PD Roundup: RPS Plans, EV Charging Forecasts and Climate Adaptation

Today’s briefing looks at nine proposed decisions that could come before the CPUC in December. Collectively, the PDs set the terms for 2026 RPS plans, bring highway EV charging forecasts into utility grid planning, and require utilities to explain how community feedback informed their proposed climate adaptation investments.

The RPS PD also carries forward a rule on which banked credits SDG&E must use first. A separate proposal on the utility’s 2027 procurement forecast declines to impose that condition and projects larger residential bill increases for customers who buy power from another provider.

Other items cover electric line extension subsidies on Tribal lands, SoCalGas branch closures, the Sempra utilities’ rate case petition, San Onofre decommissioning costs and a gas storage refinancing.