Comment Letter: Bioenergy Feed-in Tariff Program Feb 4, 2025 Comment Letters To: The Honorable Alice Reynolds, President, The Honorable John Reynolds, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission Subject: Need to Extend the Bioenergy Feed-In Tariff Program Letter: The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) requests that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) extend the Bioenergy Feed-in Tarriff Program (BioMAT), beyond the end of 2025. ACWA represents approximately 470 local public water agencies that supply water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses to over 90 percent of California’s population. Several of our agencies are partnering with BioMAT project developers and other water and wastewater agencies will consider developing additional BioMAT projects if the program is extended. BioMAT projects provide many important benefits to water and wastewater facilities, and particularly those in forested areas. These include providing: a source of reliable baseload electricity and heat, catastrophic wildfire mitigation which not only helps protect the expensive infrastructure we have in place but enables us to continue to provide services in the face of wildfire, a rationale for improved forest stewardship which increases the supply of ground water. Download Comment Letter