Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Strategic Goals Grid Workshop - Day 1

EPIC Strategic Goals Grid Workshop

This event may be recorded. 
This event may be livestreamed.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 | 1 PM - 5 PM
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 | 10 AM - 4 PM

Location:
ARUP
900 Wilshire Boulevard, 20th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Virtual option available via registration
Please note: In-person attendees are required to register before the event, and check in with security in the lobby of the building upon arrival. Attendees must bring and provide a government photo ID to security.

Public Registration

• Participants must register to join the meeting prior to the event at the following link whether they are attending in-person or virtually.
• In-person participation is encouraged.
• https://events.zoom.us/ev/AueZ8XL17Ce7tSW1iMWay3eK4XJFkxi7XTrPI0kM4hiMlLt4vxUZ~Ai4PS7onpYIjDmwz-BxfcpXKXTIf9uzFM49zoa25YW8wxsSXb28l-1i0xg
• Call-in option: +1-408-638-0968; Meeting ID provided to registrants
• For technical concerns in accessing Zoom, contact picg@theaccelerategroup.com. 

Purpose of the Workshop

In its most recent EPIC decision (PDF), 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 Grid Workshop will focus on a selection of critical pathways and topic areas related to grid modernization that were discussed in the Kick-Off Workshop. 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).

AGENDA

September 6, 2023

September 7, 2023

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.

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. 

Speakers will be confirmed and announced closer to the date of the workshop.

The EPIC program is funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.

More information: epicpartnership.org/strategicgoals.html

Registration