WEDNESDAY AGGREGATE: Cost Questions Intensify Across Storage, SB 1221, and Shared Renewables
Today's aggregate includes:
- More activity involving Senate Bill 1221 decarbonization pilots;
- Utility safety metric reports and energization reports;
- A PD establishing the statewide Shared Renewables Portfolio;
- SDG&E's cost-benefit report on the Advanced Energy Storage project; and
- A looming investigation into PG&E's Elkhorn Energy Storage System.
We will include a summary on the latter item in our full April 9 voting meeting report tomorrow afternoon (please see our meeting preview here).
New Rulemaking Forces a Decision on Who Pays for Large Load
The April 9 agenda reflects a Commission increasingly focused on cost control, data accountability, and who ultimately bears system costs.

