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Home My WebLink About4.27.22 Board Correspondence - FW_ A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - April 2022 Newsletter From:Paulsen, Shaina To:BOS Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - April 2022 Newsletter Date:Wednesday, April 27, 2022 9:10:28 AM Please see Board Correspondence below. Shaina Paulsen Associate Clerk of The Board Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965 T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120 From: California Public Utilities Commission <news@cpuc.ca.gov> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 9:01 AM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net> Subject: A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - April 2022 Newsletter ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening .. attachments, clicking on links, or replying. Working for California Working for California | April 2022 Version 2.0 of Environmental and Social Justice Action Plan Continues to Advance Equity The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted Version 2.0 of its Environmental and Social Justice (ESJ) Action Plan to guide its decisions and make sure its broad regulatory authority continues to advance equity throughout the state. Over the last two years, the CPUC has taken many steps forward to integrate ESJ principles into its decision-making processes across the essential utility services the CPUC regulates. Version 2.0 reflects comments received from the public and learnings from ongoing implementation activities outlined in Version 1.0, including updated priorities due to COVID-19, rising utility rates and the impacts on vulnerable Californians, and alignment on the CPUC’s diversity, equity, and inclusion activities. While goals in Version 2.0 of the ESJ Action Plan largely remain the same, the Action Plan has been revised to align with the State’s goal on promoting high road careers for economically or environmentally disadvantaged communities, and outlines a workplan to achieve each of the nine goals and objectives centered on themes of equity, access, engagement, resiliency, safety and enforcement, metrics, accountability, and staff training. MORE Utilities to Develop Pilot Program Proposal To Utilize Community Organizations to Help Consumers In continuing actions to help consumers resolve their energy utility debt, the CPUC has ordered utilities to develop a pilot program proposal to mobilize community- based organizations (CBOs) to assist consumers with their utility bills. Utilities will develop a CBO Case Management Pilot Program proposal to serve California communities where, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, electric bills were highest relative to the available resources of the community. The anticipated plot will serve approximately 12,000 customers who would otherwise continue to face difficulty in resolving their utility bill debt once the statewide relief distributed to utilities is applied to customer accounts. The statewide relief program requires energy utilities to apply relief funds to customer accounts by the end of March 2022. Energy utilities are prohibited from disconnecting customers in receipt of relief for 90 days after the funds are applied. MORE Supplier Diversity Program Expanded to Encourage Diversity and Inclusion in Utility Industry The CPUC, in ongoing efforts to promote and support diversity and inclusion, has expanded its Supplier Diversity Program in a number of ways, including setting goals for procurement from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) businesses; adding businesses owned by persons with disabilities; bringing Community Choice Aggregators (CCA) and Electric Service Providers (ESP) into the program; and initiating reporting requirements of workforce and executive board diversity. For the more than 30 years, the Supplier Diversity Program has encouraged energy, telephone, and water utilities under the CPUC’s jurisdiction to voluntarily procure from diverse entities, including those owned by women, minorities, disabled veterans, and LGBT businesses. In 2021, the Supplier Diversity Program achieved a diversity procurement milestone of $12.3 billion. This amount represents more than 30 percent of the total procurement dollars of utilities and other entities, surpassing the 21.5 percent in combined goals. MORE Incentives Expanded for Electric Heat Pump Water Heaters Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) program that was authorized in prior CPUC Decisions. The building sector is responsible for 25 percent of the State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Heat pump systems provide hot water using energy from the electric grid, which is increasingly renewable, with 86 percent GHG-free electricity expected by 2032, and 100 percent renewable electricity delivered by 2045. HPWHs are a cleaner and more efficient technology than water heating using natural gas from fossil fuels. They reduce GHG emissions and also avoid gas combustion that releases criteria air pollutants inside buildings. MORE The CPUC took important steps to fight climate change and promote building decarbonization by expanding incentives for electric appliances. The CPUC adopted budgets, incentive levels, and other program requirements for the Self- Join Our Team If you are looking for a rewarding career, consider joining our team at the CPUC! We typically have opportunities at all levels available: leadership, supervisory, engineers, lawyers, Administrative Law Judges, analysts, specialists, administration, and more. You will join a team of individuals tackling issues related to the regulation of essential services in California. For more information on job opportunities and the CPUC’s hiring process, please visit www.cpuc.ca.gov/careers or email CPUCRecruiter@cpuc.ca.gov. THE DOCKET: Proceedings Filed at the CPUC March 2022 Proceeding Number | Filed Date | FilerProceeding Number | Filed Date | Filer A2202017 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Traci.net Inc.A2202020 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Dagobah Systems, Application of Traci.net Inc. for Registration as an Inc. Interexchange Carrier Telephone CorporationApplication of Dagobah Systems, Inc., dba pursuant to the Provisions of Public Utilities CodeDagobah Communications Systems, Inc. for Section 1013. MORE Registration as an Interexchange Carrier Telephone Corporation pursuant to the Provisions A2202018 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Freevoice Inc.of Public Utilities Code Section 1013. MORE Application of Freevoice Inc. for Registration as an Interexchange Carrier Telephone Corporation A2203003 | March 4, 2022 | Association of Bay pursuant to the Provisions of Public Utilities Code Area Governments Section 1013. MORE Application of Association of Bay Area Governments for Approval of 2024-2031 Strategic A2202019 | Feb. 28, 2022 | Intsigna Business Plan, 2024-2027 Portfolio Plan, and Application of Intsigna for Registration as anBudget. MORE Interexchange Carrier Telephone Corporation pursuant to the Provisions of Public Utilities Code A2203004 | March 4, 2022 | County of Ventura Section 1013. MORE Application of County of Ventura for Approval of 2024-2031 Strategic Business Plan, 2024-2027 Portfolio Plan, and Budget. MORE VIEW MORE FILINGS About this Publication This monthly newsletter is to keep you informed of proposals by the CPUC's Commissioners and Administrative Law Judges, as well as utility applications, and other issues and work of note. We also include a list summarizing the filings at the CPUC in the previous month. We want to hear from you! 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