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Home My WebLink About8.30.22 Board Correspondence - FW_ A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - August 2022 Newsletter From:Paulsen, Shaina To:Bennett, Robin; Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Hironimus, Patrizia; Kimmelshue, Tod; Lucero, Debra; Paulsen, Shaina; Pickett, Andy; Reaster, Kayla; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug; Valencia, Shyanne Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - August 2022 Newsletter Date:Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:14:47 PM 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: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 2:01 PM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net> Subject: A Monthly Newsletter From the CPUC - August 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 | August 2022 CPUC Heads to Clovis for Voting Meeting In ongoing efforts to engage with communities statewide, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), is holding its Sept. 15 Voting Meeting in Clovis, California. This is your chance to address the CPUC in person if you are in the Clovis area! The Voting Meeting begins with public comment. If you would like to make public comment, please sign-up to speak in-person before 11 a.m. Public comment will also be accepted by phone. If specialized accommodations are needed to attend, such as language interpreters, please contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office at public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov or toll free at 866-849-8390 at least three business days in advance of the Voting Meeting. More information is available on the CPUC’s website. CPUC Voting Meeting WHERE: 1033 5th St., Clovis, CA 93612 (the Clovis City Council Chambers building); also available via webcast at www.adminmonitor.com/ca/cpuc, or toll-free by phone at: 1-800-857-1917, passcode: 9899501# WHEN: Thursday, September 15, 2022, 11 a.m. CPUC President Reynolds Confirmed by State Senate We are pleased to announce that on Aug. 17, 2022, the California State Senate confirmed the appointment of Alice Busching Reynolds to the CPUC. She was appointed to the CPUC and designated President by Governor Gavin Newsom on November 22, 2021, effective December 31, 2021. “It is truly an honor to serve on the CPUC, and I am very grateful to the Governor and the Legislature for the opportunity,” said President Reynolds. “There are many transformative issues we address at the CPUC, including combating climate change and closing the digital divide, while always being centered on equity for California’s most impacted communities. These challenges present opportunities and I look forward to working with the Governor, Legislature, and our sister agencies on the shared goal of safe, clean, reliable, and affordable utility services for all Californians.” MORE California First State in Nation to Allow Submetering of Electric Vehicles The CPUC has made California the first state in the nation to allow electric vehicle (EV) owners to measure an EV’s energy use independently from the owner’s main utility meter through a technology known as submetering. This groundbreaking Decision will accelerate the growth of EVs by allowing EV drivers, owners of fleets of electric buses and trucks, and other customers to avoid installing an expensive additional meter for measuring the electricity used by charging their EVs. Separately metering EV charging independently from a customer’s main utility meter is crucial because special rate structures apply to EVs that allow customers to buy less costly power during off-peak times. Those rate structures are often inappropriate for the entire home or commercial facility where the EVs are located. The inability to submeter has been a major barrier to the expansion of EVs because taking advantage of EV- specific rates significantly lowers the total cost of ownership of an EV but few customers are willing to invest in a separate utility-grade meter. Submetering will also allow EV charging to participate in demand response programs by decreasing the EV charging load or even feeding power back into the grid when it is needed most. MORE CPUC Continues Efforts to Address Affordability of Utility Rates The CPUC recently addressed the costs of utility services in California by formalizing methods to consider the affordability of utility services in future CPUC proceedings, including ordering utilities to provide tools for consumers to examine the overall affordability of proposed rate increases across industries and proceedings. In an Aug. 4, 2022 Decision, the CPUC established when and how a previously-adopted affordability framework will be applied in CPUC proceedings, and further developed the tools and methodologies used to calculate the three affordability metrics: Affordability Ratio, Hours-at-Minimum-Wage, and a holistic measure of a community’s vulnerability. Specifically, the Decision: Directs the inclusion of the affordability framework in each energy and water proceeding when the proposed revenue increase exceeds one percent of current revenues, and in the next-to-be-filed investor-owned utility General Rate Cases. Provides the option of including implementation of the affordability framework in the Broadband Infrastructure Deployment and the California Advanced Services Fund proceedings. Requires quarterly submission to CPUC industry Divisions and the Public Advocates Office of water, electric, and gas Cost and Rate Trackers, and quarterly filings by electric, gas, and Class A water utilities of itemized lists of recently approved and pending revenue requests, including a cumulative total. Utilities will make either the Trackers or itemized list available to the public each quarter. MORE 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 July 2022 Proceeding Number | Filed Date | FilerProceeding Number | Filed Date | Filer A1805007 | 7-Jul-22 | ALJ/JUNGREIS/CPUCA2106025 | 15-Jul-22 | ALJ/RAMBO/CPUC Proposed Decision denying compensation to WildProposed Decision dismissing Application for Tree Foundation for contribution to Decision 20-failure to prosecute. MORE 08-032. MORE 1909016 | 15-Jul-22 | ALJ/STEVENS/CPUC R2002008 | 7-Jul-22 | CMMR/SHIROMA/CPUC Proposed Decision granting the relief requested in Proposed Decision addressing additional federalPacific Gas & Electric Company’s December 15, support for California Lifeline Service Plans.2021 Petition for Modification. MORE MORE A2206018 | 14-Jun-22 | Arbeit Software LLC A2207001 | 1-Jul-22 | California-American Application of Arbeit Software LLC for Registration Water Company as an Interexchange Carrier Telephone Application of California-American Water CompanyCorporation pursuant to the Provisions of Public (U210W) for Authorization to Increase itsUtilities Code Section 1013. MORE Revenues for Water Service by $55,771,300 or 18.71% in the year 2024, by $19,565,300 or 5.50% VIEW MORE FILINGS in the year 2025, and by $19,892,400 or 5.30% in the year 2026. MORE 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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