9/12/2016 Data best practices coalition letterAttention: President Picker & Commissioner Florio Cc: Energy Division Director Ed Randolph California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Dear President Picker & Commissioner Florio, We are writing in support of two proceedings currently in progress at the California Public Utilities Commission (the “CPUC”) that have the potential to significantly improve access to energy data. Decision 16-06-008 in the Commission’s Demand Response proceeding, A.14-06-001 et al, outlines the appropriate forum and timeline for planning and implementation of data access solutions. While the DRP proceeding (R. 14-08-013) has touched upon these issues, the Demand Response proceeding already ordered an implementation that should be a universal solution that would apply to all fuel types and energy programs, including, but not limited to, demand response, energy efficiency, solar, energy storage, microgrids, and building energy management. The DRP proceeding should reference this Decision and clarify that the data solutions developed should be available for purposes of distributed energy resource development in the DRP context as well. Secure, synchronous access to comprehensive, accurate and clear energy usage and billing data is fundamental to fulfilling commitments to clean energy policy locally, nationally and globally. California has a comprehensive regulatory approach to consumer energy data access and privacy; the only state within the country, and even internationally, to do so. California led the way by adopting and supporting the Green Button standard. While significant resources were invested in the deployment advanced metering hardware in California; software and universal data standards and access protocols are needed to reap the benefit of this investment. The growth of new energy technologies providing products and services would be greatly enhanced by standardizing the implementation of data sharing platforms to meet the needs of the market. Growth, jobs, and innovation would be faster if California, again, led the way in utility data access. The growth of new energy technologies providing products and services would be greatly enhanced by standardizing the implementation of data sharing platforms to meet the needs of the market. We affirm our support for the guiding principles needed to improve access to energy billing and usage data:
We thank you for your efforts on behalf of the citizens of the great State of California. Kindly, Elena Lucas CEO, UtilityAPI On behalf of:
Appendix A: Suggested Standard Data Set for Energy Usage & Billing Data
Ideally Also: Capacity Reservation Level (CRL) for CPP/PDP customers, Demand Response program name and nomination, if fixed, Standby reservation if a customer has on-site generation, and sublap for wholesale nomination. Appendix B: Proposed Security Standards for Data Sharing and Data Storage
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