RETI 2.0 Objectives

• The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (Chapter 547, Statutes of 2015) increases the RPS to at least 50 percent of retail sales and doubles the energy efficiency savings by 2030.

• New investments in the state’s electric transmission system will likely be necessary to meet energy and environmental policy goals.

• Better planning and coordination across the state and the West will be required for evaluating energy infrastructure requirements.

• To facilitate electric transmission coordination and planning, the agencies introduced the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative 2.0.

• Statewide, non-regulatory planning effort to inform future planning and regulatory proceedings.

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Organizational Structure

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Environmental and Land Use Technical Group

Goals and Objectives:

• Assemble relevant in-state and west-wide environmental data

• Assist in evaluating the relative environmental implications of alternative renewable energy generation areas, potential transmission and potential transmission corridors

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Environmental and Land Use Technical Group

Goals and Objectives:

• Assist in developing a range of renewable energy generation and transmission area combinations and scenarios that minimize potential environmental conflicts

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Environmental and Land Use Technical Group

AGENDA• Welcome and Introduction• Presentations and Group Discussions

– Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan– San Joaquin Valley Landscape Scale Planning for

Solar Energy and Conservation

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AGENDA• Presentations and Group Discussions

– San Joaquin Valley Least-Conflict Lands for Solar– WECC Environmental Working Group,

Environmental Data Tool

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AGENDA• Group Discussion• Public Comments• Closing Comments and Next Steps

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Questions

• What environmental data are relevant to inform renewable energy planning activities in California and in the west-wide interconnection?

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Environmental and Land Use Technical Group

Questions

• How should key environmental data best be used to inform various renewable energy planning activities in California, and in the west-wide interconnection?

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Questions

• What have we learned from recent and on-going renewable energy planning activities that should be considered or consistently applied to renewable energy planning processes

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Questions

• What could we also apply from the viewpoint of individual stakeholder groups’ own planning activities or study efforts that evaluate the relative environmental impacts of potential renewable energy generation, transmission and potential transmission corridors?

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Thank You !

Data Basin:

Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plandrecp.databasin.org

San Joaquin Valley Least Conflict Solarsjvp.databasin.org

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