This project developed site-specific wind energy resource information for five prospective wind energy generation facility sites within the City of San Francisco. This information will help the City and County of San Francisco make better decisions regarding their future investments in renewable energy distributed generation, thereby benefiting California.
The 2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report recommended that the state accelerate renewable energy development to help increase fuel diversity in California's electricity supply, taking into account the resource mix of each utility, transmission needs, and infrastructure, and the availability of cost-effective renewable resources. This draft staff white paper discusses rules...
This fact sheet details a variety of financial loan products targeted directly at investments in renewable energy. Loan products can be divided into two categories - secured and unsecured. As a rule, unsecured loans have shorter terms (1-3 years) and relatively high interest rates. It should be noted, however, that...
This fact sheet details a variety of financial loan programs available, to afford equipment, which can reduce energy costs by using renewable energy. Loan products can be divided into two categories, secured and unsecured. As a rule, unsecured loans have shorter terms (up to 36 months) and relatively high interest...
This survey reviews efforts by CESA member clean energy funds to promote the use of renewable energy technologies in low-income residential buildings or communities. Only programs specifically targeting low-income applications are covered. To date, only the California Energy Commission has promoted the use of renewable energy technologies on low-income homes...
This presentation shows why there is sudden Interest in LNG? Gas availability will become increasingly tighter as gas demand grows in North America. Pipeline capacity and storage expansions are critical to satisfying future natural gas demand. LNG has great potential to serve the energy needs of a growing North American...
This report examines different scenarios for power plant development in and around state of California. The state cannot meet all future needs with new gas-fired power plants, as has been the case recently. In the base case, 20 percent of energy is assumed to be supplied by renewable energy resources....
This presentation gives the State energy policy, LNG and its properties, Safety and environmental issues. The U.S. is relying more on natural gas for cleaner power generation. Canadian and Lower 48 states' gas production is declining. LNG links U.S. consumers to transoceanic gas supplies from many countries. LNG delivery costs...
This paper gives the overview of the California's Energy Commission activity. This report presents the concerned trends and issues. The paper also gives the need for foundation for CPUC procurement along with the critical energy issues and policy recommendations. The Progress on 2003 Energy Report provides information on aging power...
The objective of this presentation is to identify bottlenecks and redundancies in regulatory processes. The focus are to develop recommendations to reduce the bottlenecks and redundancies. Claims have been made that the permitting process for petroleum product storage facilities is contributing to a shortage of storage capacity.
This draft Electricity and Natural Gas Assessment Report is the Energy Commission's initial report of its response to Legislature's directives. The report is organized to follow a logical flow of interrelated topics ranging from a description of the trends assessment, risks, and policy preferences, to findings, conclusions, and policy recommendations....
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...
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...
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...
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...
This report is intended to assess the natural gas market trends, price and supply availability and infrastructure issues over the next decade (2003-2013). This report is in support of the Electricity and Natural Gas Report under the Integrated Energy Policy Report IEPR. The IEPR is being prepared under the direction...
This study provides research results and analysis of several different aspects of renewable Energy resource demand and supply, including An estimation of retail sales of electricity. Estimation of renewable energy capacity additions by retail sellers required to meet the Renewable Portfolio Standard RPS. An Assessment of data on existing and...
In this report, the Energy Commission staff presents information on key characteristics of the state's natural gas power plants, including unit specific information on the 25 largest natural gas facilities in state. While some forced outages will occur among these units this summer, such outages have been incorporated into the...
This report recognizes the importance of fostering partnerships with other federal, state, and local agencies to pass along the benefits identified in the SB 1170 report. It recommends that the Energy Commission, DGS, and the CARB work with other agencies to explore partnership opportunities, including information sharing and co-funding of...
The Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission usually called the California Energy Commission, the Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority CPA, and the Public Utilities Commission CPUC approved the final State of California Energy Action Plan in 2003, proposed by a subcommittee of the three agencies. The Draft Plan establishes...
