7. Assignment of Proceeding

Dian M. Grueneich is the assigned Commissioner and Darwin E. Farrar is the assigned ALJ.

1. D.09-09-047 directed the Energy Division to create a lighting chapter, to include specific goals, strategies, and milestones in the lighting chapter for transformation of the lighting market in California, and to solicit the input of key stakeholders through meetings and/or public workshops.

2. It can be expected that programs specifically designed to advance new technologies and achieve market transformation would not be cost-effective, particularly in the initial years of implementation.

3. A key priority for the first Plan update is to include identified timeframes, defined end points, and processes to track progress.

4. Energy Division provides quarterly updates starting in June 2010 on California's progress against the Plan's 2009-2011 near-term milestones.

5. "Utility programs promoting basic CFLs provide reduced incremental benefit."

6. The Lighting Plan adds a coordinated phase-out of IOU incentives for the purchase of basic CFLs for both residential and commercial applications as an additional strategy to the "policy for transformation goal."

7. The phase-out of utility incentives is important because savings from one-time CFL purchases decay over time and could create dependence on short-lived program measures and result in high opportunity costs for other high-efficiency lighting products.

8. In order to avoid redundancy and potential conflict between the existing lighting strategies and goals and the new strategies and goals in the Chapter, it is necessary to delete the existing lighting sections in Chapters 2 and 3 of the Plan, with the exception of strategies 4-4 of the Residential Chapter and 3-3 of the Commercial Chapter.

1. The Chapter attached hereto as Attachment A should be adopted.

2. Consistent with Commission policy, as long as the portfolio of programs is cost-effective, a single program does not have to be cost-effective.

3. D.09-09-047 directed the Energy Division to issue a Strategic Action Plan Progress Report by June 2011, to enable the Commission and the energy efficiency community in California to track the progress of Plan implementation.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The Lighting Chapter of the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, which is Attachment A to this decision, is adopted and its strategies shall be incorporated into energy efficiency program planning and implementation starting in 2011, consistent with the budget and activities approved in Decision 09-09-047 and the IOU's subsequently approved compliance advice letters.

2. The specifics of strategy implementation for the Lighting Chapter shall be developed in the forthcoming Action Plan process.

3. The Commission's Energy Division shall serve as a central organizing point by hosting the energy efficiency web portal, facilitating the champions network offline, and tracking progress towards milestones in the Lighting Chapter. 

4. The Commission's Energy Division shall make editorial changes as needed to incorporate the Lighting Chapter and other changes set forth in this decision into the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, including any changes needed to make the Lighting Chapter consistent in format and organization with the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.

5. Within 30 days of the date of this decision, Energy Division shall make the updated California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan available on the Commission website and at www.Engage360.com.

This order is effective today.

Dated September 23, 2010, at San Francisco, California.

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