Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Renewable Energy Resources Procurement
Plan
(1) Within 60 calendar days of the
effective date of these regulations, each POU shall adopt a renewable energy
resources procurement plan detailing how the POU will achieve its RPS
procurement requirements for each compliance period. The renewable energy
resources procurement plan, and any revisions or updates to the plan, shall be
submitted to the Commission within 30 calendar days of adoption. A POU that has
previously adopted a renewable resources procurement plan before the effective
date of these regulations does not need to adopt a new renewable energy
resources procurement plan and submit the plan to the Commission if no changes
are made to the plan after the effective date of these regulations.
(2) A POU that meets the criteria listed in
Public Utilities Code section
399.30(j)
shall adopt a renewable energy resources procurement plan detailing how the POU
will achieve its RPS targets annually. The renewable energy resources
procurement plan shall additionally provide a forecast of the qualifying
hydroelectric generation expected to meet the POU's forecasted annual
electricity demand. The renewable energy resources procurement plan, and any
revisions or updates to the plan, shall be submitted to the Commission within
30 calendar days of adoption.
(3)
Each POU shall provide the following notice regarding new or updated renewable
energy resources procurement plans:
(A) The
POU shall post notice, in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with section
54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, whenever its
governing board will deliberate in public on its renewable energy resources
procurement plan.
(b) Enforcement Program
(1) As of January 1, 2012, each POU shall
have adopted an enforcement program detailing actions the POU will take if the
POU determines that it will not meet its RPS procurement requirements in
accordance with section
3204. The enforcement program, and
any revisions or updates to the program, shall be submitted to the Commission
within 30 calendar days of adoption.
(2) Each POU shall provide notice regarding
new or updated enforcement programs. The enforcement program must be adopted at
a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opportunity to
comment.
(A) No less than 30 calendar days
notice shall be given to the public of any meeting held for purposes of
adopting the enforcement program.
(B) If the enforcement program is modified or
amended, no less than 10 calendar days notice shall be given to the public
before any meeting is held to make a substantive change to the enforcement
program.
(c)
Notwithstanding section
3205(a) and (b),
a POU that meets the criteria listed in Public Utilities Code section
399.30(g)
is not required to provide the Commission with a renewable energy resources
procurement plan and enforcement program.
1. New section
filed 8-28-2013; operative 10-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 35).
2.
Repealer of subsections (a)(3)(B)-(C) and (b)(3)-(c)(2), subsection relettering
and amendment of newly designated subsection (c) filed 7-12-2021; operative
7-12-2021 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2021, No. 29).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
25213
and
25218(e),
Public Resources Code; and Section
399.30,
Public Utilities Code. Reference: Section
399.30,
Public Utilities Code.
