ARCHIVE: California’s Distribution Resources Plan [R. 14-08-013]

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Overview:

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued an Assigned Ruling on May 2nd 2016 (click here for full ruling) that established the Locational Net Benefit Analysis (LNBA) and Integrated Capacity Analysis (ICA) Working Groups to monitor and provide consultation to the Independently Owned Utilities (IOUs) on the execution of Demonstration Projects A and B as defined in the Distribution Resource Plans. This website hosts all working group materials, presentations, meeting notices and draft reports for the LNBA and ICA Working Groups.  The Working Groups are managed by the IOU’s and facilitated by More Than Smart.  Ultimate Oversight of the Working Groups is provided by the CPUC Energy Division.

The Working Group met from May 2016 – March 2017 to review and make recommendations to both the short-term Demo A and Demo B projects, as well as make recommendations for long-term methodology refinement of both ICA and LNBA. The work products from those discussions are archived here.

Past Meetings and Deadlines

March 9: Final ICA webinar before WG report submission: 9am-1pm

• Final LNBA WG Report
• ICA: Final ICA WG report (3/15)
  • 3rd draft report (3/8)
  • Second draft report (3/1) –
    • Comments
      • CALSEIA
      • IREC
      • Joint IOUs
      • ORA
      • SEIA
      • Vote Solar

March 2: Final LNBA webinar before WG report submission: 9am-1pm

• Fourth draft report
• Third draft report
• Second draft report (2/23)
  • tracked changes version
• First draft report (2/13)
  • Comments:
    • TURN
    • CPUC Energy Division
    • Clean Coalition
    • CALSEIA
    • SEIA
• First draft outline(1/26)
• Draft consolidated recommendations (2/7)
• CPUC Memo on LNBA Use Cases  (2/1)

February 27: LNBA follow up webinar on future use principles: 10:00am-11:00am

February 27: ICA follow up webinar on IOU cost estimates: 11:30am-1:00 pm

• • SCE
  • PG&E
  • SDG&E
  • First draft report (2/16) –
    • Comments:
      • CALSEIA
      • Community Renewables Solutions LLC
      • Clean Coalition
      • IREC
      • ORA
      • Vote Solar
      • SEIA

February 14: ICA follow-up webinar: 9am-1pm
webinar registration

• Draft consolidated recommendations (XLS)(2/13)
• Slide deck
• webinar recording 
• Joint IOU written responses to stakeholder questions (2/10)
• Joint IOU recommendations – smart inverters (2/10)
• First draft outline (2/3)
• Draft consolidated recommendations (XLS)(2/13)

• webinar registration
• slide deck
• recording
• participant list

January 6: ICA and LNBA meetings: 9am-4pm

• ICA: 9am-12:00pm
  • slide deck
  • participant list
  • webinar recording
• LNBA: 1:00pm-4:00pm
  • slide deck
  • participant list
  • webinar recording

December 13: ICA & LNBA WG webinars

• ICA:
  • slide deck
  •  Overview of potential integration of work from national labs (LLNL/LNBL/SLAC) (scoping document)
  • participant list
• LNBA:
  • slide deck

November 16th: LNBA webinar (9am-12:30pm)

• recording
• participant list
• meeting notes
• slide deck
• Short-term final report Outline (updated 11/21/16)
• Data discussion Template (updated 11/16/16)

November 18th: ICA meeting (9am-4pm)

• recording
• participant list
• meeting notes
• slide deck
  • short-term final report: Outline (updated 11/21/16)
  • Stakeholder-submitted scoping documents for long-term refinement topics:
    • Method for reflecting the effect of potential load modifying resources on integration capacity (3.2.e)(Michael Nguyen, SoCal Ren) (revised 12/2)
    • Development of ICA validation plans (3.2.F) (John Grosh, Andrew Mills, Liang Min – Lawrence Berkeley Labs)
    • Automated data analysis (John Carney) (revised 12/2)
    • ICA as a foundation for DERs serving high load conditions (SolarRetina) (revised 12/2)
    • ICA and streamlined interconnection(Brandon Smithwood, SEIA, Jim Baak, Vote Solar) (revised 12/2) 
    • Integration of Growth Scenarios for Decision-Making Purposes (Sky Stanfield, Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc.)
  • Data discussion Template (updated 11/16/16)

October 27th: LNBA webinar on deferability criteria: 12:30pm-2:30pm

• Slide deck
• Webinar and audio 
• Participant list

• Stakeholder comments:
  • EDF

 October 17th: ICA: 9am-4pm

• October ICA slide deck
• Participation list
• Audio: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
• Draft meeting summary notes
• Inputs on Grid Data Access: submissions to date (last updated 11/16/2016)

Additional references: CEC interim report on Dynamic Load Flow Studies of Distribution Feeds in the San Joaquin Valley Region

