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Database of Investor-Owned Utilities' Contracts for Renewable Generation,
Contracts Signed Towards Meeting the California RPS Targets

California has among the most aggressive renewable energy deployment policies in the nation. The Renewables Portfolio Standard is central to the state's renewable goals, and calls for 20 percent of the state's electricity supply to come from eligible renewable energy sources by 2010. Thousands of megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy capacity will be needed to meet this aggressive target.

Since the policy was established in 2002, the state's investor-owned utilities - Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) - have conducted a number of renewable energy solicitations. From these competitive solicitations, and also through bilateral negotiations and feed-in tariffs to projects whose capacity is not more than 1.5 megawatts (MW), the investor-owned utilities have signed contracts for 13,283 to 16,386 MW of capacity from new, re-powered, or restarted renewable facilities, with 1,790 MW of these projects currently online. (updated December 15, 2009).

To make information about the contracting efforts of the state's investor-owned utilities transparent, the Energy Commission is providing an Excel database on the renewable energy contracts signed by PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E since 2002. The database was developed using public information that is available through filings with the California Public Utilities Commission and other sources.

A number of summary tables and charts follow the listing of signed contracts. The database will be updated regularly based on new information that is made public. We invite and welcome feedback, updates or any other corrections to the current version of the database.

Please e-mail any comments to:
RPSTrack@energy.state.ca.us
Please put "contract database" in your e-mail subject line.