EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Strategic Goals Kick-off Workshop
| Date | 08/16/2023 |
|---|---|
| Time | 05:00 PM |
| Location | In-person or Zoom |
| Call-in-Number | 1-408-638-0968 |
| Participant PASSCODE | Meeting ID provided to registrants |
| Contact | picg@theaccelerategroup.com |
| Webcast | https://events.zoom.us/ev/AhT9Vut6tREmPOCQKW49BCU7-4tdh84u-Oyd2TkPzDwlTap__7iy~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg |
EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Strategic Goals Kick-off Workshop
August 16, 2023 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Courtyard Room
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
(virtual attendance option available via registration)
Public Registration
Participants should register to join the kick-off meeting prior to the event at the following link whether they are attending in-person or virtually: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AhT9Vut6tREmPOCQKW49BCU7-4tdh84u-Oyd2TkPzDwlTap__7iy~AggLXsr32QYFjq8BlYLZ5I06Dg
In-person participation is encouraged.
(Call-in Option: +1-408-638-0968; Meeting ID provided to registrants)
For technical concerns in accessing Zoom, contact picg@theaccelerategroup.com.
Background
About the EPIC Program
The Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) supports the development of new, emerging, and pre-commercialized clean energy innovations in California. The CPUC requires that EPIC portfolios be designed to ensure ratepayer benefits in the form of equitable access to safe, affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable energy for electricity ratepayers. This program is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. EPIC funds are currently administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC), which administers 80% of EPIC funds, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), which together administer the remaining 20% of EPIC funds.
Purpose of the Workshop
In its most recent EPIC decision (D.23-04-042) the CPUC directed that program-wide goals are needed to evaluate the progress of innovation investments and the extent to which investment plan portfolios maximize ratepayer benefits and impacts in achieving California’s clean energy and climate goals.
The Strategic Goals Kick-Off Workshop is designed to lay the groundwork for stakeholders on the definition and purpose of setting Strategic Goals for the EPIC program. Input from the Kick-off Workshop will inform subsequent workshops to identify critical research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) pathways. The Strategic Goals Workshop process will inform how Strategic Goals should be articulated and established by the Commission in its next guidance Decision for the EPIC 5 cycle (2026-2030).
The Strategic Goals Workshop Process will focus on identifying four core elements:
- Pathways: Set of critical actions necessary to support meeting the State’s 2045 zero carbon goals via the most effective strategies and technology innovation.
- Gaps: Key challenges for achieving zero carbon goals and how RD&D should be prioritized to address opportunities and barriers more quickly along critical pathways.
- Roles: The best-positioned stakeholders (ratepayers, state, federal, private sector) to lead innovation investment addressing identified gaps, including through coordination and collaboration.
- Outcomes: Clear, measurable, and reasonable targets to be used by administrators in developing EPIC portfolios and used in program evaluations to measure impacts of EPIC in supporting achievement of California’s 2045 zero carbon goals.
Format
The Accelerate Group will facilitate the Workshops under the guidance of CPUC’s Energy Division.
Speakers will be confirmed and announced closer to the date of the workshop.
There will be a live transcription of the event in both English and Spanish.
This meeting will be recorded and made available on www.EPICpartnership.org.