Download CA RULE 21 PDFA Final Motion Settlement

Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) approval of any necessary changes to their respective FERCapproved wholesale distribution access tariffs to accommodate Revised Rule 21 Tariff applicants
that are studied in the transmission cluster study process and choose a Commission jurisdictional
interconnection agreement. The Settling Parties shall support or not file any pleadings or
administrative challenges objecting to the IOUs’ FERC filings.
G. Reporting and Accountability:
1. Commission Staff has committed to working with the IOUs and the Settling Parties to
develop IOU reporting requirements based on the Revised Rule 21 Tariff. Commission Staff has
committed to submitting a reporting requirements proposal in the OIR (“Reporting Proposal”).
2. The Reporting Proposal shall include, at a minimum, reporting of the engineering and
review data as set forth in Attachment C.
3. The Reporting Proposal shall require that reports are filed by the IOUs on a quarterly
basis (starting with the end of the first full regular quarter after the Revised Rule 21 Tariff is
adopted), that the reports are fully public, and that the IOUs shall produce the reports using a
common Excel template.
4. The IOUs shall designate a “Rule 21 Interconnection Ombudsman” with the authority
to resolve missed deadline disputes on an informal basis. The Ombudsman shall not be a member
of the IOU’s distribution system interconnection division. The IOUs shall make the identity,
role, and contact information of the ombudsman available on their individual websites.
5. The Commission should direct the Consumer Affairs Branch to be specifically trained
to handle disputes regarding missed timelines as set out in the Revised Rule 21 Tariff.
6. The Commission should direct that the Administrative Law Judge Division’s
Alternative Dispute Resolution program (“ADR”) commence hearing a Revised Rule 21 Tariff
timeline dispute within ten (10) business days of a request for ADR.
7. Commission Staff has committed to monitoring and reporting on the utilization and
effectiveness of the dispute processes set out in Sections II.G.5-6, above.
H. Cost Certainty: The IOUs and the Settling Parties agree that the Commission should
take into consideration in Phase 2 that resolving the issue of cost certainty is a high priority and
that the key issues are: (1) the variability of potential costs, and (2) the potentially lengthy time
frame before final costs are known, including the fact that the Revised Rule 21 Tariff allows the
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