STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission

  Implementation of Renewables         )     Docket No. 02-REN-1038
  Investment Plan Legislation (Public  )     Renewable Energy Program
  Utilities Code Sections 381, 383.5,  )
  And 445 [SB 1038])                   )     Notice of Business Meeting
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ADOPTION OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE GUIDEBOOK
FOR THE CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM

The California Energy Commission will hold a regularly scheduled Business Meeting on:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004
10 a.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
First Floor, Hearing Room A
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)

Audio from this meeting will be broadcast over the Internet. For details, please go to:
www.energy.ca.gov/realaudio/

As part of the May 19, 2004 Business Meeting, the Energy Commission will consider adopting substantive changes to the Guidebook for the Consumer Education Program. This guidebook describes the eligibility requirements, selection and award process and administrative requirements for receiving funding from the Energy Commission's Consumer Education Program. This guidebook was adopted in February 2003 and is being revised to clarify projects and activities that are eligible for funding.

On September 12, 2002, Senate Bill 1038 (SB 1038, Chapter 515, Statutes of 2002, Sher), was enacted into law authorizing the Energy Commission to administer the Renewable Energy Program beginning in 2003 through 2006. The Consumer Education Program is one of several program elements within the Energy Commission's Renewable Energy Program. The Consumer Education Program provides information, promotes renewable energy and helps build a consumer market for renewable energy and emerging renewable technologies. The proposed changes to the guidebook are available on the Energy Commission's website at:

www.energy.ca.gov/renewables/02-REN-1038/documents/index.html

Hard copies of the final draft guidebooks may be obtained by calling Janet Preis at (916) 654-4524.

Written Comments

The Energy Commission encourages members of the public to submit written comments in advance of the Business Meeting. An original and 12 copies of any comments filed by mail or in person should be provided to the Energy Commission's Dockets Unit. Parties may also file a single copy electronically with the Dockets Unit and follow up with an original copy by mail. If you are providing written comments at the Business Meeting, please make an additional 50 copies available at the beginning of the meeting.

Please send or deliver written materials to:

California Energy Commission
Re: Docket No. 02-REN-1038
Dockets Unit, MS-4
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-5504
E-mail: docket@energy.state.ca.us

All written material filed with the Dockets Unit or provided at the Business Meeting will become part of the public record.

Public Participation

The Energy Commission's Public Adviser, Margret J. Kim, provides the public assistance in participating in Energy Commission activities. If you would like information on how to participate in the Business Meeting, please contact the Public Adviser's Office by phone at (916) 654-4489 or toll free at (800) 822-6228, by FAX at (916) 654-4493, or by e-mail at [pao@energy.state.ca.us]. If you have a disability and require assistance to participate in this workshop, please contact Lou Quiroz at (916) 654-5146 at least five days in advance.

If you have technical questions of the subject matter of this notice, please contact Ann Peterson by phone at (916) 653-4246, or by e-mail at [apeterso@energy.state.ca.us]. News media inquiries should be directed to Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive Director, at (916) 654-4989.

 

JOHN L. GEESMAN Commissioner and Presiding Member Renewables Committee

JAMES D. BOYD Commissioner and Associate Member Renewables Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: California Energy Commission's formal name is State of California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.