SEEC 2018 Legislative Update
SEEC 2018 Legislative Update
Energy Policies & Practices
Valley Innovative Energy Watch Success Story: Farmersville Fall Festival Outreach [2017]
The City of Farmersville, located in California’s Tulare County, joined the VIEW (Valley InnovationnEnergy Watch) Partnership in 2013. As a highly involved member of VIEW, the City has shown its…
Valley Innovative Energy Watch Success Story: City of Visalia Achieves Energy Cost Savings with LED Retrofit [2017]
The City of Visalia, located in California’s Tulare County, has been a member of the VIEW (Valley Innovative Energy Watch) Partnership since 2010. As a highly involved member of VIEW,…
Valley Innovative Energy Watch Success Story: City of Lemoore Joins 4 Schools to Launch CNG Fuel Station [2017]
Photo of Lemoore CNG Fueling Station provided by cngprices.com. Lately, we’ve seen a very welcome decline in the price of gasoline. Nearly ten years ago, however, transportation costs were high…
Carbon Tracker Report: Coal Power Regulatory Risk [2017]
Carbon Tracker launches a new report, No Country for Coal Gen: Below 2C and regulatory risk for US coal power owners. The report challenges the economic case for President Trump’s…
ACEEE Local Policy Benchmarking Toolkit [2017]
In addition to making multifamily building energy data more transparent, cities are adopting benchmarking policies and programs to meet goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To reach these goals, cities…
CEC Appliance Efficiency Program FAQs [2017]
A new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) resource on California’s state-regulated light-emitting-diode standards has been posted to the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Program’s website. Go to the FAQs
Pathways to Energy Sustainability [2016]
This report explores themes that arose out of the 2015 Impact of Greenhouse Gas EmissionsnInventories on Climate Action Planning in the San Joaquin Valley (hereinafter referred to as thenInitial Findings…
Best Practices: Adopted Reach Codes
State law establishes a process that allows local adoption of building energy standards that are more stringent than statewide standards, sometimes called reach codes. Local governments can adopt and enforce…
ABAG PACE Financing Guidance
There are many benefits of PACE. For local governments, PACE can help meet climate action plan goals, reduce GHG emissions, and create local jobs. For property owners, PACE can pay…
Guide for Funding of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations [2017]
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has created a guide to help you navigate the funding options for plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. It is designed to…
Energy Efficiency Comparison: California’s 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards and International Energy Conservation Code 2015 [2017]
The federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires each state to certify that it has reviewed and considered adopting the national model energy standard. Every state must determine if its…
2017 ACEEE City Energy Efficiency Scorecard
ACEEE Released their 2017 Energy Efficiency Scorecard this month. They ranked 51 large US cities for their energy efficiency efforts across 5 policy areas: local government operations, community-wide initiatives, buildings,…
Low-Income Energy Efficiency Programs: A Baseline Assessment of Programs Serving the 51 Largest Cities [2017]
ACEEE addresses the key questions and challenges around low-income programs for single-family homes. Of the total spending on residential energy efficiency programs in 2014, 18% of electric efficiency expenditures and…
CA General Plan Guidelines [2017]
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) has been engaged in a thorough update of the General Plan Guidelines (GPG). OPR is statutorily required by Government Code Section 65040.2…
2017 CA Integrated Energy Policy Report
The California Energy Commission adopts an Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR, pronounced eye’-per) every two years and an update every other year. This proceeding, docket # 17-IEPR-01, will cover the 2017 Integrated Energy…