Legal Update
California’s Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM) Resolution
15 September 2011
Mayer Brown Legal Update
On August 18, 2011, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) adopted a resolution (the RAM Resolution) implementing program details and bidding protocols for California’s Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM). The resolution also approved standard form purchase contracts for use by each of California’s three investor-owned utilities (the IOUs) in the RAM program.