Southern California Edison Company's Compliance Filing for Data Sharing with Third Parties

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Southern California Edison Company (SCE) has submitted a compliance filing to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding its data sharing with third parties. The filing, dated July 1, 2025, provides notice that the third parties identified in Table 1 have met the necessary requirements to receive confidential information from SCE.

According to the filing, the requirements for third-party access to confidential information include: (1) a current cyber security review by the IOU supplying the information; (2) a non-disclosure agreement directly with the IOU supplying the information; (3) the ability to receive secure data transmissions from the IOU; and (4) a current contract for the program, either as the program administrator or as prime or sub-contractor with a statement of work that requires all the confidential data received.

Table 1 identifies the third parties that have been approved to receive confidential information from SCE, including Resource Innovations, Cascade Energy, Lincus, Mendota Group, and Alternative Energy Systems Consulting.

The filing provides detailed information on the dates requested and approved for access to confidential information for each of the third parties.

Key Takeaways:

  • Southern California Edison Company (SCE) submitted a compliance filing to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on July 1, 2025, regarding its data sharing with third parties.
  • The filing identified five third-party companies that had met the necessary requirements to receive confidential information from SCE.
  • The requirements for third-party access to confidential information include a current cyber security review by the IOU supplying the information, a non-disclosure agreement directly with the IOU supplying the information, the ability to receive secure data transmissions from the IOU, and a current contract for the program.
  • The filing provided detailed information on the dates requested and approved for access to confidential information for each of the third parties.
  • Resource Innovations, Cascade Energy, Lincus, Mendota Group, and Alternative Energy Systems Consulting were identified as the third parties that had been approved to receive confidential information from SCE.
  • The filing reserved all of SCE's rights, claims, and defenses under the Energy Efficiency Purchase and Sale Agreements with each of the third-party companies.

Statistics:

  • 5 third-party companies were identified as having met the necessary requirements to receive confidential information from SCE.
  • 4 of the third-party companies had their access requests approved and their data sharing initiated in the second quarter of 2025.
  • The most recent access request was approved on June 24, 2025, for Resource Innovations, with their access initiated on June 24, 2025.
  • The third-party companies had access to confidential information in the following categories: commercial energy reduction, comprehensive refrigeration energy savings, water/wastewater pumping, grid-responsive incentive design, and measured savings.

Sources:

  • California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Order Instituting Rulemaking Concerning Energy Efficiency Rolling Portfolios, Policies, Programs, Evaluation, and Related Issues. Rulemaking 13-11-005
  • Southern California Edison Company (SCE) Compliance Filing for Data Sharing with Third Parties, dated July 1, 2025.