The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 on Thursday to deny a petition for rulemaking that sought to reopen the closed San Joaquin Valley proceeding or force a successor phase-three rulemaking.
Commissioner Douglas and other commissioners said the affordability and clean-energy work tied to the San Joaquin Valley matter is still moving forward through the existing Assembly Bill 2672 and Public Utilities Code section 783.5(c) framework, including pilots, evaluations and economic-feasibility analysis, according to the commission’s meeting summary.
The item, identified as P2509009, leaves the underlying policy fight inside the commission’s current process rather than starting a new proceeding. The commission’s summary says the San Joaquin Valley matter remains tied to work already underway under the existing framework, even after the request to reopen the closed proceeding was rejected.
The meeting summary does not spell out the petitioner’s full legal arguments or identify whether any outside parties urged the commission to choose a different procedural path. It also does not quantify which affordability or clean-energy deliverables are still pending.
