Enforcement Procedures for the Renewables Portfolio Standard
for Local Publicly Owned Electric Utilities
Docket # 13-RPS-01
The Energy Commission is proposing new regulations to establish enforcement rules and procedures for the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) for local publicly owned electric utilities (POUs). The proposed regulations will fulfill the purposes of Public Utilities Code section 399.30 (l), which directs the Energy Commission to adopt regulations specifying procedures for the enforcement of the RPS on POUs under Article 16 (commencing with section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part I of Public Utilities Code.
Section 399.30 (l) also states that these "regulations shall include a public process under which the Energy Commission may issue a notice of violation and correction against a local publicly owned electric utility for failure to comply with this article, and for referral of violations to the State Air Resources Board for penalties..."
The proposed regulations establish the rules and procedures that the Energy Commission will use to assess a POU's procurement actions and determine whether those actions meet the RPS procurement requirements in the law. The proposed regulations determine what POU action is required by the law, so when the Energy Commission evaluates a POU's actions, it may determine whether the POU complied with the law. The proposed regulations require POUs to submit various information and reports to the Energy Commission so the Energy Commission may verify and determine compliance with the RPS, and, if appropriate, issue a notice of violation and correction for a POU's failure to comply and refer the violation to the State Air Resources Board for potential penalties.
Proposed Regulations
Enforcement Procedures For the Renewables Portfolio Standard For Local Publicly Owned Electric Utilities, Proposed Regulations - publication # CEC-300-2013-002-SD, posted February 20, 2013 (Acrobat PDF file, 37 pages, 623 kb)
For more information contact:
Angie Gould
Renewable Energy Program
California Energy Commission
Phone: 916-654-4881
E-mail: angela.gould@energy.ca.gov
News media, please call: Media & Public Communications Office - 916-654-4989.
