PIER Program - Information on Preparing Consultant and Project Reports

Public Interest Energy Research Program
Information on Preparing PIER Project Reports

This page is designed to assist PIER contractors and researchers in preparing interim and final project reports.

Below you will find the style manual, which explains our required report format. Please download and read the report and use its requirements to help you in formatting and submitting the report. Additionally, you'll find three templates in Microsoft Word® for a report's cover, credits page, and general styles.

If you have additional questions regarding the report format, please contact the PIER Program's Technology Transfer Unit:

PIER Technology Transfer
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-43
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-653-6029
E-mail: TechTransfer@energy.state.ca.us

Note: If you are creating a website, doing any outreach to the news media, or planning other public relations efforts surrounding the research project, please contact the California Energy Commission's Media & Public Communications Office at 916-6545-4989 [mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us] before you begin.

STYLE MANUAL for Preparing Reports for the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program
Energy Commission publication # CEC-500-2006-006-REV2. Posted: November 9, 2006, revised 7/12/07. (Acrobat file, 48 pages, 668 kilobytes)

Note: On covers for collaborative reports (from multi-organizations) please check with Energy Commission's Media & Public Communications Office

PIER Interim Project Report Cover Page Template (updated: 4/10/08, MS Word, 1 page, 332 kilobytes)

PIER Final Project Report Cover Page Template (updated: 4/10/08, MS Word, 1 page, 332 kilobytes)

PIER Program Report Credits Page Template (updated: 4/10/08, MS Word, 1 page, 152 kilobytes)

Instructions for Combining cover page, credits page, and report into one Word file. (updated: 10/4/07, MS Word, 1 page, 25 kilobytes)

PIER Report Styles Summary (updated: 10/4/07, MS Word, 1 page, 196 kilobytes)

Boilerplate for Preface to PIER Project Reports (PDF file, 1 page, 116 kilobytes)

Other Helpful Documents and Links

PIER Program Homepage

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Used by the PIER Program. (Acrobat file, 40 pages, 213 kilobytes)

Latest PIER Final Project Reports

NOTE: If you are writing a consultant report that is not connected with a PIER research project, then you should use the Commission's general Style Manual for consultant reports. If you are unsure, please contact the Media and Public Communications Office at 916-6545-4989 or by e-mail at [mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us].