State Policy Committee
July 9, 2014 12pm ET
Meeting Minutes

• Roll Call
• Anti-Trust Reminder
• State Affairs SVP Position – next steps
  • Leads
    • Sara Birmingham leading department in interim
    • NY/MA – Katie  Rever
    • NEM Task Force – Sara Birmingham
    • RPS Defense – Rick Umoff
    • Grid Integration – Katherine Gensler with backup from Justin Baca , Steve Zuretti and Christopher Mansour
    • Policy Summit – Sara Birmingham
    • Inquiries from industry – Heather Whitpan
    • Budget Management – Sara Birmingham
    • NY/CA PAC – Heather Whitpan is treasurer
  • SVP Search
    • Thinking strategically
    • Working on position description to be released
    • Subcommittee will be formed for the search
    • Hoping to hire mid- September
• 2015 Planning Process -
  • Policy Summit in DC Sept 18-19^th
  • Committees and Groups will be polled for priorities which will be reviewed by the SPC
  • Executive Committee will work on a final version to be sent to full membership for surveying
  • SPC and FPC will review final lists in advance of the summit for board vote.
• NEM 2.0 Principles – vote
  • Redline and Final NEM2.0 Principles and the final version of NEM Principles and  will be sent around to SPC
  • Voting will be done through email  
• Utility Principles – discussion
  • Starting from scratch
  • Three potential documents
    • 1. The benefits of utility scale solar (USP Division)
    • 2. Utility ownership principles (SPC)
    • 3. Utility of the future (SPC)
  • New York Docket
    • Handle by NY State Committee
    • SPC members should join the NY State Committee if interested
    • Escalate to SPC
  • Additional Deadlines approaching in NV and AZ
• EPA 111(d) strategy
  • NARUC & Working Group Strategy & Resources
  • 111(d) Working Group available to members interested in joining
• RPS Defense (Supreme Court update)
  • Supreme Court declined to hear argument on constitutionality of CA fuel standards on dormant commerce clause grounds in Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey
• Utility FERC SGIP Filing
  • Utilities are expected to file their new small gen interconnection tariffs to FERC in early August to comply with the FERC order pursuant to the SEIA-initiated proceeding.
  • There will be a WDG working group call in a couple of weeks to discuss how to prioritize coverage amongst the utilities. Katherine Gensler is the staff point person.