The goals of this proceeding are to develop a framework and principles to identify and define affordability criteria for all utility services under California Public Utilities Commission jurisdiction, and to develop the methodologies, data sources, and processes necessary to comprehensively assess the impacts on affordability of individual Commission proceedings and utility rate requests. The scope of the OIR includes the identification and definition of affordability for Commission-jurisdictional utility services, methods and processes for assessing affordability impacts across Commission proceedings and utility services, and other issues relating to the Commission's consideration of the affordability of utility services.
