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CalWEA's Public Filings

These are some of our recent regulatory filings.

If you are looking for documents not listed here, check our Archived Filings page or contact us.


CalWEA Filings Before the California Public Utilities Commission

07/14/08 - Reply Comments (with LSA) on SB 1036/Above-Market Funds

07/08/08 - Comments (with LSA) on SB 1036/Above-Market Funds

07/08/08 - Comments (with LSA, IOUs) on SB 1036/Above-Market Funds

06/18/08 - Post-Workshop Reply Comments (with CCC, LSA, SA) on 2008 MPR

06/06/08 - Post-Workshop Opening Comments (with CCC, LSA and Solar Alliance) on 2008 MPR

     Attachment: CalWEA/CCC/LSA/SA Proposed Changes for the 2008 MPR Model

06/02/08 - Comments (with LSA) on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies

05/12/08 - Opening Comments on Resource Adequacy - Wind Valuation

05/09/08 - Pre-Workshop Comments (with LSA) on SB 1036 Implementation (AMF) Issues

04/18/08 - Comments on SCE Application (U 338-E) on a Renewable Integration and Advancement Program

04/16/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on OII/OIR on Transmission for Renewable Resources

04/01/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on Draft Resolution E-4160 (re above-market funds)

03/06/08 - Pre-Workshop Comments (with CCC & CSP) on 2008 MPR

     Attachment: CalWEA/CCC/CSP 2008 Proposed MPR Model

02/28/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on Proposed Decision on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies

02/22/08 - CALWEA Letter Regarding TURN Protest to Daggett Wind Project

02/05/08 - Comments on 2008 Procurement Plan PD (re TOD Factors)


CalWEA Filings Before the California Energy Commission

04/04/08 - Comments (with solar, biomass) on RETI Phase 1A Draft Report


CalWEA Filings Before the California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

07/08/08 - Wind-Solar Coalition Comments on Final Draft GIPR Tariff Language

06/17/08 - Wind-Solar Coalition Comments on Draft GIPR Tariff Language

05/29/08 - Comments (with LSA) on CAISO's Petition for Waiver of Tariff Provisions

04/25/08 - Comments (with AWEA) on Integration of Renewable Resources Program (IRRP)

04/11/08 - Fourth Round Comments (with solar companies) on CAISO GIPR Proposal

03/19/08 - Third Round Comments (with solar companies) on CAISO GIPR Proposal

02/26/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on CAISO Generation Interconnection Process Reform (GIPR) Proposal

02/15/08 - Comments on PG&E's Central Calif. Clean Energy Transmission Project (C3ETP) Study Plan

02/04/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on CAISO LGIP Reform Paper


CalWEA Filings Before the California Air Resources Board

01/17/08 - Comments (with solar companies) on ETAAC 12-21-07 Draft Report


CalWEA Filings Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

01/10/08 - Comments (with solar parties) on Interconnection Queue Issues and Reform Proposal

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CalWEA Court Filings and Decisions

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California Public Utilities Commission Decisions

Resolution E-4052Approves with modifications SCE’s Request to Record Costs of Studying the Feasibility of Developing Transmission to Access and Deliver Output From Eligible Renewable Resources Located in Western Nevada, Inyo and Eastern San Bernardino Counties, the Salton Sea Area in California, and Western Arizona.

Rulemaking 01-10-024 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Establish Policies and Cost Recovery Mechanisms for Generation Procurement and Renewable Resource Development.

Rulemaking 04-04-003 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Promote Policy and Program Coordination and Integration in Electric Utility Resource Planning.

Rulemaking 06-05-027 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

Rulemaking 06-02-012 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Develop Additional Methods to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard program.

Rulemaking 04-04-025 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Promote Consistency in Methodology and Input Assumptions in Commission Applications of Short-Run And Long-Run Avoided Costs, Including Pricing for Qualifying Facilities.

Rulemaking 04-04-026 - Order Instituting Rulemaking to Implement the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

Resolution E-4052 - Southern California Edison Company's Request to Establish a Renewable Transmission Feasibility Study Costs Memorandum Account to Record Costs of Studying the Feasibility of Developing Transmission to Access and Deliver Output From Eligible Renewable Resources Located in Western Nevada, Inyo and Eastern San Bernardino Counties, the Salton Sea Area in California, and Western Arizona.

Resolution E-4049 - This Resolution formally adopts the 2006 Market Price Referent (MPR) values for a baseload proxy plant for the use in the 2006 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) solicitations. This Resolution is made on the Commission's own motion.

Resolution E-3980 - The 2005 Market Price Referents (MPR) are approved. 2005 MPR values have been calculated for use in the 2005 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) solicitations.

Investigation 00-11-001 - Order Instituting Investigation into Implementation of Assembly Bill 970 Regarding the Identification of Electric Transmission and Distribution Constraints, Actions to Resolve those Constraints, and Related Matters Affecting the Reliability of Electric Supply.

Investigation 05-09-005 - Order Instituting Investigation to facilitate proactive development of transmission infrastructure to access renewable energy resources for California.


If you are looking for documents not listed here, check our Archived Filings page or contact us.


News

07/09/08Wind and Solar Developers Say CAISO Queue Reform Proposal Makes Progress, But Needs Improvement for Timely and Efficient Renewables Growth

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Highlights

An Editorial: CalWEA Executive Director Answers the Question: Is the RPS Working? Read more >>>

Nature Writer Bill McKibben -- “[W]hat we need to say is: every bird, and everything else that we know, is fundamentally at risk in the next few decades. In the name of birds, I want that windmill on my ridge. In the name of wild beauty, I want that windmill out my window……” Read more >>>

The Birds and The Breeze - from Sierra Magazine, “According to a 2003 study of 4,700 turbines located outside California, each killed 2.3 birds per year. That's a tiny number compared with the hundreds of millions of birds that fall prey to cats every year……and it pales in comparison to the number of birds and other creatures that would be killed by catastrophic global warming.” Read more >>>

CalWEA addresses wind energy’s reliability in this Energy Circuit Editorial – “The initial results from a California Energy Commission study show that the California grid has the technical capability to include 20 percent intermittent generation under a 33 per­cent renewable goal without the need for significant new resources to accommodate the variability of these intermittent renewables.” Read more >>>