RE: Standby Charge decision by CPUC

This is troubling but not devastating. I think we need to go back to the =
Leg and get an intent letter so that as the PUC moves forward with impleme=
nting 28X they remember that it supercedes the 99-10-025. Then we need to=
come together as an industry and lobby hard.
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From: Morse, Jay [mailto:jxm@cpuc.ca.gov]
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Subject: RE: Standby Charge decision by CPUC
Yesterday the PUC defeated (3-2) on a party line vote the proposed decisio=
n of Commissioner Bilas re interim policy on standby charges. Instead, th=
e Commission approved Commissioner Wood's alternate, which several parties=
(State Consumers, ORA, New Energy, Capstone, et al) had protested. My un=
derstanding is that Commr. Wood's alternate was approved with no changes. =
It agreed with utilities that standby charges should not reflect diversit=
y benefits of DG in distribution because none currently exist.
This decision may have negative implications for the sharing of grid benef=
its of DG with end use consumers and other distributed generators who may =
provide them.
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Jay Morse, ORA