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Controlling Ancillary Emissions Under The Clean Air Act: Consideration Of Energy Storage As Best Available Control Technology, Deborah Nicole Behles

Publications

Renewable energy is being deployed throughout the country to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. Reliance on increasing amounts of renewable energy, however, may lead to significant unanticipated increases in pollution because of the likelihood of fossil fuel facilities starting, stopping, and running more often to back up renewable resources. Estimates show that these emissions increases can drastically undercut the potential emission benefits of increased renewable penetration. To date, this changing role of fossil fuel facilities has not been thoughtfully evaluated in Clean Air Act permitting decisions for new and modified sources, even though the Act requires consideration of all …

Lying In The Sun, Andy Brunner-Brown

GGU Law Review Blog

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New Laws Aim To Make State Greener, Deborah N. Behles

Publications

On April 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the highest renewable portfolio standard in the country. Senate Bill X1 2 requires that 33 percent of energy sold in California come from renewable resources in 2020. Resources that qualify as renewable include energy generated from solar, wind, small hydro and biomass facilities. Renewable requirements such as these are common throughout the country. In fact, the majority of states have enacted similar, although not as stringent, renewable portfolio standards (RPS). Congress has also attempted to follow suit by proposing several different versions of RPS legislation, but thus far has been unable …

Informational Hearing On Energy Conservation Tax Policy, Assembly Committee On Revenue And Taxation

California Assembly

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Assembly Joint Oversight Committee On Lowering The Cost Of Electric Services, Assembly Joint Oversight Committee

California Joint Committees

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Informational Hearing On The National Energy Policy Act Of 1992, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

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Interim Hearing On California's Nuclear Power Plants: Their Safety, Environmental Impacts And Economic Costs, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

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California's Energy Agenda: 1989-1990 Biennial Report, California Energy Commission

California Agencies

California's Energy Agenda, the Commission's seventh Biennial Report, is the California Energy Commission's principal planning document. It identifies emerging trends in energy supply and demand, and once approved by the Governor, becomes the state's official energy policy. The Agenda thus forms the basis for action by the Legislature, other government agencies, utilities, and the private sector to meet California's future energy needs.

Joint Hearing On Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant, Public Utilities Commission Staff Report

California Joint Committees

Public Utilities Commission Staff Report Recommending $4 Billion Disallowance.

Regulation Of Hydroelectric Development In California: Impact Of Recent Federal Legislation And Pending Litigation, Assembly Committee On Natural Resources

California Assembly

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California's Energy Outlook: 1987 Biennial Report, California Energy Commission

California Agencies

The Energy Commission's 1987 Biennial Report addresses several overriding concerns. Although today's relatively low oil and gas prices are providing a temporary reprieve for energy consumers, the state must take actions to encourage competition in energy markets while maintaining environmental protection, resource diversity, and security from fuel supply disruptions and price hikes. Because the future supply and price of oil are highly uncertain, our transportation system must reduce its virtual total dependence on oil. In addition, increasing competition in the natural gas and electricity sectors requires us to reevaluate energy regulations to ensure that energy prices reflect actual costs.

Energy Development, California Energy Commission

California Agencies

This Committee Report on Energy Development has been prepared for the California Energy Commission's Research, Development and Demonstration Committee in fulfillment of legislative requirements specified in Public Resources Code Section 25604. This statute calls for the Commission to publish and submit biennially to the Governor and Legislature a report on energy development trends in the state, including the status of new and existing energy technologies.

The Research, Development and Demonstration Committee held hearings on April 22 and 23, 1986, and received comments on the staff draft Energy Development Report. Comments and testimony presented at those hearings have been incorporated into …

Informational Hearing On Emergency Response To Nuclear Facility Safety Issues, Senate Subcommittee On Nuclear Facility Safety And Emergency Preparedness

California Senate

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Interim Hearing On Emerging Utility Trends: Competition And Diversification, Senate Committee On Energy And Public Utilities

California Senate

Across the board, every utility under the jurisdiction of this committee, and regulated by the PUC in this state, is planning and strategizing and promoting new ventures into competitive markets to make money. Both the telecommunications utilities, which found last year that they could explore new competitive territories, and the energy utilities, who have found that their logical investment domain in areas of energy development may have topped out in the state, seem to be rushing to invest before the mysterious "window of availability" closes.

Small Hydroelectric Systems: A Guide To Development In California, California Energy Commission

California Agencies

The 1979 Biennial Report of the California Energy Commission states that the development of preferred energy alternatives, including small hydroelectric, is a Commission priority. That report also states, "The Commission will continue to provide technical assistance for cogeneration and development of small hydroelectric energy." This manual was prepared by the staff of the Commission as part of the Development Division's program to provide this assistance.

Exploring New Energy Choices For California: The 1980-81 Report To The Legislature, California Energy Commission

California Agencies

State law requires that the California Energy Commission "develop and coordinate a program of research and development (R&D) in energy supply, consumption, and conservation and the technology of siting research and development priority to those forms of research and development (Public Resources Code Section 25601). Accordingly, the Commission's R&D program addresses a number of energy-re ated matters, including expansion and accelerated development of alternative sources of energy, such as geothermal, wind and solar resources, improved methods of energy conservation, increased energy efficiency in existing thermal electric and hydroelectric facilities, and advanced methods of energy demand forecasting.

The statute further directs …

Staff Report. California Assembly Committee On Fuel Scarcity, California Assembly Committee On Fuel Scarcity

California Assembly

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Energy Administration And Regulation In California: An Analysis, Joint Committee On Energy Policy And Implementation

California Joint Committees

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 177 (Resolution Chapter 145, Statutes of 1978) established the Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy and Implementation for the express purpose of evaluating the Energy Commission's performance and reporting the results of that evaluation to the appropriate standing committee of each House of the Legislature. The staff of the Joint Committee hereby summarizes the major points of its evaluation and submits that evaluation to the Joint Committee for use in reaching its final decision.