On October 18, 2007, the PUC issued Decision 07-10-032 affirming cost-effective energy efficiency measures as the state’s highest energy priority by laying the foundation for making energy efficiency an integral part of "business as usual" in California.
The innovative strategies and approaches adopted by the PUC include:
- Directed the utilities to prepare a single, comprehensive statewide long-term energy efficiency plan;
- Adopted three initiatives:
- All new residential construction in California will be zero net energy by 2020;
- All new commercial construction in California will be zero net energy by 2030; and
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning industry will be reshaped to ensure optimal equipment performance;
- Developed the "next generation" of California utility energy efficiency programs for 2009-2011;
- Committed in the near term to adopting utility energy efficiency goals through 2020 and reaffirmed the PUC’s previously adopted 2009-2011 goals; and
- Established new, collaborative processes with key business, consumer groups, and governmental organizations in California, throughout the West, nationally, and internationally.
Read more in our press release or view our PowerPoint.