ET25SWE0018 - Portfolio Enhancements TPM (2025)

The Program Team has established a robust Technology Priority Map (TPM) development process that documents the impact potential, research needs, and market readiness across each end-use technology area. This project is a revised TPM that addresses the portfolio issues that are not specific to an end-use technology but rather to the portfolio as a whole. In outreach to EE portfolio stakeholders and within the project team’s research, CalNEXT knows of important barriers to incorporating emerging technologies into the EE portfolio that are not based in a particular technology. This TPM will continue to communicate these barriers to the larger community of EE stakeholders and provide actionable guidance on the type of research that CalNEXT is looking to fund to address them. 

The revision process will include the reformation of the TPM Subject Matter Expert (SME) Team made up of Technical SMEs from the project team of Energy Solutions, VEIC, TRC, AESC, and UC Davis. The SME team will also convene an external TPM advisory committee outreach process which will include dissemination of the Preliminary Findings Report to representatives from the CA IOU PAs as well as from emerging technology interests from the IOU programs run within the state, other regions (such as NEEA and ComEd), and national interests (such as DOE, EPA, and the National Laboratories).

The process will also include the review of equity standards toward disadvantaged communities (DAC) and hard-to-reach communities (HTR), with input and review assistance from the Ortiz Group. This Portfolio Enhancements TPM process will commence in Q2 2025, and the 12-week process is scheduled to conclude in Q3 2025.