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FuelID for MCAL

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Hello, I wanted to pose a question regarding the FuelID field. I understand it is being rolled out in a transitional claim spec and is expected to be populated along with the MeasImpactType field. I believe I have heard some talk acknowledging that new FuelID field is populated for some deemed measures but not for others. Could we please have clear guidance on whether we should always populate the FuelID field for every measure, even if we must do so manually for some measures? I am especially interested in whether this field is expected to always be filled out for MCAL forecasting.

Posted by jfarber-eger.iren ·
Status: Completed6 comments

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  • cedars team

    Team•

    Aug 6, 2025

    Thanks for your patience while we finalized this. The outcome is:

    • The FuelID field will be required in the CEI file but can be left empty.

    • For measure packages without a FuelID, the CET will reference MeasImpactType.

    • This approach applies for the 2026/2027 filings.

    We’ll cover this in more detail during the dev demo, so feel free to bring any questions then.

  • cedars team

    Team•

    Jul 31, 2025

    FuelID's requirement is back under review.

    We are considering allowing this field to be empty, which would enable measure packages without a FuelID to pass validations by referencing MeasureImpactType instead for 2026/2027.

    Discussed in Dev Demo meeting 2025/30/07

  • cedars team

    Team•

    Jul 23, 2025

    Hey @ggreen ,

    Thanks for your testing feedback, just looking back at my notes on this ticket https://cpuccedars.featurebase.app/p/mcal-budget-filing-fuelid-added-to-measure-table

    • CEI will require this field to be present for all Budget Filing CEI runs 2025 and beyond. If missing, a validation error should occur.

    • Field may be left empty in 2025; enforcement begins in 2026.

    This field seems to be working as per the implementation notes. Let me know if this doesn't meet your expectations.

    • ggreen

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      Jul 29, 2025

      If enforcement begins in 2026, shouldn’t this be enforced in the budget filing module for the 2026-2027 MCAL filing? I uploaded this to the budget filing module with blank FuelIDs to forecast cycle 2026.

      • cedars team

        Team•

        Jul 29, 2025

        @ggreen apologies you are right, I’ll get the dev team to look into it.
        - Sonja

  • jfarber-eger.iren

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    Jul 15, 2025

    Hi all, as a follow up - I see that the FuelID was added to the CET claim spec back in May. However, was the team aware that folks have still been able to run files through the CET without including this field in the Measure csv?