Reference Documents
PCF Documents
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Roadmap to 100 Percent Local Solar Build-Out by 2030 in the City of San Diego
The City and County of San Diego have the opportunity to self generate 100% of the electricity needed for current and future power requirements. The Roadmap provides the technical information that decision makers need to confidently enact policies and programs supporting clean, affordable, and local rooftop and parking lot solar.
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Power Charge Indifference Adjustment Proceeding Testimony of Bill Powers
This testimony, submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission, details the history of SDG&E’s procurement of above market priced renewable energy generation. Ratepayers will continue to pay for these contracts for years through the exit fees assessed to community choice energy customers as well as SDG&E customers.
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SDCP RPS Contract Requirements
This presentation reviews SDCP’s RPS contract requirements and shows that SDCP has no regulatory need for additional long-term RPS contracts through 2030.
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CPUC Net Metering Proceeding - PCF Filings
PCF has participated as an intervenor in the California Net Metering proceeding filing at each opportunity. The following documents are key filings.
Opening Testimony - Siegele
Rebuttal Testimony - Powers
Opening Brief
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Problems with RDF treatment of rooftop/parking lot solar
This January 2023 PCF PowerPoint describes problems with the San Diego County Regional Decarbonization Framework assumptions regarding the cost of new transmission to facilitate remote solar and wind projects, the cost and availability of rooftop/parking lot solar, utility resistance to rooftop solar, and the risks of building decarbonization around remote solar and wind capacity.
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PCF February 27, 2023 RDF lawsuit
The RDF lawsuit challenges errors in the RDF electricity supply analysis and the basis for the sole-source award of the RDF contract to the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS).
CPUC Reports
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2020 California Electric and Gas Utility Costs Report
The cost of electricity in California continues to skyrocket year after year. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issues the Assembly Bill (AB) 67 Annual Report pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 913, which requires the CPUC to publish the costs to ratepayers of all utility programs and activities currently recovered in retail rates. The report provides useful data that advocates can use to spotlight the unreasonable price increases.
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2020 Senate Bill 695 Report
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issues the 695 report pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 913.1, which requires that the CPUC publish recommendations that can be undertaken over the succeeding 12 months to limit utility cost and rate increases consistent with the state’s energy and environmental goals. California’s Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) are also required by statute to study and report to the CPUC recommended measures to limit costs and rate increases. Similar to the AB 67 report, this report provides facts on California’s large and growing problem regarding energy costs.
Other Resources
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FERC Form 1
Major utilities’ disclosures to the U.S. Energy Information Administration designed to collect financial and operational information from electric utilities, licensees and others subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). California’s investor owned utilities’ FERC Form 1s can be found here.
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GO-77M disclosures
Major utilities disclosures filed with the CPUC on Public Utilities Commission by public utilities of data on compensation, dues, donations, subscriptions, contributions and legal fees. The CPUC publishes the GO-77M disclosures here.
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Sempra's 10Ks
Publicly traded companies such, as the investor-owned utilities in California, must file comprehensive annual reports (10-K) about its financial performance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.