Committee Overseeing the original proceeding
(Docket Number 06-OII-1):

John L. Geesman
Commissioner and Presiding Member
Renewables Committee

Jackalyne Pfannenstiel
Chairman and Associate Member
Renewables Committee

On September 26, 2007, the California Energy Commission approved the voluntary California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development. The California Energy Commission, working with the California Department of Fish and Game, developed this document to provide recommendations on methods to assess bird and bat activity at proposed wind energy sites; design pre-permitting and operations monitoring plans; and develop impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures. The methods described in the Guidelines are suggestions for local permitting agencies to use at their discretion and as a resource for other parties involved in the permitting process.

Data Submission

To submit bird or bat data and monitoring reports to the California Department of Fish and Game's BIOS (Biogeographic Information and Observation System), please send electronic data (smaller than 8 megabytes) to biology@energy.state.ca.us.

Data sets larger than 8 MB should be mailed as a Zip filed on a CD to:

California Energy Commission
Attn: Biology Unit Supervisor
1516 Ninth STreet, MS-40
Sacramento, CA 95814

Please identify the data as belonging to the "California Wind Energy Biological Database" and specify any viewing restrictions (see http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/submitting_data.asp for details.

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Final Guidelines

Download copy of final Guidelines:

California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats From Wind Energy Development - Final Commission Report
(Acrobat PDF file, posted October 23, 2007,
165 pages, 6.9 megabytes - Note file size!)

Download copy of final report MINUS Appendix E
(Acrobat PDF file, posted October 23, 2007, 137 pages, 1.2 megabytes)

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Training and Outreach

Letter to California Department of Fish and Game Regions
(Acrobat PDF file, posted February 20, 2008, 3 pages, 136 kb)

Letter to County Planning Directors
(Acrobat PDF file, posted December 19, 2007, 2 pages, 176 kilobytes)

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More Information

For more information regarding the Guidelines, or to provide comments on this document, please contact:

Rick York
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-40
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: ryork@energy.state.ca.us
Phone: 916-654-3945

Members of the News Media: Please contact Assistant Executive Director Claudia Chandler at 916-654-4989, E-mail: mediaoffice@energy.state.ca.us