Specifications include, but are not limited to: Task 1: Project Management Deliverable 1: Upon contract execution, attend an in-person kick-off meeting with CPUC staff in San Francisco, CA and provide a Gantt chart detailing the project schedule with milestones and deliverables. Deliverable 2: Starting two weeks after contract execution, provide every other week status updates to the CPUC project manager with an updated Gantt chart detailing progress along the project schedule and addressing any concerns or issues that may come up. Task 2: Develop assumptions, scenarios, and a modeling/analysis plan Upon contract execution, the Contractor shall begin review of the baseline analysis and scenario planning data and reports listed in section B Statement of Work above and develop detailed assumptions and scenarios and a detailed modeling/analysis plan to be adopted by CPUC. Deliverable 1: Within two months of contract execution, submit a draft report to the CPUC that identifies and explains preliminary assumptions, scenarios, and the modeling/analysis plan. Additionally, provide anticipated data needs to the CPUC to allow data preparation to begin. Deliverable 2: Within two weeks of draft report submission, participate in a public workshop in the Los Angeles, CA area focused on gathering feedback on the proposed assumptions and scenarios and modeling/analysis plan. Deliverable 3: Within three weeks of the public workshop, use the comments and feedback to submit a final written report on the assumptions and scenarios and the modeling/analysis plan to the CPUC for adoption. Task 3: Create Final Report Immediately upon CPUC adoption of the final assumptions and scenarios and the modeling/analysis plan, the contractor will begin the modeling and analysis work to create a final report detailing all scenarios and plans proposed and answering the questions of both main issues described in section B Statement of Work above. The final report shall include a risk assessment for each potential solution or recommendation. At a minimum, the risk assessment must include the degree to which the technology(ies) and solutions may have an impact on reducing the need for Aliso Canyon, as well as a potential risk of failure for each recommendation. Deliverable 1: By approximately May 31, 2021, submit a draft report in Microsoft Word and .PDF format to the CPUC for review and comment. The CPUC will provide comment within three weeks. Deliverable 2: Within two weeks of receiving CPUC comments, participate in a public workshop in the Los Angeles, CA area to present the draft report with findings and conclusions. Deliverable 3: Taking into consideration the feedback from CPUC and the public workshop, submit a final report and executive summary to the CPUC by approximately September 15th, 2021, detailing all scenarios and plans proposed and answering the questions of both main issues in a Microsoft Word and .PDF format.