Volume I. Part I - California Public Utilities Commission

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
VOLUME 1 – 2006 LONG-TERM PROCUREMENT PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title Page
I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I-1
II BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON UTILITY
PROCUREMENT
II-1
A. Introduction to Previous Procurement Plans and
Procurement Plan Approvals
II-1
1. Transitional Procurement Authority for 2002 II-1
2. The 2003 Short-Term Procurement Plan II-2
3. The 2004 Short-Term Procurement Plan II-3
4. Extension of the 2004 Short-Term Procurement
Plan Into 2005 and Beyond
II-4
5. The 2004 Long-Term Procurement Plan II-5
6. Resource Adequacy Product Authority II-6
7. Gas Hedging Authority II-6
B. Introduction to Procurement Policy and State Law II-7
1. California’s Policy Framework for Energy
Procurement
II-7
2. The Commission’s Implementation of Its
Procurement Authority
II-8
3. Recent Policies and Market Changes Impacting
PG&E’s Long-Term Procurement Plans
II-9
a. Resource Adequacy II-9
b. Reliability Must-Run II-10
c. Market Redesign and Technology Upgrade II-10
d. Community Choice Aggregation II-11
e. CAISO 95% Scheduling Requirement
(Amendment No. 72)
II-12
f. Commission Greenhouse Gas Policies and
Recent Legislation
II-12
g. Commission Renewables Procurement
Decisions and Recent Legislation
II-13
h. California Solar Initiative II-14
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