BAC Comments on CPUC Microgrid Proceeding October 31, 2019 / in Biopower, ... to include renewable gas for microgrid reliability, to consider the importance of Short-Lived Climate Pollutant reductions, and to consider other upstream benefits like wildfire mitigation and landfill reduction.

The CPUC launched the proceeding in … The CPUC Microgrid Proceeding Senate Bill 1339 (Sen. Henry Stern), which passed in September 2018, directs the CPUC to undertake activities to further develop policies related to microgrids. In September, the CPUC launched a new proceeding to develop a policy framework for microgrids. MRC Comments on California Microgrid Proceeding.

... 2019, the MRC presented at the California PUC Microgrid Workshop in San Francisco California. You can search for information for proceedings that are currently open, or that have been closed for less than 30 years.

The OIR includes a preliminary description of the issues the … CPUC : The California Public Utilities Commission regulates privately owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies, in addition to authorizing video franchises. On Sept. 12, 2019, the CPUC initiated Rulemaking (R.) 19-09-009, which intends to craft a policy framework surrounding the commercialization of microgrids. The CPUC Microgrid Proceeding Senate Bill 1339 (Sen. Henry Stern), which passed in September 2018, directs the CPUC to undertake activities to further develop policies related to microgrids. The California Public Utilities Commission (Commission or CPUC) initiated this rulemaking to develop a policy framework surrounding the commercialization of microgrids and related resiliency strategies and to implement Senate Bill (SB) 1339 (Stern, 2018). Read it here. The Vote Solar team will continue to be deeply engaged in this proceeding with the goal of encouraging more resilient clean energy solutions across the state. On Sept. 12, 2019, the CPUC initiated Rulemaking (R.) 19-09-009, which intends to craft a policy framework surrounding the commercialization of microgrids. It will consider the appropriate standards, eligible technologies, rates, tariffs and other issues for microgrid development in California. Microgrids are defined areas of the grid that can operate as part of the larger grid and can also be completely disconnected from (operate independently from) the larger electricity grid. Filed By: CPUC: Service Lists: Service List 1: Industry: Electric: Filing Date: September 12, 2019: Category: Ratesetting: Current Status: ACTIVE: Description: Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Microgrids Pursuant to Senate Bill 1339 and Resiliency Strategies. Search Hints: You may search using partial proceeding numbers. Microgrids Rulemaking. The CPUC Microgrid Proceeding Senate Bill 1339 (Sen. Henry Stern), which passed in September 2018, directs the CPUC to undertake activities to further develop policies related to microgrids.

The California Public Utilities Commission plans to vote June 11 on a proposal that would require large electric investor-owned utilities open the way for developers to build more microgrids and resiliency projects — and do so fast. BAC submitted comments in late October on the CPUC’s Order Instituting Rulemaking.

The California Public Utilities Commission wrote the three IOUs in the state, requesting they implement directives "that are reasonably likely to result from a Track 1 Decision in the Microgrid and Resiliency proceeding."

The CPUC launched the new proceeding to develop the framework for commercializing microgrids. The California Public Utilities Commission voted to initiate a new rulemaking to consider how to implement the requirements of SB 1339 at its September 12, 2019 public meeting.

The MRC's presentation outlined solutions that California can deploy to enable microgrid development and deployment.

R1909009 - Proceeding. The "Order Instituting Rulemaking" (OIR) that formally launched the new proceeding was then officially issued on September 19, 2019.

Microgrid Resources Coalition. The Microgrid proceeding now enters its second phase, during which the CPUC will consider policies that enable the commercialization of more complicated multi-customer microgrids.

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