California Energy Efficiency Obligation

Country / jurisdiction: United States · Year: 2004 · Status: In force · Level: State/Provincial · Type: Voluntary

In 2014, the California government introduced an energy efficiency obligation for all sectors except transport, covering electricity and gas. The obligation seeks to achieve an energy savings of 6 092 GWh per year, and an incremental energy savings of 0.3% when compared to total fuel consumption. Obligated parties include electricity and natural gas investor-owned utilities. Publicly-owned electric utilities, accounting for over 25% of overall load in the state, also face statutory energy savings obligations. Efficiency targets for electricity and gas utilities are set based on a legal standard of "all potentially achievable cost-effective" efficiency savings. Current goals: electricity, average goal for IOUs of about 1.15% of retail sales electricity through 2024. Natural Gas: Incremental savings target of 0.56% through 2024. Targets are expected to double as a result of a new law - SB350. Eligible energy efficiency measures include lighting, advisory, HVAC, appliances, process pumps, air compressors, building retrofits, windows, and refrigeration. Calculation of measures is based on deemed savings. 4% of the statewide energy efficiency budget is dedicated to monitoring and evaluation, including M&V of programs implemented under California's obligation. The CPUC oversees monitoring and evaluation of utility programmes.

Official source: http://cmua.org/wpcmua/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-FINAL-SB-1037-Report.pdf