IRP Procurement Track

The IRP "Procurement Track" was initiated in 2019, as ordered in D.19-04-040, to explore possible actions the Commission could take to address potential reliability or other procurement needs while the 2019-20 IRP cycle is underway.

Procurement Progress:

• California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Staff Review of Load-Serving Entities’ (LSEs’) Compliance with the Mid-Term Reliability (MTR, D.21-06-035) and Supplemental MTR (SMTR, D.23-02-040) Decisions, 7/10/2025
• Procurement in Compliance with D.19-11-016 and Mid Term Reliability (D.21-06-035) per December 1, 2023, 10/9/2024
• Procurement in Compliance with D.19-11-016 and Mid Term Reliability (D.21-06-035) per August 1, 2023, 4/22/2024
• Procurement in Compliance with D.19-11-016 and Mid Term Reliability (D.21-06-035) per February 1, 2023, 11/2/2023
• Procurement in Compliance with D.19-11-016 per August 1, 2022 Fillings, 2/13/2023
• Procurement in Compliance with D.19-11-016 per February 1, 2022 Filings, 7/22/2022
• May Staff Tracking Update, 5/20/2022
• Procurement  in Compliance with D.19-11-016 per February 1, 2021 Filings, 8/23/2021
• 2020-11-23-Status_of_New_Resources_Expected, 11/23/2020
• LSEs' September 2019 Responses to Procurement Progress Data Request, 4/13/2020
• Summary of IOU IRP Reliability Procurement Track Public Progress Reports, 3/25/2020 
• Summary of Self-Providing (non-IOU) IRP Reliability Procurement Track Public Progress Reports, 3/19/2020

Procurement Track Rulings and Decisions:

• Final Decision Ordering 2029-2032 Electric Resource Procurement (D.26-02-057), 2/26/2026
  • Attachment A (Procurement Obligations), 2/26/2026
  • Decision Fact Sheet, 2/26/2026
• Proposed Decision Ordering 2029-2032 Electric Resource Procurement, 1/14/2026
  • Decision Fact Sheet, 1/14/2026
• Final Resolution Adopting a Citation Program for Enforcing Compliance with Filing Deadlines and Reporting Requirements in the Integrated Resource Planning Proceedings, 10/30/2025
• Final Decision Granting, With Modifications, Southern California Edison Company's Petition for Modification of Decisions 23-02-040 (D.24-02-47), Bridge Contracts, 09/18/2025
• Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling Seeking Comments on Electricity Portfolios for 2026-2027 Transmission Planning Process and Need for Additional Reliability Procurement, 9/29/2025
  • Slides on Need Determination Analysis, 9/29/2025
• Final Decision Granting, With Modifications, Long Duration Energy Storage Council's Petition for Modification of Decision 21-06-035 (D.25-06-005), 06/17/2025
  • Decision Fact Sheet, 7/23/2025
• Final Decision Allowing Bridge Resources for Alternative Compliance with Diablo Canyon Replacement Resource Category in Decision 21-06-035 (D.24-09-006), 09/12/2024  
  • Decision Fact Sheet, 10/11/2024  
• Final Decision Ordering Supplemental Mid-Term Reliability Procurement (D.23-02-040), 02/28/2023
  • Decision Fact Sheet, 03/14/2023
• Proposed Decision Ordering Supplemental Mid-Term Reliability Procurement, 01/13/23
  • Factsheet, 02/06/23

• Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Seeking Comments on Staff Paper on Procurement Program and Potential Near-Term Actions to Encourage Additional Procurement
  • Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program Staff Options Paper, 9/8/2022
  • Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program Staff Options Paper with corrected cross-referencing to section numbers, 9/12/2022
  • Fact Sheet, 9/15/2022
  • Workshop on Staff Options Paper, 9/20/2022

• Final Decision Requiring Procurement to Address Mid-Term Reliability (D.21-06-035), 6/24/2021
  • Press Release, 6/24/2021
  • Fact Sheet, 7/01/2021
• Proposed Decisions Requiring Procurement to Address Mid-Term Reliability
  • Administrative Law Judge's Proposed Decision, 5/21/2021
  • Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Alternate Proposed Decision, 5/21/2021
  • Press Release, 5/21/2021
  • Fact Sheet, 5/26/2021 

• Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Seeking Feedback on Mid-Term Analysis and Proposed Procurement Requirements, 2/22/2021
  
  • Fact Sheet , 2/24/2021  
  • Need Determination Model, 2/22/2021
  • Workshop Announcement, 2/24/2021
  • Workshop Slides, 3/12/2021
  • Workshop recording, 3/12/2020
   
• Final Decision Establishing Process For Backstop Procurement Required By Decision 19-11-016 (D.20-12-044), 12/17/2020
• Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Providing and Incorporating into Record Staff Paper on Resource Procurement Framework, 11/18/2020
  
  • Staff Proposal for Resource Procurement Framework in IRP, 11/18/2020
  • Workshop slides, 12/18/2020
  • Workshop recording, 12/18/20  
   
• Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling Finalizing Baseline for D.19-11-016, 1/3/2020
• Final Decision Requiring Electric System Reliability Procurement for 2021-2023 (D.19-11-016), 11/7/2019
• Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Initiating Procurement Track And Seeking Comment On Potential Reliability Issues, 6/20/2019
• Assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Seeking Comment on Policy Issues and Options Related to Reliability, 11/16/2018