Decision (D.) 21-05-030 was issued on May 24, 2021, ordering the California investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to offer Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) eligible load serving entities (LSE) voluntary allocations of PCIA-eligible resources, and then to make available to the general market any unallocated RPS resources through a market offer process. Collectively, these processes are referred to as the voluntary allocation and market offer (VAMO).

On August 23, 2021, the California IOUs jointly filed a Tier 2 advice letter proposing a methodology for allocating a slice of each IOU’s entire PCIA-eligible RPS portfolio. That methodology was approved on October 25, 2021, in an Energy Division ruling letter, along with a ruling that PURPA and ReMAT resources be excluded from the VAMO process, as the IOUs are required to use such resources toward their RPS compliance requirements.

PCIA-eligible LSEs will have an option to receive an allocation from the IOUs’ PCIA-eligible RPS energy portfolios based on each LSEs customers' forecasted, vintaged, annual load share (in MWh). LSEs will elect their allocations in 10% increments of their forecasted, vintaged, annual load share. RPS energy deliveries will be based on project development success and actual RPS energy volumes realized each year.

2022 Voluntary Allocation Election Schedule
Date*VA Meet & Confer Activities
February 1, 2022Indicative Allocation Forecast provided to LSEs
February 2, 2022SCE Webinar on PCIA VA Meet & Confer
March 12, 2022PCIA VA Meet & Confer Period Commences
April 15, 2022PCIA VA Meet & Confer Period Ends
May 20, 2022Final Allocation Forecast provided to LSEs

 

Date*VA Enrollment & Contracting Activities
July 1, 2022Voluntary Allocation enrollment deadline
July 8, 2022SCE to provide LSEs participating in Voluntary Allocation with contract for execution
July 18, 2022Deadline for LSEs to execute & return VA agreement
July 29, 2022SCE completes Voluntary Allocation contracting

*Dates are subject to change.

Meet & Confer Information

LSEs can provide their date preferences for their initial PCIA voluntary allocation meet and confer discussion by filling out this form:

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References

SCE Contact Information

For PCIA VA-related questions or concerns, please contact one of the following: