The California Municipal Utilities Association submitted this second annual report providing an update on the status of publicly-owned utility energy efficiency programs. The report complies with Section 6 of Senate Bill 1037 (SB1037) and Section 3 of Assembly Bill 2021 (AB2021), which require each publicly-owned utility to:
"Report annually to its customers and to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, its investment in energy efficiency and demand reduction programs. A report shall contain a description of programs, expenditures, and expected and actual energy savings results."
Thirty-nine publicly-owned utilities (POUs) are submitted data in compliance with the provisions of the legislation.
The report contains multiple sections. Section I is an introduction. Section II describes public power’s roles and responsibilities. Section III gives an overview of the approaches being undertaken by public power to measure and verify energy efficiency savings. Section IV provides the results of the energy efficiency programs. Individual program data and summaries are contained in a comprehensive Appendix. Section V touches on the extent of demand reduction programs within the public power community. Section VI provides initial results and discussion on operational efficiency achievements by public power that contributes to the state’s overall energy efficiency saving goals. The last section offers principal conclusions, and also offers some insights about the direction of future reports.
