If you are interested in learning more about the EPIC administrators’ investment plans for the third triennial cycle and discussing upcoming changes to EPIC programs, then please join us for our 2019 EPIC Fall Workshop in San Diego.
This event is FREE and open to the public and will be structured as a working session. You can attend in person or via webcast.
Once you register, you will be sent a Workshop Guest Packet that has the event information, agenda, list of nearby hotels and restaurants as well as a link to the online session for those who will be attending this event virtually. Thank you for joining us for the 2019 EPIC Fall Workshop, we appreciate your interest and support.
Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC)
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to assist the development of non-commercialized new and emerging clean energy technologies in California while providing assistance to commercially viable projects. EPIC consists of three program areas: (1) Applied research and development; (2) Technology demonstration and deployment; and (3) Market facilitation, consisting of market research, regulatory permitting and streamlining, and workforce development activities. EPIC activities must be designed to produce electricity ratepayer benefits for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), and Southern California Edison (SCE) customers. The annual EPIC budget of $162 million is collected from customers in electric utility bills at the following levels: PG&E (50.1%), SCE (41.1%), and SDG&E (8.8%).
The California Energy Commission (CEC) administers 80% of the funding with the ability to invest in all of the approved EPIC activities; SDG&E, PG&E and SCE administer 20% of the funding with funding shares proportional to their respective collections and are limited to investing only in pre-commercial technology demonstrations. The following are links to each of the EPIC investment plans and the CPUC Decisions authorizing their execution and establishing programmatic requirements:
EPIC Applications & Decisions
Email at e[email protected]
Key EPIC contacts
EPIC Program Manager
Frank Goodman
(858) 654-1605
EPIC Project Technical Leads
|
Project ID |
Project Title |
Technical Lead’s Name |
Technical Lead’s Phone Number |
|---|---|---|---|
|
EPIC-1 Project 1 |
Smart Grid Architecture Demonstrations |
Frank Goodman |
(858) 654-1605 |
|
EPIC-1 Project 2 |
Visualization & Situational Awareness Demonstrations |
Amin Salmani |
(850) 559-9870 |
|
EPIC-1 Project 3 |
Distributed Control for Smart Grids |
Frank Goodman |
(858) 654-1605 |
|
EPIC-1 Project 4 |
Demonstration of Grid Support Functions of Distributed Energy Resources (“DER”) |
Amin Salmani |
(850) 559-9870 |
|
EPIC-1 Project 5 |
Smart Distribution Circuit Demonstrations |
Frank Goodman |
(858) 654-1605 |
|
EPIC-2 Project 1 |
Modernization of Distribution System & Integration of Distributed Generation and Storage |
Frank Goodman |
(858) 654-1605 |
|
EPIC-2 Project 2 |
Data Analytics in Support of Advanced Planning and System Operations |
Amin Salmani |
(850) 559-9870 |
|
EPIC-2 Project 3 |
Monitoring, Communications, and Control Infrastructure for Power System Modernization |
Amin Salmani |
(850) 559-9870 |
|
EPIC-2 Project 4 |
System Operations Development and Advancement |
Amin Salmani |
(850) 559-9870 |
|
EPIC-2 Project 5 |
Integration of Customer Systems into Electric Utility Infrastructure |
Frank Goodman |
(858) 654-1605 |
| EPIC-2 Project 6 | Collaborative Programs in RD&D Consortia | Amin Salmani | (850) 559-9870 |
Other EPIC Related Sites
- California Energy Commission
- Office of Ratepayer Advocates
- California Public Utilities Commission Research and Development