Phase 2: Energy Efficiency Savings Targets
As discussed at the PHC, staff of the California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will jointly issue a report addressing annual energy efficiency savings targets for both electricity and natural gas. This joint report will build on the efforts to date by CEC staff to establish electricity savings targets4 and the record in this proceeding on energy savings potential. The joint report will include annual savings targets (MW, kWh and therms), broken down by investor-owned utility service district. It will detail the methodology and assumptions used to present the range of savings targets considered and the joint staff recommendations. The schedule will be as follows:
CEC/CPUC Joint Staff Report: March 22, 2004
Opening Comments on Report: April 14, 2004
CEC/CPUC Joint Staff Workshop April 20, 2004
(as needed, based on comments)
Reply Comments on Report: April 30, 2004
Energy Division, in coordination with CEC staff, should schedule and notice a workshop on April 20, 2004, to present further detail on the study methodology and assumptions, as needed. If none of the comments filed on April 14 request further clarifications of the CEC/CPUC joint study methodology or assumptions, then the workshop may be cancelled.
My target is to have a draft decision on this issue placed on the Commission's Agenda by the August 19, 2004 meeting.
4 See Proposed Energy Savings Goals for Energy Efficiency Programs in California, October 27, 2003, Staff Report, California Energy Commission. Prepared in support of the 2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report Proceeding (02-IEP-01).
