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California utilities outline integrated‑planning guidelines, urge engineer judgment and scenario inputs
Summary
At a CPUC workshop, SDG&E, SCE and PG&E presented integrated planning proposals that use engineering guidelines, pending‑load categorization and scenario planning to decide when to ‘upsize’ infrastructure now rather than later; IOUs said upsizing is often cheaper than repeating work and Energy Division set advice‑letter deadlines.
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) presented competing but related approaches to “integrated planning” at a California Public Utilities Commission Energy Division workshop focused on ordering paragraph 17 of Decision 24‑10‑030. The utilities described methods intended to help decide when to add capacity earlier — for example, installing larger conductors when performing required wildfire‑hardening or other noncapacity work — to avoid redoing work later.
Energy Division moderator John opened the session by noting the goal: collect IOU proposals and stakeholder feedback ahead of tier 3 advice letters due Dec. 15, 2025. SDG&E, SCE and PG&E each said their proposals do not change core planning processes such as the risk‑based decision‑making framework (RDF) or general rate case (GRC) reporting; instead they aim to apply engineering guidance to the outputs of distribution…
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