The New York Public Service Commission will conduct a technical conference to discuss Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. and Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc.’s initial long-term gas system plan. The companies filed the plan in response to the commission’s May 2022 order that established a long-term gas system planning process for local gas distribution companies. The order also directed commission staff to facilitate meetings between a gas utility and stakeholders interested in its long-term plan. The primary focus of the meeting will be the companies’ initial filing and the process for incorporating stakeholder input.

The New York Public Service Commission will hold a series of meetings of the electric vehicle technical standards working group to discuss the ongoing process for testing the accuracy of managed charging enabling technologies. The meetings will focus on the testing framework which includes devices to be tested, cost and time necessary to conduct the tests, among other related topics. The working group was announced in 2020 to consider the incorporation of technical standards and best practices into the Make-Ready Program aimed to provide incentives for the installation of light-duty electric vehicle infrastructure. 18-E-0138

The New York Public Service Commission is due to receive comments on issues related to the decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center, which ceased operations in 2021. The commission held a joint meeting, on June 15, of the Indian Point Closure Task Force and Decommissioning Oversight Board to examine their scope and goals, and receive presentations on key issues related to the decommissioning and spent fuel management. The task force is charged with exploring ways to mitigate local tax and workforce impacts and evaluate new economic opportunities and initiatives, as well as identifying a decommissioning timeline that is in the interest of local communities. The oversight board is required to assess ways to protect the interest of affected communities including current workforce and public safety. The three-unit Indian Point shut down its last nuclear reactor having a capacity of 1,040 megawatts on April 30, 2021, marking the end of 59 years of continuous power generation.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will hold the fourth and last in a series of webinars to discuss the impacts of extreme heat in the state. The agencies aim to gather information to develop an extreme heat action plan in response to the increased frequency of events caused by climate change. The webinar will focus on highlighting concrete approaches for staying cool and safe during heat waves, and the various ways in which local governments, emergency response coordinators, and community groups can help their communities be safe during such events.

The California Independent System Operator Corp. will hold a working group meeting to discuss the 2023 Interconnection Process Enhancements track 2 initiative. The meeting will focus on managing interconnection request intake and queue management processes. The commission recently held a meeting on a discussion paper that outlined a list of principles for the initiative. These include prioritizing interconnection zones where transmission capacity exists or new transmission has been approved and limiting the amount of studies to reasonable capacity volumes that align with state resource planning. The paper also calls for aligning interconnection and transmission plan deliverability processes and LSE’s procurement functions, as well as enhancing the post-study queue management procedures.

The California Energy Commission will hold a workshop to seek input on draft guidelines for its Equitable Building Decarbonization direct installation program. The workshop will provide an overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities for equitable building decarbonization, home energy efficiency, and electrification. The commission will also include an update to the state’s funding for home energy efficiency and all-electric appliance upgrades provided by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Legislation enacted in 2022 directed the commission to develop and implement the program and provided $112 million in funding for the first year, and budgeted up to $922 million over the next four fiscal years. 22-DECARB-03