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Alliance Regulatory Positions

Below is a directory of regulatory issues on which we have taken a position.

Newsom’s CPUC vs the People of California (January 2022)

The California Alliance for Community Energy has long been concerned about anti-community …

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“Don’t Undermine Solar Self-Generation!” (October 2021)

In this letter to Commissioners and staff of the California Public Utilities …

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The Avoided Cost Calculator and Why It Matters (October 2021)

The Avoided Cost Calculator (ACC) is a CPUC creation embedded deep within …

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Our Position on “Sunsetting” the PCIA (November 2020)

The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an ongoing fee imposed on …

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SDG&E’s PCIA Trigger Application: Alliance Reply Brief (October 2020)

Reply comments allow a Party to summarize points made by other Parties …

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SDG&E’s PCIA Trigger Application: Alliance Comments (October 2020)

Following the Protest, all Parties in proceeding A20-07-009 file comments explaining their …

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SDG&E’s PCIA Trigger Application: The Alliance Protests (August 2020)

The “Power Charge Indifference Adjustment” (PCIA) is an ongoing fee imposed –unfairly, …

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Our Amicus Brief in Support of the PCIA Court Appeal (July 2020)

The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an egregious and worsening abuse …

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Our Position on Central Buyer for Resource Adequacy (June 2020)

Resource Adequacy (RA) is electricity product required of Community Choice programs and …

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Our Position on the Proposed Microgrid Decision (June 2020)

In 2018, the Legislature passed SB 1339 to address challenges associated with …

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UPDATED: CPUC Bias Against Community Choice (January 2019)

This update of our 2016 “CPUC Bias” paper documents the continuing pattern …

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Backgrounder: Roll Back the CPUC Attack on Community Choice (February 2019)

The CPUC has long been taking decisions that disadvantage Community Choice vis …

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Our Position on the IOU Code of Conduct (October 2018)

The IOU Code of Conduct requires the investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to be …

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Our Position on Customer Choice (November 2017)

Responds to the CPUC’s October 2017 workshop on “California Customer Choice.” Enumerates …

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CPUC Bias Against Community Choice (March 2017)

State law requires that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) support Community …

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Our Position on Transmission Access Charges (February 2017)

Proposes an urgent fix for the current Transmission Access Charge (TAC) market …

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Our Position on SDG&E Marketing Division (November 2016)

Opposes a proposal adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission which allows …

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Our Position on PCIA (March 2016)

Calls for sunsetting the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA)–an ongoing charge to …

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