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ALJ Issues Scoping Memo Re: Rulemaking To Oversee The Resource Adequacy Program, Consider Program Reforms And Refinements, And Establish Forward Resource Adequacy Procurement Obligations
Dockets:
R2310011
Category: California
A California Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued scoping memo and ruling in the docket Instituting Rulemaking to Oversee the Resource Adequacy Program, Consider Program Reforms and Refinements, and Establish Forward Resource Adequacy Procurement Obligations.
Among other things the ALJ’s Track 1 issues include:
- Adoption of 2025-2027 Local Capacity Requirements (LCR);
- Adoption of the 2025 Flexible Capacity Requirements (FCR);
- 24-Hour Slice-of-Day (SOD) Framework, including SOD Planning Reserve Margin (PRM);
- Unforced Capacity Methodology (UCAP);
- Demand response (DR) Load Impact Protocols (LIP); and
- Resource Adequacy Compliance and Penalties. Track 2 issues include:
- Structural modifications and/or refinements to the CPE framework;
- LOLE Study and PRM; and
- Coordination with the IRP Proceeding.
Track 2 issues include:
- Structural modifications and/or refinements to the CPE framework; •
- LOLE Study and
- PRM
Track 3 will consider:
- system and flexible capacity requirements for the 2026 and 2027 program years and the 2026-2028 local RA requirements”; and
- “refinements to the California Energy Commission’s incentive-based supply-side DR qualifying capacity proposal to be submitted in December 2024,” including “testing requirements and requirements to market integrate investor-owned utility DR programs.”
Important Next Steps:
- Proposals due by 1/19/24.
- LIP simplification working group report expected in 1/24.
- Staff SOD framework report due by 2/1/24.
- Workshop on Staff and party proposals scheduled for 2/14/24.
- Revised SOD proposals due by 2/23/24.
- Opening comments on proposals due by 3/8/24; reply comments due by 3/22/24.
- Track 1 proposed decision expected in 5/24;
- Track 1 final decision expected in 6/24.
- Track 1 Schedule for FCR and LCR Issues CAISO draft 2025 LCR report due by 4/4/24;
- Comments on draft report due by 4/19/24.
- CAISO final 2025 LCR report due by 5/1/24;
- Comments on final report due by 5/8/24;
- Reply comments due by 5/13/24.
Scoping Ruling (12/18/23)
Commission Rulemaking (09/12/2023)
R2310011 (09/12/2023)
(Order Instituting Rulemaking to Oversee the Resource Adequacy Program, Consider Program Reforms and Refinements, and Establish Forward Resource Adequacy Procurement Obligations.)
