Category Archives: Energy Efficiency
2019 Introduced Bill Update
With the deadline for the Legislature to introduce bills passing last Friday, we are currently tracking approximately 210 energy, climate, and other related bills for this session. This session marks a higher volume of introduced bills than previous sessions with … Continue reading
Posted in CEQA, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019, California, Climate Change, Costs, Electricity, Energy, Legislation, Nuclear, Policy, prices, rates, Reform, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Waste
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2018 Chaptered Bill Update
On September 30th, Governor Brown signed or vetoed all enrolled bills passed by the legislature. This completed the 2018 legislative session fulfilling one of Governor Brown’s last major duties before leaving office. The 2017-2018 two year legislative session saw the … Continue reading
Posted in CEQA, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, PACE, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Tagged Budget, California, Climate Change, Commercial, Costs, Electricity, Energy, Financing, Industrial, Legislation, Nuclear, Oil, PACE, Policy, prices, rates, Reform, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Waste, Water
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Enrolled Bill Update September 2018
The deadline for the Legislature to pass pending legislation and send it to the Governor’s desk was August 31st. The Governor sign, veto, or allow enrolled bills to become law by September 30, 2018. The Legislature passed many bills that … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, PACE, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Tagged California, Climate Change, DA, Electricity, Energy, Legislation, PACE, Policy, rates, San Diego, Transportation
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2017 Chaptered and Vetoed Legislative Update as of 10/10/17
The following list and information is an update to the previously posted 10/4/17 Legislative Update that includes actions by the Governor between 10/4/17 and 10/10/17. We will continue to provide updates as the October 15, 2017 deadline for the Governor … Continue reading
Posted in CEQA, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, PACE, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged Air Pollution, Alternative Fuels, Alternative Vehicles, California, CEQA, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Program Investment Charge, Financing, Legislation, methodology, Oil, PACE, Policy, Safety/Security, Transportation, Waste
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Legislative Update June 2017
The deadline for bill to pass out of their house of origin occurred on June 1, 2017. The following is a short list of important bills that met this deadline as well as two pieces of legislation that may move … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, Renewable Energy
Tagged California, Climate Change, CO2, Commercial, Electricity, Energy, Legislation, local government, methodology, Policy, Residential, solar
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2017 Legislative Session Take-Away: Major Focus on Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities
In the 2017 legislative session, there is a clear trend that shows the intent to focus and prioritize energy and climate policy for low-income and disadvantaged communities. This post will provide a short analysis on the priorities broken down by … Continue reading
Estimating the GHG Emissions Impacts of Reducing or Displacing Electricity: Is it time for a standard method in California?
California has adopted legislation and has executive orders in place laying out aggressive, long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. There are also specific energy policies including those to increase efficiency, generate more renewable electricity, and to reduce fossil fuel use … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Renewable Energy
Tagged AB 32, California, Carbon Dioxide, CEQA, climate planning, Electricity, Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Renewable
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Splitting the Emissions Baby: Allocating GHG Reductions in the Electricity Sector Part II
In my last post, I discussed the dilemma of how to allocate the avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emission between policies that policies to increase renewable electricity and reduce electricity consumption. Estimating the effects of increased renewable first will artificially increase … Continue reading
What is Business-As-Usual? Projecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Regional Level
Projecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is important because it helps us to assess how much the energy and GHG policies in place help to achieve targets set by law. For example, if we apply California’s AB32 target to the San … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Transportation
Tagged AB 32, BAU, Business-As-Usual, CAFE, CO2, CO2e, Demand
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Water-Energy Nexus: City of San Diego
This is the second in a two-part series on the water-energy nexus and this post focuses on the City of San Diego. The previous post, discussed the energy and greenhouse gases associated with moving water in the state of California. Generally, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas
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