Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is issuing a Distribution Investment Deferral Framework (DIDF) Standard Offer Contract tariff pilot (SOC Pilot) in compliance with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decision (D.) 21-02-006. This is a 3-year tariffed pilot that tests a new framework for procuring Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to avoid or defer utility distribution investments using a streamlined contracting approach for In-Front-Of-Meter (IFOM) DERs. The SOC Pilot is designed to procure In-Front-Of-The-Meter resources to avoid or defer utility distribution investments.