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...
This article talks about the report of the legislature. It describes the points of pricing strategies used by the energy commission. California utilities have historically charged fixed average prices for electricity. In the residential sector, customers are served under inverted-tier default rates, which provide incentives to lower total monthly electricity...
The presentation briefs about introduction of energy commission, overview of LNG and its properties, review of LNG terminal concepts, and summary of LNG safety and environmental issues. As the state's energy policy agency, the energy commission: promotes energy efficiency and renewable, manages state's power plant licensing, conducts long term energy...
The objective of this report is to provide an assessment of existing, planned, and potential sources of liquefied natural gas LNG transportation fuel for California, and to compare these with the projected demand. Factors such as economic incentives and fleet rules designed to improve air quality are encouraging truck and...
In accordance with Public Resources Code Section 25620.8, the California Energy Commission has developed its third Annual Report to the Legislature concerning the Public Interest Energy Research PIER Program, for the period January 1 through December 31, 2000. This annual report provides a brief overview of the program including background...
The California Energy Commission Commission has prepared this report to present the Public Interest Energy Research PIER Program strategic approach for addressing California's future energy needs. The strategies described in this paper will lead to solutions, developed through research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects to increase electricity supply, reduce demand,...
This report describes the results of applied research being conducted under the direction of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) through support of the California Energy Commission Commission, with the objective of systematically reducing earthquake risks to electric power in California. The earthquakes in California in 1989 and 1994 are...
