CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI)

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI  Stakeholder Driven Collaborative Planning Process  Identify and Rank  Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ)  Transmission Plans to Access CREZ  Include California & Adjacent Lands  Inform Renewable Generation & Transmission Line Permitting & Planning  CPUC, POU, & Federal Transmission Permitting  CPUC Procurement re IOU Renewable Contracts  CEC Transmission Corridor Designation  CAISO Transmission Plan & Queue Reform  CEC, Local & Federal Renewable Generation Permitting

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Organizational Structure  Coordinating Committee  Stakeholder Steering Committee  Plenary Stakeholder Group (Public)

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Coordinating Committee Dian Grueneich, CPUC Commissioner –Traci Bone Jeffrey Byron, CEC Commissioner –Chuck Najarian Yakout Mansour, CAISO President and CEO –Robin Smutny-Jones Southern California Public Power Authority Northern California Power Agency Sacramento Municipal Utility District

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Stakeholder Steering Committee  Primary Working Group  Key Stakeholder Representatives  28 Members-  Transmission Owners and Generators  Electric Utilities  Environmental and Public Interest Groups  Federal, State, and Local Permitting Agencies  Military

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Plenary Stakeholder Group All Stakeholders and the Public Review Steering Committee Work Provide Feedback

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Structure Stakeholder Steering Committee Coordinating Committee Working Group Plenary Stakeholder Group Working Group

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION Contractor Support  CEC PIER Funded CEERT Contract  RETI Coordinator  Expanding and Dynamic  CPUC Funded Black & Veatch Contract  Prepare Phase 1 Reports  Under Direction of SSC

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Scope of Work  Phase 1 (8/31/09 completion target)  Identification and Ranking of CREZs  Phase 1A: Criteria, Assumptions & Methodology  Phase 1B: CREZ Identification and Ranking  Phase 2 (3/09 completion target)  Refinement of CREZs for Priority Zones  Development of Conceptual Transmission Plans  Phase 3 (2010 completion target)  Detailed Transmission Plans of Service

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Scope of Work Phase 1: Identification & Ranking of CREZs  Assess developable renewable resources  Develop CREZ Selection Criteria (Phase 1A)  Develop Study Assumptions/Methodology (1A)  Integrate Environmental Factors (1A & 1B)  Identify CREZs (1B)  Create short-list of top-priority CREZs (1B)

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Phase 1 Methodology

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Scope of Work Phase 2:  Develop Conceptual Transmission Plans  Expand/Refine CREZ Analysis  Siting/Environmental Constraints  Renewable Resource Mix Scenarios

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Scope of Work Phase 3:  Detailed Transmission Plans of Service  CAISO & POU

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Committee Meetings  September 20, Public kick-off meeting  October 29, SSC Meeting  December 17, SSC Meeting  January 22, SSC & Plenary Meetings  February 6, CC Meeting with Generators  February 27, SSC Meeting  March 19, SSC Meeting  March 26, Plenary Meeting  April 16, SSC Meeting  May 21, SSC & Plenary Meetings  June 18, SSC Meeting  July 16, SSC Meeting [and Plenary?]  August 20, SSC Meeting [and Plenary?]

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION May 21 PSG Meeting Agenda  Opening Remarks  Commissioners Grueneich and Byron  Update on Phase 1A (BV)  Status of Phase 1B Work (BV)  EWG Status Report (Sierra Club, NRDC)  Q and A

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION May 21 SSC Meeting Agenda  Adoption of Phase 1A Final Report  Discussion of Phase 1B Work Activities  EWG Coordination with BV  Role of PACT in EWG Work  BV Data Needs  Consideration of SSC Chair & Co-Chair  Roles and Responsibilities

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Schedule  March Environmental Work Group Formed  March 14, Draft CREZ Assumptions & Methodology Report Issued  April 12, Draft Final CREZ A/M Report Issued  April 16, SSC Accepted Draft Final CREZ A/M Report and and Approved Initiation of Phase 1B Work  April 24, Deadline for Additional Comments to A/M Report  May 8, Deadline to Post Final A/M Report  May 21, SSC to Consider Adopting Final A/M Report  August 31, Phase 1 Ranking CREZ Report Completed  March, Estimated Completion of Phase 2  CAISO Transmission Plan Integrates RETI

CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION RETI Information  How to register & RETI website:   List Server  Enter address