities Commission (California)

PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978

QF Qualifying Facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)

REC Renewable Energy Credit

Rev&Tax Revenue and Taxation (Senate and Assembly Committees)

RFO Request for Offer

RLS Rules (Senate and Assembly Committees)

RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard

SGIP Self Generation Incentive Program

SRAC Payment by CA IOUs to QFs, based on short run avoided cost

T & H Transportation and Housing (Senate Committee)

TCR The Climate Registry

TREC Tradable Renewable Energy Credit

U&C Utilities and Commerce (Assembly Committee)

WCI Western Climate Initiative

WP&W Water Parks and Wildlife (Assembly Committee)

WREGIS Western Region Energy Generation Information System

CA Current

The Buzz July 10, 2020
As wildfires spread, the governor increases the state budget to add more than 850 firefighters. Given the double whammy of fire threats and the pandemic, firefighters are directed to take necessary safety steps, including wearing masks and social distancing. The same rules will apply to those evacuated by the state. How to ensure the financing […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
Newsom Beefs Up Fire Fighting Budget, Adds Social Distancing Plan July 10, 2020
As summer temperatures increase, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the addition of 858 fire fighters in CaFire ranks and six new California Conservation crews. Safety protocols to avoid the spread of Covid-19 will be in place for firefighters and those evacuated. “Even in a challenging budget climate, we have undertaken major action and made significant investments […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
Building Electrification Gets Broad Support July 9, 2020
Struggling Californians make up 40% of the population and suffer a disproportionate share of indoor pollution, principally from gas-fueled appliances. A new report, Towards an Accessible Financing Solution, offers a blueprint for financing strategies to drive the electrification of the homes of low-income people. Currently, home clean energy retrofits are principally reaped by Californians who […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
Tribal Focus in Latest $30+M Round of CEC Storage Combination Grants July 9, 2020
The California Energy Commission continued to award grants to innovative energy storage projects and microgrids, including two novels ones that will use discarded electric vehicle batteries to store solar power. Awards unanimously approved this week, totaling more than $31 million, aim to help ensure California slashes carbon emissions and attains carbon neutrality within 15 years. […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
CA Prepares to Rely More on Microgrids July 8, 2020
Updated July 8 California is trying to deploy microgrids as fast as possible to prevent blackouts during wildfires and power shutoffs. The push going forward is to find out how to make them pencil out, bring them into the 21st century and make them environmentally friendly. “We have got to get cleaner and quieter backup,” […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
Less Demand and Cleaner Options Spell Lower 2019 Costs for CAISO July 7, 2020
The California Independent System Operator saw a whopping 17% reduction in overall wholesale electricity market costs in 2019 compared to the year before, thanks to energy efficiency, the deployment of small renewables, more hydropower and less natural gas. Total energy costs last year were $8.8 billion, at an average $41 per megawatt-hour, compared to $10.8 […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
CAISO Seeks to Optimize Combined Solar-Storage Production July 7, 2020
The grid operator board will vote later this month on a proposed change that would add flexibility in the amount of megawatts the California Independent System Operator can accept into its real-time market from co-located solar and storage facilities, and other mixed fuel projects. The rule change, expected to go into effect in the fall, […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
Shorts July 7, 2020
July 8 update Neither the Assembly nor Senate will return to Sacramento next week as planned. The California Senate made the announcement in a July 8 letter, the day after the Assembly cancelled reconvening July 13 because five who work at the Capitol tested positive for Covid-19, including at least one lawmaker, the San Francisco […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
The Buzz July 2, 2020
Before the start of the fireworks, Pacific Gas & Electric announced it funded most of the $6.75 billion cash payment to fire victims. It also lined up another $12 billion to pay insurance claims as well as cities impacted by utility-sparked fires that burned from 2015-2018. Hydrogen fuel to lower transportation emissions, California’s biggest source […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy
CEC Continues Steady Push for Hydrogen July 2, 2020
The California Energy Commission’s continued funding for research and development to create emissions-free hydrogen fuel for transportation and energy storage is beginning to show results. “Adoption is happening, but the supply is thin,” Wayne Leighty with Shell Energy said during a July 2 California Energy Commission workshop. “Don’t worry about getting it right, but getting […]
Elizabeth Mc Carthy

