Good news ya'll, the CPUC is going to extend the NEM 3.0 statutory deadline out to August 2023. The following is currently being proposed, but expect it to get signed soon.
Alice Reynolds is the assigned Commissioner and Kelly A. Hymes is the assigned Administrative Law Judge and the presiding officer in this proceeding Findings of Fact
1. The current statutory deadline for resolving Rulemaking 20-08-020 is August 27, 2022.
2. Rulemaking 20-08-020 cannot be completed by August 27, 2022.
3. An extension of the statutory deadline until August 27, 2023 is necessary to allow adequate time to complete this proceeding.
Conclusion of Law Pursuant to the authority granted to the Commission under Pub. Util. Code § 1701.5(a), the statutory deadline should be extended to August 27, 2023. IT IS ORDERED that the statutory deadline for completion of this proceeding is extended until August 27, 2023. This order is effective today.
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There is a chance they complete their rulemaking ahead of this new deadline... so it's not like August 27, 2023 becomes some new finish line. But when has the CPUC ever operated significantly ahead of plan and finished ahead of schedule? Never. Heck at this point they may keep Diablo Canyon open longer since... there doesn't seem to be a
working solution to cover its base load MW capacity. Funny stuff.
Remember when a Senior Director of Planning at PG&E said planning the MW capacity to offset Diablo Canyon was a
losing strategy? Pepperidge Farms Remembers. Pepperidge Farms also remembers that there's no effing way NEM 3.0 is going in effect within the next 12 months.
So if you know anyone on the fence about solar, Biden just handed them more money to get solar, and California just handed them more time to get solar. Tell them to stop dragging their feet and get their azz in gear.
Edit:
@Redhill_qik, if PG&E gets a forgivable loan to continue Diablo Canyon, what happens to all those Diablo Canyon Decommissioning NBCs we've been paying?