Demand Response In California

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California Public Utilities CommissionOII/OIR
Actively Promoting the Development of
Transmission Infrastructure to provide access to
Renewable Energy in CaliforniaThe Use of New
Technologies to Reduce Environmental Impact of
Transmission

• January 22 2009

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CPUC - Role

• Authorizes Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to
  construct electric facilities (new or expanded
  substations and new and upgraded transmission
  lines greater than 50 kV) via Certificate of
  Necessity and Public Convenience (CPCN) (for
  projects 200kV and above) or Permit to Construct
  (PTC) (for projects between 50 and 200 kV and
  substations)
• CPUC issues CPCNs and PTCs for all IOU owned
  transmission lines (regardless of who does the
  environmental review)
• For projects greater than 50 million, the CPUC
  caps the cost of the projects (PU Code 1005.5)
• Determines economic, reliability, and /or
  renewable need of a project
• Consider costs to the ratepayers (Transmission
  Orders approved by FERC)
• Consider the Cost to the Environment through the
  CEQA process.

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AIMS

• To develop a feasible way of ensuring the best
  use of technology
• To demonstrate that the best technological
  options are being selected.

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Issues Driving Transmission Development

• 33 Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Remote Renewable Locations
• Limited Transmission Corridors
• Growing Cost

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Scope of Workshop

• Ensure we are using the right technology
• Minimize transmission build
• Maximize power through corridors
• How do we get new technologies in the engineers
  tool box?
• How do we assess the factors effecting the
  economics of transmission lines
• How do we minimize the impact of transmission
  when we build and design it.

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Workshop Sessions

• Lloyd Cibulka CIEE What Technologies are
  available.
• Randy Hopkins PGE - How do we get new
  technologies in the engineers tool box?
• John Chan EPRI The economics of technology
  adoption. Can we balance the cost to the rate
  payer with the cost to the environment?
• SCE - Minimizing the impacts of Transmission
  lines Mitigation in the Tehachapi Case