Aliso Canyon Workshop Comments: Demand, Supply Risk, and Cost
Three parties filed April 28 opening comments following an Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Workshop earlier this month. (See CRI's workshop report here.)
April 15 Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Workshop Summary
The first Aliso Canyon Biennial Assessment Workshop exposed a conflict over whether reliability depends on storage or on optimistic assumptions.
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At issue: The CPUC is deciding how much natural gas must remain in storage at Aliso Canyon to maintain reliability without imposing unnecessary costs on ratepayers. There are three main variables at play: how much demand should be assumed, how much supply can fail at once, and how to measure the cost of getting the levels wrong.