CPUC Resolution E-5127, adopting PG&E’s Community-Based microgrid Enablement Tariff and requiring a microgrid Operating Agreement
Component
Business
Author
California Public Utilities Commission (Energy Division staff, approved by CPUC Commissioners)
Stakeholder
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E); community/local government microgrid sponsors or “Community-Based microgrid Aggregators” that partner with PG&E under the program ; California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
A California Public Utilities Commission resolution that approved PG&E's community-based microgrid enablement program and directed PG&E to file a pro forma microgrid operating agreement. The operating agreement outlines the operating protocols and responsibilities between the community-based microgrid operator (aggregator) and PG&E, governing how microgrid projects are developed, tested, and operated under the pilot. This was part of a broader effort to accelerate resilient microgrid projects ahead of wildfire seasons.