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…
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,…
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 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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
The 2017 Edition of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report reveals a global energy transition well underway, with record new additions of installed renewable energy capacity, rapidly falling costs, and…
