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Assessment of Piezoelectric Materials for Roadway Energy Harvesting Cost of Energy and Demonstration Roadmap, Draft Consultant Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-007-D.
Posted: February 27, 2013.
(PDF file, 104 pages, 4.1 mb)
Improving Methods for Estimating Fatality of Birds and Bats at Wind Energy Facilities in California - Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-086.
Posted: February 11, 2013.
(PDF file, 136 pages, 5.5 mb)
Wind Storage-Enhanced Transmission Research and Development Project - Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-004.
Posted: January 16, 2013.
(PDF file, 96 pages, 5.1 mb)
WESTCARB Afforestation Pilot Projects in Shasta County, California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-085.
Posted: December 13, 2012.
(PDF file, 114 pages, 2 mb)
Studies Impacting Geologic Carbon Sequestration Potential in California - PIER Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2011-044.
Posted: December 10, 2012.
(PDF file, 94 pages, 2 mb)
The Natural Gas Research, Development, and Demonstration Program - Proposed Program Plan and Funding Request for Fiscal Year 2012–13.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-084.
Posted: November 16, 2012.
(PDF file, 180 pages, 16.4 mb)
The Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2012-2014 Triennial Investment Plan - Commission Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-082-CMF.
Posted: November 1, 2012.
(PDF file, 465 pages, 3.9 mb)
The Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2012-2014 Triennial Investment Plan - Errata.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-082-SF-ERRATA.
Posted: October 30, 2012.
(PDF file, 8 pages, 63 kb)
Solar Reflectances of Roofs Covered with Mineral Aggregate Surfacing Material.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-083.
Posted: October 26, 2012.
(PDF file, 27 pages, 1.8 mb)
Visualizing Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Options for California: CalAdapt - Fact Sheet.
PIER Fact Sheet. Publication # CEC-500-2012-FS-032.
Posted: October 23, 2012.
(PDF file, 2 pages, 201 kb)
The Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2012-2014 Triennial Investment Plan - Staff Final Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-082-SF.
Posted: October 23, 2012.
(PDF file, 247 pages, 3 mb)
The Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2012-2014 Triennial Investment Plan - Appendices A-E.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-082-SF-AP-A-E.
Posted: October 23, 2012.
(PDF file, 84 pages, 946 kb)
The Electric Program Investment Charge Proposed 2012-2014 Triennial Investment Plan - Appendices F.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-082-SF-AP-F.
Posted: October 23, 2012.
(PDF file, 84 pages, 946 kb)
Public Interest Energy Research Advanced Generation Roadmap.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-079.
Posted: September 18, 2012.
(PDF file, 69 pages, 2.2 mb)
Creating Incentives for Electricity Providers to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources - Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2008-028.
Posted: September 7, 2012.
(PDF file, 160 pages, 1.4 mb)
Improving Ventilation & Saving Energy: Final Report on Indoor Environmental Quality & Energy Monitoring in Sixteen Relocatable Classrooms- PIER Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-075.
Posted: August 27, 2012.
(PDF file, 103 pages, 1.4 mb)
Estimating Risk to California Energy Infrastructure from Projected Climate Change.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-057.
Posted: August 24, 2012.
(PDF file, 68 pages, 7 mb)
Climate Analysis, Monitoring, and Modeling - Fact Sheet.
PIER Fact Sheet. Publication # CEC-500-2012-FS-026.
Posted: August 21, 2012.
(PDF file, 2 pages, 172 kb)
Considering Climate Change in Hydropower Relicensing - Fact Sheet.
PIER Fact Sheet. Publication # CEC-500-2012-FS-027.
Posted: August 21, 2012.
(PDF file, 2 pages, 197 kb)
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM: Quarterly Report to the Legislature - January 2002 through March 2002.
PIER Report. Publication # P500-00-007-v9.
Posted: August 21, 2012.
(PDF file, 12 pages, 74 kb)
Assessing Desert Tortoise Survival and Reproduction at a Wind Energy Facility Near Palm Springs, California.
PIER Fact Sheet. Publication # CEC-500-2012-FS-025.
Posted: August 3, 2012.
(PDF file, 2 pages, 229 kb)
Socio-Economic Vulnerability to Climate Change in California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-013.
Posted: August 2, 2012.
(PDF file, 77 pages, 1.9 mb)
The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on the San Francisco Bay.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-014.
Posted: August 2, 2012.
(PDF file, 32 pages, 1.5 mb)
Community-Based Climate Adaptation Planning: Case Study of Oakland, California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-038.
Posted: August 2, 2012.
