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CPUC Directives on DEER, Non-DEER Workpapers, and the Ex Ante Review Process

CPUC Directives on DEER, Non-DEER Workpapers, and the Ex Ante Review Process. Alejandra Mejia may, 2014. Objective. Is Cal TF design/proposed implementation consistent with CPUC directives on ex ante value and non-DEER workpaper development?. Approach.

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CPUC Directives on DEER, Non-DEER Workpapers, and the Ex Ante Review Process

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  1. CPUC Directives on DEER, Non-DEER Workpapers, and the Ex Ante Review Process Alejandra Mejia may, 2014 CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  2. Objective Is Cal TF design/proposed implementation consistent with CPUC directives on ex ante value and non-DEER workpaper development? CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  3. Approach • Reviewed CPUC Orders, Assigned Commissioner and ALJ Rulings (over 20) • Reviewed DEER History • DEER Administration, Stakeholder Involvement, funding CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  4. History of DEER • In 1990, CEC organized the California Conservation Inventory Group to identify types of data to be collected and methodologies to be used • Participation by CEC, CPUC, ORA, IOUs, NRDC, LBNL, California Institute for Energy Efficiency • CADMAC took over DEER maintenance and updates, later CBEE and CPUC handed it off to Calmac • DEER needs to be supported by a collaborative of experts because “decisions on DEER values were often extremely challenging due to significant technical complexities and empirical uncertainties” Report by Itron, Hirsh & Associates, 2005 • D.05-01-011 began transition of DEER management to Energy Division CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  5. Consistent CPUC Policy Directives on Ex Ante Values and Non-DEER WP • Collaborative • Transparent • Well-Documented, Easily Available • Best Available Data • Strikes Reasonable Balance Between Accuracy, Precision, and Timeliness; Cost and Certainty • Minimizes Ex Post Risk CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  6. CPUC Ex Ante Policy Directives Alignment: Cal TF • Collaborative • By Design • Transparent • By Design: public TF meetings; all information on website. • Well-Documented, Easily Available • All values will be documented in consistent templates; values to be linked to underlying data on web and in WP templates. • Best Available Data • Broader range of experts will weigh in; increases likelihood of “Best Available Data” • Strikes Reasonable Balance Between Accuracy, Precision and Timeliness; Cost and Certainty • TBD • Minimizes Ex Post Risk • TBD CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

  7. Cal TF Can Also Help Restore the CPUC’s Separation of Functions “The Public Utilities Commission is a regulatory agency, not an administrative agency. As such, the Commission’s regulatory functions, and the Commission’s responsibility for providing independent oversight of all ratepayer-funded programs, are incompatible with administration of any of those programs or contracts on a long-term basis.” D.05-01-055 CPUC Directives on DEER and Ex Ante Process

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