Need for Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison's participation in the Harry Allen-Warner Valley Energy System. Staff report

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6275719

Grueneich, D; Marcus, D

In late 1979, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison filed an Application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Harry Allen-Warner Valley Energy System. From the beginning, need for the project was a major issue in the proceeding. In March 1980, the California Energy Commission intervened in the CPUC proceeding. The CPUC ruled that the CEC's adopted forecast would be used in determining need and the parties addressed not only the CEC's forecast but many other CEC materials, including the Biennial Report, during the proceeding. The following brief was prepared at the end of the hearings, presenting the CEC staff's proposed position on need. However, prior to a final CEC decision on whether to adopt this brief, the utilities withdrew their CPUC Application in order to reevaluate the need for the project. Even though the CEC never formally adopted the brief, the brief is being made available as a staff document, so that the public may benefit from the extensive record compiled on the issue of need and the availability of alternatives.

• Research Organization: California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Sacramento (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6275719
• Report Number(s): P-140-81-001; ON: DE81903669
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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