What are the major differences between the administrative framework of the California Standard Offer proposal vs. the current framework or other proposals?
Currently, the CPUC reviews proposals and selects programs, but the utilities are day-to-day administrators of all programs, including their own programs and those with which they compete. The utilities hire measurement contractors and oversee CALMAC (California Measurement Advisory Council). The Joint Proposal by the utilities and NRDC keeps this basic structure but also puts the utilities in charge of the selection process and removes most CPUC oversight. The TURN proposal would have one all-powerful Program Administrator who would be in charge of selection, administration and some aspects of energy-savings measurement. TURN has signed on to an NRDC/utility proposal for a measurement system controlled largely by utilities, along with a high-level statewide Advisory Board that includes representatives of State energy agencies and utilities along with a few public interest representatives who would receive payment for their participation. Both the NRDC/utility and TURN proposals envisi
Currently, the CPUC reviews proposals and selects programs, but the utilities are day-to-day administrators of all programs, including their own programs and those with which they compete. The utilities hire measurement contractors and oversee CALMAC (California Measurement Advisory Council). The Joint Proposal by the utilities and NRDC keeps this basic structure but also puts the utilities in charge of the selection process and removes most CPUC oversight. The TURN proposal would have one all-powerful Program Administrator who would be in charge of selection, administration and some aspects of energy-savings measurement. TURN has signed on to an NRDC/utility proposal for a measurement system controlled largely by utilities, along with a high-level statewide Advisory Board that includes representatives of State energy agencies and utilities along with a few public interest representatives who would receive payment for their participation. Both the NRDC/utility and TURN proposals envisi
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