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- Five-Year Transmission Research and Development Plan: Public Interest Energy Research Program Energy Systems Integration Team
- The California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research PIER Energy System Integration ESI program, recognizing the importance of some critical transmission problems, developed the Five-Year Transmission Research Plan. The plan will be used to guide and coordinate the program's public interest research activities and focus the research on the highest...
- White papers 2003-11-01
- Emissions Inventory Development
- This presentation gives the US Environmental Protection Agency's EPA AP-42 Compilation of Emission Factors from diesel generators were compared with the emissions tested in the CEC study. Emission factors as a function of size and engine load were developed from the new test data and used for the emissions estimates...
- White papers 2004-10-06
- Modeling Impacts of BUGs
- The ultimate health impacts associated with the use of back-up generators derive from how those emissions disperse through the atmosphere and the public exposure to higher concentrations of pollutants. This study uses the latest modeling approaches overlaid with population densities and the improved emissions estimates to assess the potential public...
- White papers 2004-10-06
- Building a California Ethanol Industry - Challenges and Opportunities
- This presentation gives the research and development programs in ethanol demand outlook. The presentation focuses on programs to foster an ethanol industry, and challenges and opportunities. The ethanol production feasibility studies 1980s - CEC and Fresno Demonstration Project - 8 mgy is also demonstrated. Alcohol vehicle fleets - CEC, alcohol...
- Presentations 2002-11-14
- Comments on Air Pollution and Electricity Generation and Use
- This paper comments on air pollution and electricity generation and its use. The topics covered are efficiency program, R & D activities and energy technology export program. The California's energy commission gives its international program by specifying Stimulated $500 million in international energy projects. The focus is given on small...
- Presentations 2002-04-26
- California Issues - Expanded Use of Ethanol and Alkylates
- This presentation discusses supply concerns, logistics, and cost impacts and gasoline production. It says production capacity will decline slightly. In California gasoline supply, ethanol provides little, if any, supply benefit during the majority of the year. During the winter months, refiners can use butanes and pentanes. On ethanol concentration refiners...
- Presentations 2001-04-11
- Safe School Bus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program
- This report summarizes the major successes and challenges of the School Bus Program and provides a glimpse at the future of alternative fuels both for school buses and at large. The program's primary objective was to conduct a demonstration of new school buses that met all applicable federal motor vehicle...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Economic Benefits of Mitigating Refinery Disruptions: A Suggested Framework and Analysis of a Strategic Fuels Reserve
- This study was performed to evaluate the factors that contribute significantly to the volatility of California's fuel markets, such as breakdowns in market mechanisms for gasoline, and the inadequacy of the logistics infrastructure serving the fuels market. It also concluded Refinery disruptions occur in both summer and winter blending seasons...
- White papers 2002-07-04
- Intelligent Software Agents for Control and Scheduling of Distributed Generation
- This report analyzes PIER project titled, "Intelligent Software Agents for Control & Scheduling of Distributed Generation". The primary goal of this PIER project was to demonstrate the viability of using intelligent software agents for control and scheduling of distributed energy resources in California's competitive energy market. The use of Distributed...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- 2001 Update: California Nonresidential Energy Efficiency Standards
- This document identifies potential upgrades to the 1998 California Energy Efficiency Standards The potential upgrades are based on the national standard, ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-1999 (ASHRAE 1999), which was recently adopted and approved as an ANSI national consensus standard. The features of ASHRAE 1999 are improvements over California 1998 and will...
- White papers 2000-08-01
- What You Should Know: Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Today's Restructured Market
- This document, prepared by Henwood Energy Services, Incorporated HESI for the California Energy Commission is written to help readers understand their energy procurement options. Knowing how to negotiate the best price for natural gas and electricity costs can save company's big bucks in the end. This handbook walks through the...
- White papers 2000-09-01
- CIEE Collaborative Program Planning, Management and Technology Transfer
- This report describes the work performed by the California Institute for Energy Efficiency CIEE between June 1998 and December 1999 on the Collaborative Planning, Management, and Technology Transfer component of Public Interest Energy Research PIER Transition Program funded by the California Energy Commission. The results of these R&D efforts are...
- White papers 2000-01-01
- The Power Control User Interface Standard
- The key objectives of this project were to create the Interface Standard Development Plan, to conduct research to guide a new Interface standard and to develop and test elements of the proposed Interface standards. It also reveals that based on its objectives, the project had certain primary outcomes such as...
- White papers 2003-11-07
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- California Allocates Funds to Help Farmers Reduce Electricity Usage.
- By Kent Miller, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 9--Inland Empire agricultural operations are eligible to participate in a state incentive program to reduce electricity use, but none have taken advantage of it so far. No...
- Research articles 2001-07-09
- California Power Exchange Sets July 30 Start for Hour-Ahead Market
- ALHAMBRA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 16, 1998--The California Power Exchange PX has notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC that it will begin its Hour-Ahead electricity market on July 30.George Sladoje, PX chief executive officer, told the PX Board of Governors Thursday that the decision to begin Hour-Ahead market operations follows a...
- Research articles 1998-07-16
- CalPX Submits Comments to FERC On Regional Transmission Organizations
- PASADENA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 26, 1999-- The California Power Exchange has provided the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC with its comments regarding the benefits of separating power exchange and transmission system operations to ensure competitive electricity markets, George Sladoje, CalPX chief executive officer, said Thursday. The CalPX submittal was...
- Research articles 1999-08-26
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