(PDF file, 86 pages, 1.9 mb)
Our Changing Climate 2012 Vulnerability & Adaptation to the Increasing Risks from Climate Change in California - Brochure.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-007.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 16 pages, 1.8 mb)
Climate and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment. A White Paper from the California Energy Commission’s California Climate Change Center.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-008.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 36 pages, 1.4 kb)
Projecting Growth in California (2000–2050) Under Six Alternative Policy Scenarios and Assessing Impacts to Future Dispersal Corridors, Fire Threats and Climate-Sensitive Agriculture.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-009.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 72 pages, 2.1 mb)
Development and Application of Downscaled Hydroclimatic Predictor Variables for Use in Climate Vulnerability and Assessment Studies. A White Paper from the California Energy Commission’s California Climate Change Center.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-010.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 95 pages, 6 mb)
Coastal Flooding-Potential Projections: 2000-2100. A White Paper from the California Energy Commission’s California Climate Change Center.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-011.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 53 pages, 4 mb)
Water and Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: Water Year Classification in Non-Stationary Climates.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-015.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 29 pages, 647 kb)
Water and Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: Simulating the Regulated Rivers of California’s West Slope Sierra Nevada.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-016.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 71 pages, 1.2 mb)
Climate Change and Water Supply Security: Reconfiguring Groundwater Management to Reduce Drought Vulnerability.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-017.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 80 pages, 1.2 mb)
Twenty-First Century Levee Overtopping Projections from InSAR-Derived Subsidence Rates in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: 2006-2010.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-018.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 29 pages, 1.6 mb)
Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation Study for California: Legal Analysis of Barriers to Adaptation for California’s Water Sector.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-019.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 70 pages, 762 kb)
Climate Change Effects on the High-Elevation Hydropower System with Consideration of Warming Impacts on Electricity Demand and Pricing.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-020.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 103 pages, 2.1 mb)
Hotspots of Climate Driven Increases in Residential Electricity Demand: A Simulation Exercise Based on Household Level Billing Data for California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-021.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 46 pages, 831 kb)
Future Climate Scenarios for California: Freezing Isoclines, Novel Climates, and Climatic Resilience of California's Protected Areas.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-022.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 73 pages, 1.8 mb)
Climate Change Impacts on California Vegetation: Physiology, Life History, and Ecosystem Change.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-023.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 89 pages, 2.3 mb)
Consequences of Climate Change for Native Plants and Conservation.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-024.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 58 pages, 1.7 mb)
Identifying Vulnerable Species and Adaptation Strategies in the Southern Sierra of California Using Historical Resurveys.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-025.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 141 pages, 3.6 mb)
Fire and Climate Change in California: Changes in the Distribution and Frequency of Fire in Climates of the Future and Recent Past (1911–2099).
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-026.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 58 pages, 1.7 mb)
Projected Effects of Future Climates on Freshwater Fishes of California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-028.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 60 pages, 684 kb)
Scenarios to Evaluate Long-Term Wildfire Risk in California: New Methods for Considering Links Between Changing Demography, Land Use and Climate.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-030.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 58 pages, 1000 kb)
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in California Agriculture.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-031.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 113 pages, 2.5 mb)
Adaptation Strategies for Agricultural Sustainability in Yolo County, California.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-032.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 205 pages, 2.3 mb)
Climate Change and The Agricultural Sector in The San Francisco Bay Area: Changes in viticulture and rangeland forage production due to altered temperature and precipitation patterns.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-033.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 63 pages, 1.3 mb)
Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in San Francisco Bay: Results from Case Studies.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-034.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 186 pages, 3.2 mb)
Impacts of Climate Change on San Francisco Bay Area Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence From Billing Data.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-035.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 30 pages, 549 kb)
Climate Change Adaptations for Local Water Management in The San Francisco Bay Area.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-036.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 63 pages, 1.4 mb)
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in The San Francisco Bay Area.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-037.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 55 pages, 2.1 mb)
City of Santa Barbara Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Study.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-039.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 89 pages, 3.7 mb)
Impacts of Predicted Sea-Level Rise and Extreme Storm Events on The Transportation Infrastructure in The San Francisco Bay Region.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-040.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 80 pages, 3.9 mb)
Mapping Climate Change Exposures, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation to Public Health Risks in The San Francisco Bay and Fresno Regions.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-041.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 104 pages, 5 mb)
Climate Change Scenarios for the San Francisco Region.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-042.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 22 pages, 631 kb)
Developing Adaptation Strategies for San Luis Obispo County: Preliminary Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Social Systems.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-054.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 92 pages, 2.2 mb)
Toward a Vibrant, Prosperous and Sustainable Fresno County: Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Midst of Rapid Change.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-055.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 114 pages, 2.1 mb)
Characterizing Uncertain Sea Level Rise Projections to Support Investment Decisions.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-056.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 44 pages, 1.1 mb)
Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Synthesis of PIER Program Reports and Other Relevant Research - Final Project Report.
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-071.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 65 pages, 1.4 mb)
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: An Assessment of Adaptation Strategies and Scenario Development for Resource Managers..
PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2012-027.
Posted: July 31, 2012.
(PDF file, 166 pages, 1.6 mb)Most reports listed here are available as Adobe Acrobat files.
