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California was the first state to implement minimum energy efficiency standards in 1974. It was the first to establish an energy regulation commission – the California Energy Commission. These regulations and codes have been in effect since 1974. California has the lowest per capita energy consumption in the US. [3]
Originally the State Energy Conservation Program, the State Energy programs implementation was a result of the early 1970s energy crisis. The crisis brought attention to the United States’ dependence on foreign oil. As a result, new legislation was created to establish conservation programs and promote energy efficiency.
In 2015, California legislation passed a bill (SB 350) that sets a goal of having 33% of electricity produced from renewable resources by 2020, and 50% by 2030. The California Energy Commission was given the task of monitoring and enforcing regulation on utility companies, to help them meet this goal. [9]
The remaining items in the energy package, Senate Bill 1272 and Senate Bill 1420, both involve the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, and are aimed at accelerating clean energy ...
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An Energy Rebate Program is a simple way for customers to apply and qualify for various energy rebates offered by energy service companies, or utilities, in their respective coverage areas. To lower IT equipment's carbon footprint , data center customers are looking at processes for protecting and respecting the environment through eco-friendly ...
The California Energy Commission is the primary energy policy and planning agency. As of 2017, California is a deregulated electricity market. [ 63 ] It has a number of electric load-serving entities , including as of 2015 six investor-owned utilities (IOU), 46 publicly owned utilities, 4 electric cooperatives, 3 community choice aggregators ...
CALGreen does not regulate energy efficiency (both for residential and non-residential structures), instead remanding it to the California Energy Commission (CEC) and its California Energy Code. [15] Concerning the water issue, the code requires a 20% reduction of indoor water use and it uses both a prescriptive and performance method.