How to Become a Party to the CSI Proceeding (R.06-03-004)

How to Participate in the California Solar Initiative and Distributed Generation Rulemaking - R.08-03-008

Rules and procedures pertaining to the California Solar Initiative are developed within Rulemaking (R.) 08-03-008.

CPUC rulemakings (or proceedings) allow interested parties to participate in the decision making process.  Parties can participate informally, through a CPUC workshop, and formally, by becoming an official party to the proceeding. Only parties can file comments in the proceeding, participate in hearings, and respond to rulings or proposed decisions.  

To be added to the Service List

• Any person may be on the service (mailing) list for the proceeding, and that person will receive emails with all documents sent by the Commisison, by parties participating in the proceeding, as well as notices of workshops or other events.
• Interested persons or organizations who wish to join the service list for R.08-03-008 should fill out a Standard Service List Request Form.
• Interested persons may also email process_office@cpuc.ca.gov to be add or change contact information for the Service List.

To find a copy of the current Service List and all online documents related to R.08-03-008, the California Solar Initiative and Distributed Generation rulemaking

• Documents and Service List for R.08-03-008 are available from the “Online Documents” section of website. Issues addressed since March 2008 will be found in R.08-03-008.
• To find  documents that were part of prior proceedings related to solar, distributed geneartion, and related issues
• Documents from R.06-03-004 (covered March 2006 – February 2008)
• Documents from R.04-03-017 (covered March 2004 – March 2006)
• The CPUC provides public access to CPUC documents that are not available online, such as documents from R. 98-12-015 or R. 99-10-025.

To be removed from the Service List

• Send an email with a  request to be removed from R.08-03-008 (or another proceeding name) to process_office@cpuc.ca.gov
• Alternatively, letters may be sent by regular mail to:  Process Office,
  CPUC, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102

To send a document to a service list

1. Follow the instructions above to find a copy of the current service list.
2. Copy (Ctrl+C) Column D of the spreadsheet and paste all the addresses from the column into the “To” line of your email.
3. Use your Tab key to move your cursor to the subject line.

• When sending a message to the service list, please be sure to use the current version of the service list.
• As a courtesy, include the service list reference number "R.08-03-008" in the subject line of the email as well as the party name and document reference information.  For example: “R.08-03-008: Company ABC Comments on Staff Proposal”.