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Reports, Publications, Papers, and Presentations of the California Energy Commission

The California Energy Commission publishes between 250 and 500 reports, papers, fact sheets, technical briefs, and other publications each year. This database will help you to locate reports that are available to download from our website. All reports since 2005 are available. Reports published from December 1994 (when our website went on line) and 2005 are mostly available on line as well and can be searched through this database. For documents published prior to 1994, please check with the Energy Commission's library.

Please note that our database is updated each Friday.
So, reports that have gone on line during the week may not be listed until Friday.

Note: Draft or preliminary reports and documents or presentations associated with workshops and meetings are usually only available from a proceedings' documents page. Please see our list of various proceedings.

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Strategic Plan to Reduce the Energy Impact of Air Conditioners, Consultant Report, Publication # CEC-400-2008-010, posted: June 13, 2008. (PDF file, 48 pgs., 336 kb)	Challenges and Opportunities to Deliver Renewable Energy From Baja California Norte to California, Consultant Report, Publication #CEC-600-2008-004, posted: June 6, 2008. (PDF file, 54 pgs., 1.4 MB)	2008 Best Permitting Practices Guidelines for Liquid Transportation Fuels Infrastructure - Staff Report, Publication #CEC-700-2008-002-SF, posted: May 29, 2008. (PDF file, 69 pgs., 760 kb)
Progress Report on Resource Adequacy Among Publicly Owned Load-Serving Entities in California, Staff FINAL Report, Publication #CEC-200-2007-016-SF, posted: May 21, 2008. (PDF file, 127 pgs., 1.1 MB)	Summer 2008 Electricity Supply and Demand Outlook, Staff Report, Publication #CEC-200-2008-003, posted: May 20, 2008. (PDF file, 37 pgs., 280 kb)	Understanding Entrainment at Coastal Power Plants: Informing a Program to Study Impacts and Their Reduction, Consultant report, Publication # CEC-500-2007-120. Posted: May 13, 2008. (PDF file, 111 pgs., 1.1 MB)
Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program, Natural Gas - Proposed Program Plan and Funding Request for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Staff Report, Publication # CEC-500-2008-027. Posted: May 12, 2008. (PDF file, 47 pgs., 1.2 MB)	Natural Gas Vehicle Research Roadmap - DRAFT Consultant Report, Publication # CEC-500-2008-044. Posted: May 9, 2008. (PDF file, 53 pgs., 1.1 MB)	Barriers to Expansion of Natural Gas Storage Facilities In California - Final PIER Project Report, Publication # CEC-500-2008-036. Posted: April 30, 2008. (PDF file, 124 pgs., 1.3 MB)
2007 Net System Power Report - Final Commission Adopted Report, Publication # CEC-200-2008-002-CMF. Posted: April 25, 2008. (PDF file, 27 pgs., 408 kb)	Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program 2007 Annual Report - Final Commission Adopted Report, Publication # CEC-500-2008-026-CMF. Posted: April 17, 2008. (PDF file, 53 pgs., 872 kb)	New Solar Homes Partnership Builders' Kit, Publication # CEC-180-2008-004. Posted: April 15, 2008. (PDF file, 50 pgs., 5.5 MB)

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