California Title 20: Past, Present, and Future
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. To understand why efficiency standards have been such a focus for the agency, one can rewind to 1972, when California faced an energy emergency. According to the California Resources Agency at the time, energy usage was doubling every 8-10 years. At that rate, the state would need to build a large number of power plants, based on projections of the new capacity required. Those power plants, moreover, would require a source of water for cooling, so the state looked toward