Energy Efficiency Market Transformation

In pursuit of California's ambitious Climate Action Plan to reduce our state's greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045, energy efficiency is one of our key solutions. In addition to the main EE portfolio, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) created a Market Transformation Administrator (CalMTA) to make energy efficient technologies and practices more available in the market. Over the next eight years, this program will invest $320 million towards transforming the market and achieving California’s climate goals. The framework for the creation of CalMTA can be found in D.19-12-021.

Important Documents:

• Market Transformation Policy Manual – CPUC Policies and guidelines applicable to Market Transformation and CalMTA

• Evaluation Framework – Describes the policies, principles, and high-level approaches that CalMTA will use to verify energy savings and effectiveness of its portfolio of MT initiatives

• 2023 Annual Operations Plan – Presents work planned for CalMTA’s program year 2023 needed to reach the goals of the program

• CalMTA Q2 2023 Activity Report – Report summarizing recent milestones in developing a portfolio of market transformation initiatives (MTIs) 

• CalMTA Q3 Activity Report

Request for Ideas (RFIs):

While submissions are no longer being taken at this time, the portal will re-open in January 2024. For more information and example MTIs, visit the RFI page here. 

Other Resouces:

• For information on the purpose and membership of the Market Transformation Advisory Board (MTAB), visit the About the MTAB and Advisory Board FAQ pages