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Monitoring the Energy-Use Effects of Cool Roofs on California Commercial Buildings
In this paper, the project approach includes, selecting buildings for monitoring, designing and installing the monitoring systems for the selected buildings, collecting base-case (pre-retrofit) data, coordination during the cool roof installations, collecting cool roof (post-retrofit) data, estimating electricity and peak demand savings, and extrapolating savings to other California climate zones.
Tags: California Energy Commission, monitoring, monitoring system, California
White papers 2004-06-01
California Electricity 2004 Supply/Demand Outlook
This paper presents the solutions to the Energy crises in form of presentation. The paper briefs about the energy in the form of Reservoirs, wind energy and the hydro power. California reservoir level is presently at 85% of normal, 75% in the Pacific Northwest. State and Federal dam managers began...
Tags: California Energy Commission, reservoir, wind energy
White papers 2004-05-27
Market Power in California's Gasoline Market
Most of the economic analyses of California's gasoline market have attributed higher prices to costs or scarcity, while many in the general population and press have suspected "gouging." In fact, as California's gasoline market continues to tighten, the result will be both greater price premiums due to real scarcity and...
Tags: California Energy Commission, gasoline, scarcity, California, analysis
White papers 2004-05-01
Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Forestry Carbon Projects in California
This paper presents the California's Forestry Carbon project management. California's forest management activities offer an opportunity to sequester atmospheric carbon that constitutes a portion of the State's greenhouse gas GHG contribution. However, to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of various forest management activities-as well as to support carbon trading ventures...
Tags: California Energy Commission, carbon, monitoring, California, greenhouse gas, project management
White papers 2004-03-01
California's Petroleum Market - Recent Gasoline Price Issues and Outlook
This paper gives presentation on Ethanol use in California's Gasoline, its policy drivers and challenges. The presentation begins with a background followed by California's Request for oxygen waiver, ethanol demand scenarios, policy drivers for use of ethanol, challenges and opportunities, and California ethanol information.
Tags: California Energy Commission, oxygen, California, petroleum
White papers 2004-02-09
Ethanol Fuel Incentives Applied in the U.S. Reviewed From California's Perspective
This report describes measures employed by state governments and by the federal government to advance the production and use of ethanol fuel in the United States. The future of ethanol as an alternative transportation fuel poses a number of increasingly-important issues and decisions for California government, as the state becomes...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, transportation, U.S.
White papers 2004-01-01
Public Interest Energy Strategies Report
The strategies presented in the Public Interest Energy Strategies Report are those called out in Senate Bill 1389 (SB 1389). The energy crisis of 2000-2001 caught many people in California by surprise. Electricity prices seemed to suddenly soar out of control and rotating outages were threatened. While much has been...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, natural gas, strategy, storage
White papers 2003-12-01
Permit Streamlining for Petroleum Product Storage,
Historically California has been reasonably self-sufficient in both crude oil and products. In addition to the crude oil produced domestically, California's supply has been supplemented by crude oil from Alaska, and a certain amount of specialty crude oils from the Pacific, and occasionally from the Middle East. Product imports were...
Tags: California Energy Commission, oil, California, petroleum
White papers 2003-10-01
Ethanol Supply Outlook
This report provides an updated summary of the California Energy Commission's Energy Commission ongoing investigations of California's near-term ethanol fuel supply picture. Results of a new 2003 U.S. ethanol industry production capacity survey comprise the primary component of the report. The status of ethanol production plans within California is discussed...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, survey
White papers 2003-10-01
California Hydropower System: Energy and Environment
This appendix provides summaries of the hydropower system environmental effects identified in the 2001 Environmental Performance Report and in the main body of the 2003 Environmental Performance Report. It also presents the results of Energy Commission staff investigations on systems level environmental effects of hydropower development and operations, energy changes...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, environment
White papers 2003-10-01
Gulf Coast to California Pipeline Feasibility Study
Construction and operation of a petroleum product pipeline between the Gulf Coast and California does not appear to be a viable option to increase gasoline and blending component supplies to California in the foreseeable future. There do not appear to be adequate supplies of gasoline or gasoline blending components of...
Tags: California Energy Commission, Gulf Coast, gasoline, California, petroleum
White papers 2003-08-01
Reducing Petroleum Dependency in California
This report describes a prudent strategy that addresses the three major transportation energy issues facing California. It provides an opportunity for California to demonstrate state leadership in reducing greenhouse gases from the transportation sector. The recommended strategy hedges against the risks of future oil and fuel supply disruptions. In addition,...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, petroleum, strategy, transportation, leadership
White papers 2003-08-01
California Clean Fuels Market Assessment Report 2003
The California clean fuels market assessment is an essential element of the California Energy Commission's alternative fuels infrastructure program. It provides a foundation of logic to the infrastructure program by assessing California's most immediate infrastructure development needs for alternative transportation fuels and providing essential program recommendations on how to meet...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, alternative fuel, transportation
White papers 2003-08-01
Upgrading California's Electric Transmission System: Issues and Actions
This report assesses the major issues facing the upgrading of California's electric transmission system, as required under Public Resources Code PRC section 25303a(3), which requires the California Energy Commission Energy Commission, as part of the Integrated Energy Policy Report IEPR, to assess the availability, reliability, and efficiency of the western...
Tags: California Energy Commission, natural gas, California
White papers 2003-08-01
Transition From Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether to Ethanol in California
The paper welcomes the opportunity to discuss California's efforts to replace methyl tertiary-butyl ether MTBE with ethanol and what impacts this transition has had on gasoline supplies and prices during the first six months of last year. Beginning January 1, 2004, California will no longer permit the use of MTBE...
Tags: California Energy Commission, gasoline, California
White papers 2003-06-26
California State Fuel-Efficient Tire Report: Volume II
California's SB 1170 legislation authorizes the California Energy Commission CEC to investigate opportunities for increasing usage of low rolling resistance LRR tires in the State. The legislation includes provisions requiring the purchase of LRR tires for State fleet vehicles and assessing various strategies to encourage their purchase by consumers. This...
Tags: California Energy Commission, California, strategy
White papers 2003-01-01
Supply Potential for Petroleum Products in the U.S. Gulf Coast
This report examines the USGC refinery capacities and concludes that there is no spare capacity for easily increasing the production to supply to the California's projected shortfalls. This section has a detailed analysis of the dynamics of alkylate production and availability in USGC. This is an important gasoline blend stock...
Tags: California Energy Commission, petroleum, California, analysis, stock
White papers 2002-03-14
California Clean Fuels Market Assessment 2001
The California Clean Fuels Market Assessment is an essential element of the California Energy Commission's Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Program. It provides a foundation of logic to the infrastructure program by assessing California's most immediate infrastructure development needs for alternative transportation fuels and providing essential program recommendations on how to meet...
Tags: California Energy Commission, transportation, California
White papers 2001-09-01
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...
Tags: California Energy Commission, logistics, benefit
Presentations 2001-04-11
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...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, California Energy Commission, California, agent, software
White papers 2001-03-01
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