FRIDAY AGGREGATE: Smart Meters; Core Gas Deliveries; RPS Milestones

This week’s filings reflect growing conflicts between lifecycle infrastructure replacement, policy-driven procurement targets, and the physical limit of electric and gas systems.

SMART METERS

SDG&E filed an application seeking CPUC approval to replace its aging Smart Meter 1.0 advanced metering infrastructure with a new Smart Meter 2.0 platform, citing widespread device failures, approaching end-of-life between 2026–2028, and growing risks to billing accuracy, outage management, cybersecurity, and customer service.

The proposal requests authority to recover approximately $825 million in costs incurred from 2024 through 2031 for system design, foundational and next-generation technology, and mass deployment of new electric meters and gas modules, while reusing portions of existing infrastructure where feasible to limit customer impacts.