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 establishing 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 on August 17, 2023. The slide deck from the workshop is linked here: TPR Presentation for Aug17 - CPUC FINAL

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.

Summarized questions, comments, and responses from the August 17^th TPR Process Workshop are linked here: Transmission Project Review Workshop 8.17.23 Questions and Answers  

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 first 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.

On June 5, 2024, PG&E released an updated TPR Project Spreadsheet to address corrections identified by the CPUC.

On June 17, 2024, the CPUC submitted a public data request to PG&E and a series of responses were posted from July 10-19 on the PG&E documents website (instructions to access are listed above).

PG&E TPR Process Schedule: May – September 2024 (UPDATED 08/21/24)

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 first 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.

On July 16, 2024, the CPUC submitted a public data request to SCE and a copy of the document can be found here.

SCE TPR Process Schedule: June – November 2024 (UPDATED 08/21/24)

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 TPR Process Schedule: July– December 2024 (UPDATED 08/21/24)

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.