CPUC staff unveils draft RAMP/GRC data templates; utilities press for flexibility on several fields

Eddie (Safety Policy Division staff) opened the California Public Utilities Commission technical working group by presenting SPD’s draft data templates for RAMP and GRC filings, saying the templates are intended to “help everybody get clarity on the field name, the field description, and the field value constraints for each variable” the staff proposal includes.

The templates are intended to collect linked, project-level information for each proposed mitigation — which SPD calls a Risk Reduction Unit (RRU) — and require each RRU to include one proposed mitigation and two alternative mitigations so reviewers can compare outcomes across options. SPD staff said the RRU identifier (RRUID) must include the GRC activity code and be simple, unique and non‑reusable; it will be the primary key linking data across tables in the submission.

SPD described seven tables that together form the submission: Table 1 (mitigation/control inventory and core risk/cost fields), Table 2 (cost causes breakdown), Table 3 (risk model change tracker, electric-only), Table 4 (HFTD-associated assets, electric-only), Table 5 (gas infrastructure inputs),…