EPIC Strategic Goals Workshop Process

August 16 - September 20, 2023


Read the EPIC Strategic Goals Reports


In its 2023 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.

In Fall 2023, the CPUC launched a new EPIC Strategic Goals Workshop process to inform how Strategic Goals should be articulated and established by the Commission in its next guidance Decision for the EPIC 5 funding cycle (2026-2030). The Workshop schedule below provides the agenda, content, comments, and recordings of the Strategic Goals Workshop process events held in Fall 2023.

In its most recent EPIC decision (D.24-03-007), the CPUC approved five (5) Strategic Goals for the EPIC Program. The approved Strategic Goals are Transportation Electrification, Distributed Energy Resource Integration, Building Decarbonization, Achieving 100 Percent Net-Zero Carbon Emissions and the Coordinated Role of Gas, and Climate Adaptation. These goals will be used in program evaluations to measure impacts of EPIC investments in supporting achievement of California's 2045 climate, energy, and equity targets.

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

Strategic Goals Kick-Off Workshop

California Public Utilities Commission, Courtyard Room,
505 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco, CA

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.

Register

August 16, 2023 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP VIDEO - PT. 1

WORKSHOP VIDEO - PT. 2



FINAL REPORT


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Andrew Barbeau, EPIC PICG Project Coordinator -

Fred Beck, California Public Utilities Commission -

Leuwam Tesfai, California Public Utilities Commission -

Duncan Callaway, UC Berkeley -

Adria Tinnin, TURN -

Peter Miller, NRDC -

Gil Bindewald, US Department of Energy -

John Lochner, NYSERDA -

Lisa Epifani, X, The Moonshot Factory -

Brian Young, Washington Department of Commerce -

Anthony Ng, California Energy Commission -

Dan Gilani, PG&E -

Tony Johnson, Southern California Edison -

Cynthia Carter, SDG&E -

Equity in RD&D Workshop

California Public Utilities Commission, Courtyard Room,
505 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco, CA

The Strategic Goals Equity in RD&D Workshop is designed to lay the groundwork for how Equity should be considered and integrated into subsequent Pathway workshops.

Register

August 17, 2023 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

WORKSHOP VIDEO - PT. 1

WORKSHOP VIDEO - PT. 2



FINAL REPORT


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Amanda Krantz, California Public Utilities Commission -

Ken Holbrook, California Public Utilities Commission -

Cynthia Carter, San Diego Gas & Electric -

Dan Gilani, PG&E -

Aaron Renfro, Southern California Edison -

Anthony Ng - California Energy Commission

Sneha Ayyagari, The Greenlining Institute -

Andres Ramirez, People for Mobility Justice -

Anuj Desai, Southern California Edison -

James Strange, US Department of Energy -

Daniel Coffee, UCLA -

Walker Wieland, CalEnviroScreen (OEHHA) -

Eddie Price, SDUSC

Holmes Hummel, Stanford University -

Grid Workshop

September 6-7, 2023

900 W. Wilshire Blvd., 20th Floor, Los Angeles, CA Area

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.

Hybrid option available

Register



FINAL REPORT


September 6, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP VIDEO - Day 1


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Andrew Barbeau, EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator


Transportation Electrification Roundtable

Jack Symington, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator -

Phillip Kobernick, Peninsula Clean Energy -

Rachael Aptowitz, Grid Alternatives -

Rachel Zook, NUVVE

Eric Wood, NREL

Rima Oueid, DOE Office of Technology Transition -

Damian Inglin, PG&E

Rajit Gadh, MOEV -


DER Integration Roundtable

Gabriel Petlin, California Public Utilities Commission -

Haresh Kamath, EPRI -

Damian Inglin, PG&E

David Carter, Cal Poly Humboldt -

Tom Tansy, SunSpec Alliance -

Michael Colburn, SDG&E

Rachel McMahon, CA Energy Storage Alliance -

Dan Dumovich, GRID Alternatives


September 7, 2023 | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

WORKSHOP VIDEO - Day 2


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Andrew Barbeau, EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator


Reliability Roundtable

Priya Sreedharan, GridLab -

Miguel Heleno, LBNL -

Marc Costa, The Energy Coalition -

Anthony Johnson, Southern California Edison


Resiliency Roundtable 1

Michael Colburn, SDG&E

Vipul Gore, Grid Scape

Gabe Murtaugh, Long Duration Energy Storage Council -

Anthony Johnson, Southern California Edison


Resiliency Roundtable 2

Andrew Coleman, EPRI -

Amee Raval, Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Olga Hart, Sandia National Laboratory

J.D. Saucedo, County of Santa Barbara -

Kailash Raman, Form Energy -

Ben McMahan, CA Governor's Office of Planning and Research -


Built Environment Workshop

September 19, 2023 | 10:00 am - 4:15 pm

UC Law SF (formerly known as UC Hastings Law), 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA

The Strategic Goals Built Environment Workshop will focus on a selection of critical pathways and topic areas related to the built environment that were discussed in the Kick-Off Workshop.

Hybrid option available

Register


WORKSHOP VIDEO PT. 1

WORKSHOP VIDEO PT. 2



FINAL REPORT


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Andrew Barbeau, EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator

Elden Hawkes Jr., SBA Office of Innovation and Technology -

Ethan Elkind, UC Berkeley -

Michael Colvin, Environmental Defense Fund

Carmen Best, Recurve

Joe Desmond, CA Efficiency + Demand Management Council

Jared Langevin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory -

Brett Webster, RMI -

Beckie Menten, Building Decarbonization Coalition

Zach Lou, APEN/California Green New Deal Coalition -

Andrew Brooks, Association for Energy Affordability

Jacques de Chalendar, Stanford -

Kelly Lyndon, San Diego 350 Climate Action -

Daniel Hamilton, City of Oakland -

Theo Caretto, Communities for a Better Environment -

Peter Chen, California Energy Commission -

Mark Toney, The Utility Reform Network

New and Emerging Strategies Workshop

September 20, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm

California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA

The Strategic Goals Emerging Strategies Workshop will focus on a selection of critical pathways and topic areas related to emerging technologies and strategies that were discussed in the Kick-Off Workshop.

Hybrid option available

Register


WORKSHOP VIDEO



FINAL REPORT


Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, California Public Utilities Commission

Andrew Barbeau, EPIC Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator

Brian Sergi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory -

Sarah Baker, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -

Jill Haizlip, Geologica Goethermal Group -

Alexis Sutterman, California Environmental Justice Alliance -

Tim Yoder, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -

Kori Groenveld, National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium -

Walter Musial, National Renewable Energy Laboratory -

Jeffrey Reed, UC Irvine -

Woody Hastings, The Climate Center -

Ari Eisenstadt, California Environmental Justice Alliance -




Purpose

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.

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