New Proposal Would Use IRP Portfolios to Trigger LSE Procurement

A June 23 ALJ ruling seeks party comments on a new option for the CPUC's Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program (RCPPP), aimed at turning the Integrated Resource Planning process into a direct procurement obligation for load-serving entities.

Rather than tying the program closely to Resource Adequacy or creating an RPS-style clean energy mandate, the proposal would use the CPUC's Preferred System Plan and/or the CAISO Transmission Planning Process base-case portfolio to identify the mix of new resources needed five years ahead for reliability and emissions compliance. Those needs would be expressed in Net Qualifying Capacity (NQC), by resource type or attribute category, and allocated to load-serving entities based on their share of the CEC's Integrated Energy Policy Report load forecast.