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QUARTERLY REPORTS
2003 Quarterly Reports
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
October 1 through December 31, 2003 - Report to the Legislature, on line, February 20, 2004,
Publication Number 300-03-001V4. (Acrobat PDF file, 8 pages, 42 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
July 1 through September 30, 2003 - Report to the Legislature, on line, November 21, 2003,
Publication Number 300-03-001V3. (Acrobat PDF file, 8 pages, 313 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
April 1 through June 30, 2003 - Report to the Legislature, on line, August 28, 2003,
Publication Number 300-03-001V2. (Acrobat PDF file, 8 pages, 40 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
January 1 through March 31, 2003 - Report to the Legislature, on line, July 1, 2003,
Publication Number 300-03-001V1. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 192 kilobytes).
2002 Quarterly Reports
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
October 1 through December 31, 2002 - Report to the Legislature, on line, March 19, 2003,
Publication Number 300-02-002V4. (Acrobat PDF file, 8 pages, 58 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
July 1 through September 30, 2002 - Report to the Legislature, on line, January 10, 2003,
Publication Number 300-02-002V3. (Acrobat PDF file, 8 pages, 124 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
April 1 through June 30, 2002 - Report to the Legislature, on line, August 12, 2002,
Publication Number 300-02-002V2. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 32 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
January 1 through March 31, 2002 - Report to the Legislature, on line, June 13, 2002,
Publication Number 300-02-002V1. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 36 kilobytes).
2001 Quarterly Reports
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
October 1 through December 31, 2001 - Report to the Legislature, on line, February 13, 2002,
Publication Number 300-01-003V4. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 45 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
July 1 through September 30, 2001 - Report to the Legislature, on line: January 25, 2002,
Publication Number 300-01-003V3. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 31 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
April 1 through June 30, 2001 - Report to the Legislature, on line: January 25, 2002,
Publication Number 300-01-003V2. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 31 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
January 1 through March 31, 2001 - Report to the Legislature, May 2001,
Publication Number 300-01-003V1. (Acrobat PDF file, 7 pages, 44 kilobytes).
2000 Quarterly Reports
"Transition from Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether to Ethanol in California"
Prepared Witness Testimony of William J. Keese, Chairman, California Energy Commission before
House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs,
July 2, 2003, Washington, D.C. (Acrobat PDF, 6 pages, 18 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
July 1 through September 30, 2000 - Report to the Legislature, December 2000,
Publication Number 300-00-005v3. (Acrobat PDF file, 6 pages, 66 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
April 1 through June 30, 2000 - Report to the Legislature, July 2000,
Publication Number 300-00-005v2. (Acrobat PDF file, 3 pages, 48 kilobytes).
Download Report Quarterly Report Concerning MTBE Use in California Gasoline:
January 1 through March 31, 2000 - Report to the Legislature, May 2000,
Publication Number 300-00-005vI. (Acrobat PDF file, 3 pages, 25 kilobytes).
Other Documents & Reports
Arranged Chronologically
Prepared Witness Testimony of William J. Keese, Chairman
California Energy Commission to the
Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs
on July 2, 2003. (Acrobat PDF file, 5 pages, 128 kilobytes).
"California's Phaseout of MTBE - Background and Current Status", PowerPoint presentation by Gordon Schremp at the UC TSR&TP Advisory Committee Spring Meeting, Cal EPA, Sacramento, California, March 17, 2003. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 312 kilobytes).
Draft Consultant's Report
MTBE PHASE OUT IN CALIFORNIA, Draft Consultant's Report by
Stillwater Associates. Publication # 600-02-008CR. (Placed on line March 14, 2002. (Acrobat PDF file, 82 pages, 610 kilobytes).
Executive Summary of MTBE Phase-Out In California Consultant Report, March 14, 2002.
APPENDIX -- STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS, MTBE Phase Out In California, Publication # 600-02-008CR
(Placed on line April 3, 2002).
The Appendix contains scanned images of original hard copy documents. To aid downloading, the Appendix is available below in 4 sections of approximately 6 Megabytes each or as one complete document of 24 Megabytes. For best results, right-click on the link and download to your hard drive, then open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Appendix COMPLETE PACKAGE, 24 MEGABYTES (Acrobat PDF file, 178 pages, 24 Megabytes).
Appendix in four separate sections:
Appendix - Stakeholder Comments Pages 1-42 - (Acrobat PDF file, 6.2 Megabytes).
Appendix - Stakeholder Comments Pages 43-87
(Acrobat PDF file, 6.4 Megabytes).
Appendix - Stakeholder Comments Pages 88-131
(Acrobat PDF file, 5.8 Megabytes).
Appendix - Stakeholder Comments Pages 132-174
(Acrobat PDF file, 4.8 Megabytes).
"Replacing MTBE with Ethanol in California", PowerPoint presentation by Pat Perez to the Governors' Ethanol Coalition, San Diego, California, February 27, 2002. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 473 kilobytes).
Energy Commission Workshop, February 19, 2002.
TRANSCRIPT of February 19, 2002, Workshop (Acrobat PDF file, 237 page, 303 kilobytes)
Notice of Committee Workshop on the Possible Impacts of Phase Out of MTBE
Workshop Agenda (Acrobat PDF file, 1 page, 10 kilobytes)
Form for Questions at Workshops(Acrobat PDF file, 1 page, 13 kilobytes)
MTBE PHASE OUT IN CALIFORNIA, Study conducted by
Stillwater Associates. Consultant's Report. Note: This is the draft version of this document,
which was replaced by newer version on March 14, 2002. It is placed on line for comparison purposes.
