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CPUC workshop gathers utilities, agencies and advocates to plan nonpipeline alternatives and SB 12-21 pilots
Summary
At a CPUC workshop in San Francisco, state agencies, utilities and advocacy groups discussed how demand forecasts, CEC scenario modeling and local pilot design affect efforts to replace pipeline projects with nonpipeline alternatives (NPAs). Debate focused on cost recovery, community consent thresholds and near-term pilot design.
San Francisco — The California Public Utilities Commission convened a full-day workshop to advance planning and pilot design for nonpipeline alternatives (NPAs) to traditional gas infrastructure work, bringing together state agencies, investor-owned utilities, community-choice aggregators, environmental groups and local governments.
Commissioner Douglas opened the session and noted Senate Bill 12-21’s deadlines: “Senate bill 12 21 requires the CPUC to designate priority neighborhood decarbonization zones by 01/01/2026 and to establish voluntary pilot programs for those zones by 01/01/2026,” a statutory timeline that participants repeatedly cited as a driver of urgency.
Presentations covered three related threads: how demand forecasts influence long-term infrastructure needs and rates; how the California Energy Commission models long-range electrification and what that implies for gas consumption; and practical pilot designs, including service-line electrification and larger neighborhood “zonal” projects.
CEC staff summarized recent scenario work showing deep possible reductions in gas consumption under aggressive…
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