October 19th: LNBA:  9am-12:30pm

• October LNBA slide deck
• Participation list
• Webinar and audio recording
• Draft meeting summary notes
• Stakeholder written comments:
  • EDF

September 30:  9:00AM-4:00 PM

• ICA and LNBA September slide deck
• participant list
• Draft meeting summary
• Attachments and stakeholder comments:
  • schedule of discussion topics and reports (draft schedule)
  • ICA: Comparative analysis update, computational efficiency, DER portfolio analysis (draft consensus building points)
    • Stakeholder comments:
      • Clean Coalition
  • Data: ED presentation of data access portal proposal:
    • Stakeholder comments:
      • ORA
      • PG&E
      • SCE
      • SDG&E
      • SolarCity

September 30th: IOUs filed their ICA interim demonstration A reports to the CPUC:

• PG&E
• SCE
• SDG&E

August 31st:  9:00AM-4:15 PM

• ICA and LNBA WG Presentations
• Meeting notes
• Participation lists: ICA and LNBA
• Audio recording: ICA and LNBA
• Follow up documents and related links (please forward any comments to lwang@morethansmart.org)
  • CSI study
  • Use cases draft document
  • ICA schedule and status
  • Data:
    • Draft scoping proposal by Eric Woychik (Strategy Integration) Jim Baak (Vote Solar)
    • Draft template for data access by Dave Castle (SCE)
  • LNBA long-term refinement draft scoping documents:
    • 6.2.1.A: location-specific benefits over a long term horizon by David Castle (SCE)
    • 6.2.1.B: smart inverters by Larsen Plano (PG&E)
    • 6.2.1.C: alternatives to the avoided cost method by Jim Baak (Vote Solar)  Steve Moss (EDF) and Jamie Fine (EDF) (updated 10/31)
    • 6.2.1.D: avoided cost of DER working “in concert” in same electrical footprint of substation by Sahm White (Clean Coalition) (updated 10/28)
• Submitted stakeholder comments:
  • NRDC
  • EDF (comments on data access)

July 25th/26th:  In person meetings of the ICA and LNBA Working Groups to discuss stakeholder comments on IOU demo implementation plans.

• Comments on filed implementation plans:
  • VoteSolar
  • ORA
  • IREC
  • SolarCity
• ICA Working Group
  • Presentation
  • Participants List
  • Summary of Stakeholder Comments & July WG Discussion
  • Meeting notes and summary
  • ICA Activity Status and Gantt chart
  • Proposed approach for DRP Demo A Data Tables and Demo A Mapping Proposal based on feedback and discussion from the July 25th Demo A Working Group Discussion. Please provide feedback to info@drpwg.org.

• LNBA Working Group
  • Presentation
  • Participants List
  • Summary of Stakeholder Comments & July WG Discussion
  • LNBA Activity Status and Gantt chart

July 5th: 2:00-4:00pm (conference call) – This call was used to 1) discuss the IOU’s ICA and LNBA submissions to the CPUC 2) continue addressing WG topics as outlined in the ACR, and 3) to follow up on continuing agenda items from the last workshop.

• Conference call materials:
  • draft matrix

June 16th:  IOUs submitted their ICA & LNBA Demonstration Plans to the CPUC:

• PG&E
• SCE
• SDG&E

June 9th: 9:00-3:30: This meeting allowed stakeholders a final opportunity to discuss both the ICA and LNBA analysis with IOU representatives responsible for submitting their plans to the CPUC by June 16th, 2016.

• Presentations & Meeting Notes:
  • ICA Working Group
    • ICA Presentation Deck
    • IOU draft implementation plans: (SCE, PG&E, SDG&E)
    • EPRI comparative study presentation
    • ICA Meeting Notes
  • LNBA Working Group
    • LNBA Presentation Deck 
    • LNBA Meeting Notes
• Recording of 6/9 meeting
• Participants List

June 1: 9:00-3:00 PM: This meeting allowed stakeholders an opportunity to discuss both the ICA and LNBA analysis with IOU representatives responsible for submitting their plans to the CPUC by June 15th, 2016.

• FINAL Consensus Recommendation of ICA WG completed at June 1st meeting & submitted to CPUC
• DRAFT Consensus Recommendation of ICA Working Group for Demonstration A to be submitted to CPUC 
• Presentations:
  • ICA Presentation Deck
  • LNBA Presentation Deck

May 18th: 10:30-12:00 PM (webinar) –  This meeting had SDG&E and SCE seeking input to address two specific aspects of the May 2nd CPUC ruling relating to the ICA: (1) the use of abstraction analysis or power flow analysis, and (2) the level of granularity desired.

• Presentation
• ICA WG Background FAQ
• Draft Recommendation of ICA WG to CPUC
  • Working Group Comments on Draft Recommendation (submitted May 23)

May 12th: 1:30-3:00 PM (webinar) – Opening meeting for the LNBA and ICA Working Group

• Presentation
• Recording

 

Please contact info@drpwg.org for additional information.