Transmission Project Review Process
With the passage of CPUC 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 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: 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 (TO) on August 17, 2023. The slide deck from the workshop is linked here: TPR Presentation, August 17, 2023.
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.
Pacific Gas and Electric
The TPR Process began for 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 second 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. PG&E’s second TPR cycle began with the release of its transmission project data on November 1, 2024. Stakeholders will have until December 16, 2024 to submit questions and comments on the Project Spreadsheet provided on November 1, 2024.
See the table below for the schedule of PG&E’s second TPR cycle, which began with the data release on November 1, 2024.
PG&E TPR Process Schedule: November 2024 – April 2025 (UPDATED 11/15/24)
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EVENT |
DATE |
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Data released |
November 1 |
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Date by which Stakeholders provide questions and comments |
December 16 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder questions and comments |
January 13 |
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Date by which Stakeholders and CPUC provide agenda items for upcoming Stakeholder meeting |
January 21 |
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Stakeholder Meeting |
February 4 |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
February 19 |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
March 13 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
March 18 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
April 1 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
April 4 |
Southern California Edison
The TPR Process began for Southern California Edison (SCE) with the release of its transmission project data on June 3, 2024. Please see the timeline for SCE’s second 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’s first TPR cycle concluded with Stakeholders submitting final comments to SCE on October 31, 2024.
See the table below for the schedule of SCE’s next TPR cycle, which will begin with the data release on December 2, 2024.
SCE TPR Process Schedule: June – October 2024 (UPDATED 11/15/24)
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EVENT |
DATE |
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Data released |
December 2 |
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Date by which Stakeholders provide questions and comments |
January 15 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder questions and comments |
February 6 |
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Date by which Stakeholders and CPUC provide agenda items for upcoming Stakeholder meeting |
February 13 |
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Stakeholder Meeting |
February 28 |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
March 14 |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
April 4 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
April 11 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
April 25 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
April 30 |
San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) began its second TPR Process cycle with the release of its transmission project data on July 1, 2024.
SDG&E has created a TPR Process-specific webpage where 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 held its TPR Stakeholder Meeting on September 30, 2024, addressing agenda items submitted by Stakeholders. Stakeholders provided follow-up questions to which SDG&E responded on November 4, 2024. The last day for written responses to any of the Stakeholder’s project-specific follow-up questions will be December 3, 2024. Stakeholders’ final comments are due to SCE by December 9, 2024.
SDG&E TPR Process Schedule: July– December 2024 (UPDATED 11/15/24)
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EVENT |
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 |
September 30 |
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Stakeholders’ questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
October 14 |
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Written responses to questions and comments related to Stakeholder Meeting |
November 4 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit project-specific, follow-up questions |
November 13 |
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Written responses to Stakeholder project-specific follow-up questions |
December 3 |
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Last day for Stakeholders to submit comments. There is no expectation of written responses. |
December 9 |
Please check this webpage for future updates and reach out to Energy Division with any questions about the TPR Process at TPRProcess@cpuc.ca.gov.