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AL	Advice Letter, a regulatory process to change a provision of the utility tariff
ALJ	Administrative Law Judge, assigned to a CPUC or FERC proceeding
APPR	Appropriations (Senate and Assembly Committees)
ARB	Air Resources Board (California)
B&F	Banking & Finance (Assembly Committee)
B & FR	Budget and Fiscal Review (Senate Committee)
BF & I	Banking, Finance, and Insurance (Senate Committee)
BP & CP	Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Assembly Committee)
BP&ED	Business, Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee)
BACT	Best Available Control Technology
BP&ED	Business Professions and Economic Development (Senate Committee)
CAEATFA	California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority
CAISO	California Independent System Operator
CAR	Climate Action Reserve
CARB	California Air Resources Board
CCA	Community Choice Aggregator
CCGT	Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
CCSE	California Center for Sustainable Energy (Formerly San Diego Regional Energy Office)
CEC	California Energy Commission
CEQA	California Environmental Quality Act
CHP	Combined Heat & Power
CLECA	California Large Energy Consumers Association
CO2E	Carbon dioxide equivalent (equivalent global warming potential)
COG	California Onsite Generation (this publication)
CPUC	California Public Utilities Commission
CRS	Customer Responsibility Surcharge (exit fee)
CRT	Climate Reserve Tonnes
CSI	California Solar Initiative
DER	Distributed Energy Resources
DG	Distributed Generation
DOE	Department of Energy (Federal)
DR	Demand Response
DRA	Division of Ratepayer Advocates (formerly ORA), representing small consumers
DRP	Demand Response Provider
ED	Education (Senate and Assembly Committees)
EPUC	Energy Producers and Users Coalition
EQ	Environmental Quality (Senate Committee)
ER&CA	Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments (Senate Committee)
ES&TM	Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (Assembly Committee)
ESP	Energy Service Provider
EU&C	Energy, Utilities and Communications (Senate Committee)
F & A	Food and Agriculture (Senate Committee)
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GHG	Greenhouse Gases
Gov&F	Governance and Finance (Senate Committee)
GWP	Global Warming Potential
HEALTH	Health (Senate Committee)
IOU	Investor Owned Utility
ISO	(California) Independent System Operator
JED & E	Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Assembly Committee)
L&E	Labor and Employment (Assembly Committee)
L&IR	Labor and Industrial Relations (Senate Committee)
LGOV	Local Government (Senate and Assembly Committees)
LSE	Load Serving Entity, any entity that provides retail electricity service.
MDL	Municipal Departing Load
MPR	Market Price Referent
NatRes	Natural Resources (Assembly Committee)
NEM	Net Energy Metering
NR & W	Natural Resources and Water (Senate Committee)
NREL	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OIR	Order Instituting Rulemaking
PBI	Performance Based Incentive
PD	Proposed Decision
PGC	Public Goods Charge
PIER	Public Interest Energy Research program implemented by CEC
PPA	Power Purchase Agreement
PUC	Public Utilities Commission (California)
PURPA	Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
QF	Qualifying Facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)
REC	Renewable Energy Credit
Rev&Tax	Revenue and Taxation (Senate and Assembly Committees)
RFO	Request for Offer
RLS	Rules (Senate and Assembly Committees)
RPS	Renewable Portfolio Standard
SGIP	Self Generation Incentive Program
SRAC	Payment by CA IOUs to QFs, based on short run avoided cost
T & H	Transportation and Housing (Senate Committee)
TCR	The Climate Registry
TREC	Tradable Renewable Energy Credit
U&C	Utilities and Commerce (Assembly Committee)
WCI	Western Climate Initiative
WP&W	Water Parks and Wildlife (Assembly Committee)
WREGIS	Western Region Energy Generation Information System