The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) adopted California’s first Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan on September 18th, 2008, as a single roadmap to achieve maximum energy savings across all major groups and sectors in California. This comprehensive Plan for 2009 to 2020 is the state’s first integrated framework of goals and strategies for saving energy, covering government, utility and private sector actions. It holds energy efficiency to its role as the highest priority resource in meeting California’s energy needs.
The Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan was developed by a consensus, stakeholder-driven process. Over 500 individuals and organizations across the state and nationally participated and provided input, through more than 40 public meetings and workshops. The Plan emphasizes four Big Bold strategies as cornerstones for significant energy-savings with widespread benefit for all Californians. It sets the foundation for transforming energy patterns to make energy efficiency of way of life and “business as usual” in our California and also provides the leadership to change how buildings will be built nationally and in China and India.
The Plan advances a solid framework that incorporates energy efficiency into the standard for operating in California—for utilities, businesses, and consumers.
It includes four “Big Bold strategies” strategies for significant energy-savings: