Regulatory Positions & Technical Filings 

Demanding equity, accountability, and transparent rules in California’s energy market.

Speaking Up Against Top-Down Regulations

Decisions made at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) directly impact ratepayer costs, rooftop solar accessibility, and local grid resilience. CACE tackles these complex regulatory arenas, sharing our expertise with communities that are routinely overlooked and marginalized by regulatory frameworks.

Our technical filings, formal protests, and regulatory proposals address critical grid proceedings, intervene to protect rooftop solar self-generation, and establish new, equity-focused models for natural catastrophe response and grid resilience. 

Explore Our Regulatory Filings & Frameworks

Review our technical papers, CPUC intervention filings, and regulatory proposals. These documents provide the rigorous analysis required to challenge utility-centric biases and build an equitable, decentralized power grid.

A utility-caused wildfire rages in California
Dec 15, 2025

Responding to Natural Catastrophes – New Models and Approaches

The California Alliance for Community Energy submitted this paper in response to a request for comments on how California should address wildfire…
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Jul 26, 2022

High DER Future Stakeholder Engagement Process Proposal (April 2022)

This document is the joint response of the Alliance and 11 other signatory organizations to the CPUC’s High DER Future, Track 2…
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Jan 26, 2022

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

The California Alliance for Community Energy has long been concerned about anti-community bias at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Notable in…
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Dec 7, 2021

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

In this letter to Commissioners and staff of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the Alliance raised our voice to support a…
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Dec 7, 2021

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

The Avoided Cost Calculator (ACC) is a CPUC creation embedded deep within the debate about the “value of rooftop solar” and Net…
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Nov 22, 2020

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

The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an ongoing fee imposed on Community Choice customers. In 2020, under 2018 rules we fought…
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Nov 4, 2020

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

Reply comments allow a Party to summarize points made by other Parties with which they agree or disagree. The Alliance supported several…
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Nov 4, 2020

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

Following the Protest, all Parties in proceeding A20-07-009 file comments explaining their position. Among points made by the Alliance:
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Nov 4, 2020

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

The “Power Charge Indifference Adjustment” (PCIA) is an ongoing fee imposed –unfairly, in our view — on Community Choice customers; see further…
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Jul 6, 2020

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

The Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an egregious and worsening abuse of CPUC authority, in contradiction of Legislative intent, and the…
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Jun 13, 2020

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

Resource Adequacy (RA) is electricity product required of Community Choice programs and all load-serving entities to ensure enough supply under all grid…
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Jun 13, 2020

Our Position on the Proposed Microgrid Decision (June 2020)

In 2018, the Legislature passed SB 1339 to address challenges associated with the development and interconnection of decentralized, clean energy microgrids to…
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