Transmission Project Review Process
With the passage of Resolution E-5252 on April 27, 2023, the Commission established the Transmission Project Review Process (TPR Process) for the state’s investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs) beginning January 1, 2024. The purpose of establishing the TPR Process is to have a uniform process to review IOUs’ capital transmission projects, allowing the CPUC and Stakeholders to receive robust data from Transmission Owners and to inquire about, and provide feedback on, the IOUs’ historical, current, and forecast transmission projects.
The TPR Process provides useful information to numerous programs and proceedings at the CPUC. These include but are not limited to: California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) review and permitting, Integrated Resource Planning (“IRP”), the Distributed Energy Resources (“DER”) Action Plan, General Rate Cases (“GRC”), wildfire mitigation and recovery efforts, and the CPUC’s Risk-Based Decision-Making Framework (“RDF”) and Risk Assessment & Mitigation Phase (“RAMP”).
An informational workshop was held with Stakeholders and Transmission Owners on August 17, 2023. The slide deck from the workshop is linked here: TPR Presentation for Aug17 - CPUC FINAL.
The descriptions of data fields to be included in the TOs' transmission project data is linked here: Resolution E-5252 Atch B TPR Process Data Template.
Summarized questions, comments, and responses from the August 17th TPR Process Workshop are linked here: Transmission Project Review Workshop 8.17.23 Questions and Answers.
A link to CPUC Resolution E-5252 is available to the public.
Pacific Gas and Electric
The TPR Process began with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) with the release of its transmission project data on May 1, 2024. Please see the timeline for PG&E’s first cycle of the TPR Process in the table below.
PG&E directs Stakeholders to its website for all publicly available documents and data releases, listed under the case-name "Transmission Project Review (TPR) Process [Res.E-5252]." This also includes a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that eligible stakeholders can submit to access PG&E’s confidential data. Please direct all PG&E-specific comments and questions, including NDA submissions, to tprprocess@pge.com.
On June 5th, PG&E released an updated TPR Project Spreadsheet to address corrections identified by the CPUC. All dates from the PG&E TPR Process remain unchanged.
PG&E TPR Process Schedule: May – September 2024 (UPDATED 06/18/24)
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EVENT |
DATE |
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May 1 |
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Date by which Stakeholders provide questions and comments |
June 17 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder questions and comments |
July 10 |
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Date by which Stakeholders and CPUC provide agenda items for upcoming Stakeholder meeting |
July 15 |
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Stakeholder Meeting |
July 29 |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
August 13 |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
September 4 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
September 27 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
September 30 |
Southern California Edison
The TPR Process began with Southern California Edison (SCE) with the release of its transmission project data on June 3, 2024. Please see the timeline for SCE’s first cycle of the TPR Process in the table below.
SCE directs Stakeholders to its website for all publicly available documents and data releases, listed under the drop-down menu for “2024”. Requests to receive and submit a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for eligible stakeholders can be directed to ferccaseadmin@sce.com.
SCE TPR Process Schedule: June – November 2024 (UPDATED 06/13/24)
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EVENT |
DATE |
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June 3 |
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Date by which Stakeholders provide questions and comments |
July 16 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder questions and comments |
August 6 |
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Date by which Stakeholders and CPUC provide agenda items for upcoming Stakeholder meeting |
August 13 |
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Stakeholder Meeting |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
September 12 |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
October 3 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
TBD |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
TBD |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
October 31 |
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) completed its first TPR cycle of 2024 and will commence its second cycle with the release of its transmission project data on July 1, 2024. The timeline for this second cycle will be updated below.
SDG&E has created a TPR Process-specific webpage where all relevant information can be found. This includes the public version of the data and instructions on how eligible Stakeholders can execute a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to access SDG&E’s confidential data. Please direct all SDG&E-specific comments and questions, including NDA-related matters, to Kris Bourbois (kbourbois@sdge.com).
SDG&E TPR Process Schedule: July– December 2024 (UPDATED 06/13/24)
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DATE |
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Data released |
July 1 |
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Date by which Stakeholders provide questions and comments |
August 15 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder questions and comments |
September 6 |
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Date by which Stakeholders and CPUC provide agenda items for upcoming Stakeholder meeting |
September 13 |
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Stakeholder Meeting |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
TBD |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
TBD |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
Please check this webpage for any future updates and reach out to Energy Division with any questions about the TPR Process at TPRProcess@cpuc.ca.gov