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Warren-Alquist Act

State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act
Division 15 of the Public Resources Code


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2009 Edition
Publication Number: CEC-140-2009-001-REV1
Revised July 2009


The Warren-Alquist Act is the legislation that created and gives statutory authority to the California Energy Commission (formally called the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission).

Printed copies of the Warren-Alquist Act document are available from the Commission publications unit by calling 916-654-5200. Please ask for the publication number listed above. Or you can download an Adobe Acrobat version or a copy in Microsoft Word (below).

Questions about the Warren-Alquist Act should be addressed to the Commission's Office of the Chief Counsel by calling, 916-654-3951.


Download Warren-Alquist Act    Revised Edition, July 2009.
(Acrobat PDF, 319 pgs, 924 kb).


Download Warren-Alquist Act    Revised Edition, July 2009.
(Microsoft Word file, 319 pages, 1.2 MB).