Pacific Gas and Electric Company
77 Beale St., Mail Code B13U
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, CA 94177
Fax: 415.973.3582
July 29, 2020
California Public Utilities Commission
Energy Division
ED Tariff Unit
505 Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Re:
Substitute Sheets for Advice 5795-E
Dear Energy Division Tariff Unit:
An original and 1 copy of substitute sheets are attached for Advice 5795-E,
“Update to Electric Rule 1 and submission of outreach plan for customers who
may be eligible for TOU period grandfathering as required by Resolution E5053,” submitted on March 27, 2020.
PG&E is submitting revisions to Sheet 4 of Electric Rule 1. After review, it has
been requested by ED staff to remove any tariff modifications that are not directly
related to Resolutions E-5053 and to submit those modifications in a separate
submittal. The revisions to Sheet 4 of Electric Rule 1 included in the substitute
sheets removes redlines that were not directly related to Resolution E-5053.
In accordance with GO 96-B, Section 7.5.1, the substitute sheets are being
served in the same manner as the original advice letter. For administrative
convenience, a new Sheet 4 of Electric Rule 1 and redline version of Sheet 4 of
Electric Rule 1 are attached. Please discard the previously submitted pages.
Please call me at (415) 973-8794 should you have any questions regarding the
substitute sheets.
_/S/ Annie Ho__________
Annie Ho
Regulatory Relations
Attachments
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Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No.
Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No.
46387-E
45657-E
San Francisco, California
ELECTRIC RULE NO. 1
DEFINITIONS
Sheet 4
BEHIND-THE-METER SOLAR TOU PERIOD GRANDFATHERING ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS: (Cont’d)
E. Eligible System
An Eligible System is a solar (PV) generating facility:
(1) That serves customer load behind-the-same meter as the generating facility. Such
Generating Facilities may be taking service on Rate schedules NEM, NEM2, NEMV,
NEM2V, NEMVMASH, NEM2VMSH, E-REMAT, RES-BCT, the RAM program, or
interconnected under Electric Rule 21 as non-export or uncompensated export; and
for which an Initial interconnection application was received by PG&E
(a) No later than January 31, 2017; or
(b) (for Public Agencies), no later than December 31st, 2017. (Public agency is
defined here as public schools, public colleges and public universities; federal,
state, county and city government agencies; municipal utilities; public water
and/or sanitation agencies;and joint powers authorities).
(T)
(2) For which PG&E has received evidence of the customer’s final inspection clearance
from the governmental authority; and
(3) If the interconnection application was received by PG&E between January 23, 2017
and December 31, 2017, the generating facility must be designed to offset at least
15%1 of the customer’s current load, in a manner with consistent with the Option R
requirements in Rate Schedule E19, Special Condition 19. This requirement must be
met at the time the Initial Application is filed and PG&E reserves the right to verify
this requirement. This requirement will not be retroactively applied to systems where
an application to interconnect was received by PG&E prior to January 23, 2017.2
(L)
(L)
1
For tracking systems, PG&E agrees to use a 21% capacity factor for a single tracker, or 24% for a dual
tracker, instead of the 18% in the Option R calculation in E-20 Special Condition 17, Footnote 1.
2
PG&E will not apply the 15% load requirement to systems with PTO prior to January 23, 2017, the date
of (D.) 17-01-006. The intent of the 15% load requirement was to eliminate the potential for
applications submitted after the CPUC’s decision was issued on January 23, 2017 seeking to “lock in”
a legacy TOU period by installing only a token amount of on-site solar generation.
(Continued)
Advice
Decision
5795-E
Issued by
Robert S. Kenney
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Submitted
Effective
Resolution
March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
E-5053
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Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No.
Cal. P.U.C. Sheet No.
45657-E
41425-E
San Francisco, California
ELECTRIC RULE NO. 1
DEFINITIONS
Sheet 4
BEHIND-THE-METER SOLAR TOU PERIOD GRANDFATHERING ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS: (Cont’d)
E. Eligible System
An Eligible System is a solar (PV) generating facility:
(1) That serves customer load behind-the-same meter as the generating facility. Such
Generating Facilities may be taking service on Rate schedules NEM, NEM2, NEMV,
NEM2V, NEMVMASH, NEM2VMSH, E-REMAT, RES-BCT, the RAM program, or
interconnected under Electric Rule 21 as non-export or uncompensated export; and
for which an Initial interconnection application was received by PG&E
(a) No later than January 31, 2017; or
(b) (for Public Agencies), no later than December 31st, 2017. (Public agency is defined
here as public schools, public colleges and public universities; federal, state,
county and city government agencies; municipal utilities; public water and/or
sanitation agencies; and joint powers authorities).
(2) For which PG&E has received evidence of the customer’s final inspection clearance
from the governmental authority; and
(3) If the interconnection application was received by PG&E between January 23, 2017
and December 31, 2017, the generating facility must be designed to offset at least
15% 1 of the customer’s current load, in a manner with consistent with the Option R
requirements in Rate Schedule E19, Special Condition 19. This requirement must be
met at the time the Initial Application is filed and PG&E reserves the right to verify this
requirement. This requirement will not be retroactively applied to systems where an
application to interconnect was received by PG&E prior to January 23, 2017. 2
For the purposes of TOU Period Grandfathering, Permission to Operate (PTO) refers to the
original permission to operate date as issued by PG&E for the Eligible System. Any
subsequent requests to modify that previously approved system do not restart the Transition
Mitigation Period once the new PTO is issued nor can any changes alter its original TOU
1
For tracking systems, PG&E agrees to use a 21% capacity factor for a single tracker, or 24% for a dual
tracker, instead of the 18% in the Option R calculation in E-20 Special Condition 17, Footnote 1.
2
PG&E will not apply the 15% load requirement to systems with PTO prior to January 23, 2017, the date
of (D.) 17-01-006. The intent of the 15% load requirement was to eliminate the potential for
applications submitted after the CPUC’s decision was issued on January 23, 2017 seeking to “lock in”
a legacy TOU period by installing only a token amount of on-site solar generation.
(Continued)
Advice
Decision
5667-E
18-08-013
Issued by
Robert S. Kenney
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Submitted
Effective
Resolution
October 28, 2019
November 1, 2019
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