Commission cover and publication number not available on this version.
(Acrobat PDF file, 65 page, 925 kilobytes).
"MTBE Phase Out in California", PowerPoint presentation by Stillwater Associates
Energy Commission Workshop - February 19, 2002. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 1.4 megabytes - Note file size.).
"MTBE Phase Out in California", PowerPoint presentation by Gordon Schremp at the
Energy Commission Workshop - February 19, 2002. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 64 kilobytes).
"MTBE Phaseout Update - Costs, Supply, Logistics & Key Challenges", PowerPoint presentation by Gordon Schremp at the
California Air Resources Board Hearing, San Francisco, California, July 26, 2001. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 264 kilobytes).
"California Issues - Expanded Use of Ethanol and Alkylates", PowerPoint presentation by Gordon Schremp at the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Workshop - April 10-11, 2001. (Microsoft PowerPoint, 112 kilobytes).
WEB PAGE for Potential for California Waste-Based or Other Biomass Ethanol Development, including
FINAL REPORT - Costs and Benefits of a Biomass-to-Ethanol
Production Industry in California, Publication Numbers
500-01-002 and 500-01-002A (Appendices), April 3, 2001,
and other supporting documents related to this report.
Other Reports & Documents Prior to 2000
Download Report Analysis of California Phase 3 RFG Standards (Final),
submitted by MathPro Inc., December 7, 1999. (Acrobat PDF, 43 pages, 118 kilobytes)
Download Report Interim Results - Analysis of California Phase 3 RFG
, submitted by MathPro Inc., November 22, 1999. (Acrobat PDF, 14 pages, 52 kilobytes)
Download COMMITTEE Report Timetable for the Phaseout of MTBE from
California's Gasoline Supply, Publication # 300-99-003, July 1, 1999. (Acrobat PDF, 19 pages, 94 kilobytes)
June 18, 1999 Workshop
Staff Findings: Timetable for Phaseout of MTBE from California's
Gasoline Supply June 18, 1999 (This is the HTML version of a
Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation.)
Delivery of MTBE-Free Gasoline to Lake Tahoe June 18, 1999
(This is the HTML version of a Microsoft PowerPoint slide
presentation.)
Comments on the Timetable for the Phaseout of MTBE from California's
Gasoline Supply June 18, 1999 (This is the HTML version of a
Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation.)
Purvin & Gertz, Inc. John Vautrain California Energy Commission June
18, 1999 (This is the HTML version of a Microsoft PowerPoint slide
presentation.)
Download DRAFT Report
Timetable for the Phaseout
of MTBE from California's Gasoline Supply. June 1999. (15 pages, 72
kilobytes)
Download DRAFT Report Staff Findings: Timetable for the phaseout
of MTBE from California's gasoline supply, Publication Number 300-99-003. Staff
Findings, June 1999. (15 pages, 72 kilobytes)
Committee Hearing - November 13, 1998
Agenda and Archive of RealAudio broadcast of Committee Hearing
on 11/13/1998.
November 13, 1998 - Staff Presentation - Energy Commission
staff PowerPoint presentation at hearing
Download Report: Supply and Cost of Alternatives to MTBE in
Gasoline, Publication Number 300-98-013. Staff report, February 1999. (39 pages, 271
kilobytes)
Executive Summary of Staff Report
APPENDICES to Publication No. 300-98-013
Note: We have combined all appendices into one downloadable file
to make it easier for downloading over high speed lines. They are also
available separately for slower modem connections.
Download FULL Appendices, (412 pages, 1,500 kilobytes)
APPENDIX A - Technical Documents (13 pages, 63 kilobytes)
APPENDIX B - Report on the Oxygenate Market: Current Production
Capacity, Future Supply Prospects
and Cost Estimates (106 pages, 313 kilobytes)
APPENDIX C - Report on Tax Incentives For Ethanol (7 pages, 48
kilobytes)
APPENDIX D - External CARB Gasoline Supply (128 pages, 516
kilobytes)
APPENDIX E - Adequacy of Marine Infrastructure (24 pages, 92
kilobytes)
APPENDIX F - Impacts on External Markets (12 pages, 71
kilobytes)
APPENDIX G - Refinery Modeling Task 1: Specifying Scenarios and
Methodology (46 pages, 172 kilobytes)
APPENDIX H - Refinery Modeling Task 2: Calibration of Refinery
Model (45 pages, 204 kilobytes)
APPENDIX I - Refinery Modeling Task 3: Supply Scenario Modeling
Runs (UPDATED: 12/14/98, 92 pages, 445 kilobytes)
APPENDIX J - Ethanol Blending Properties for Task 3 Modeling
Runs (17 pages, 87 kilobytes)
APPENDIX K - Exhibits (21 pages, 80 kilobytes)
MTBE Alternative Supply Study
Public Workshop Information Package - October 23, 1997, "Evaluating the Cost and
Supply of Alternatives to MTBE in California's Reformulated Gasoline,"
Public Workshop Information Package, Summary Study Workplan, Oxygenate
Information. California Energy Commission, Fuel Resources Office,
Current as of October 23, 1997. (35 pages, 96 kilobytes)
Summary of Comments during discussion of Senate Bill 521
Comments By Commission Deputy Director Dan Nix on MTBE
in Gasoline. Testimony Given Before Senate Environmental Quality
Committee Hearing on May 12, 1997.
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