2023 Joint Utilities EPIC WorkshopADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
Date 06/27/2023
Time 09:00 AM
Location Online Workshop
Contact Questions: If you have any questions in advance of the workshop, please contact Reba Liggett (reba.liggett@sce.com; 626-476-4606) or Aaron Renfro (aaron.renfro@sce.com; 714-352-1779).
Details: The investor-owned utilities will host a workshop on the CPUC’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) research and development program. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will provide updates on their current research plans as well as coordination efforts with the California Energy Commission. The EPIC program is funded at $185 million annually by California utility customers under the auspices of the CPUC. Although a Commissioner, Commission Advisors, or other decision-makers may be present, no action will be taken at this event.
Register for the Workshop at 2023 Utilities-Led EPIC Workshop Registration .
Presentation: After the workshop, the presentation will be posted to each of the Joint Utilities’ webpages: PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E.
Agenda:
- Welcome (15 minutes)
- Safety Moment from SCE
- Opening Remarks from Commissioner Shiroma
- Opening Remarks from SCE
- EPIC 3 progress towards Creating a More Flexible Grid to Maintain Reliability as California Transitions to 100 Percent Clean Energy (70 minutes)
- PG&E EPIC 3.11: BTM DERs in Microgrids [Arcata Microgrid]
- PG&E EPIC 3.32: System Harmonics for Power Quality Investigation
- SCE GT-18-0017: Service and Distribution Centers of the Future
- SCE GT-18-0019: Distributed Energy Resources Dynamics Integration Demonstration
- SDG&E Project 7: Mobile Batteries
- Models for IOU/CEC collaboration (60 minutes)
- Current mechanisms
- Specific examples of collaboration to date
- PG&E: Humboldt Microgrid
- SCE: Electric Access System Enhancement (EASE)
- SDG&E: Borrego Springs Microgrid
- Needs/Opportunities
- Will touch on several topic areas within “Create a More Flexible Grid to Maintain Reliability as California Transitions to 100 Percent Clean Energy”
- Candidate future mechanisms
- Q&A (30 minutes)
- Closing Remarks (5 minutes)
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