Related Sites

• Wind Energy in California and Energy Commission Reports on Wind
• California Wind Energy Collaborative
• Western Bat Working Group wind energy page
• American Wind Energy Association
• Federal Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee
• National Wind Coordinating Committee
• National Renewable Enery Laboratory

Training and Outreach

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Workshops

The Energy Commission is working with the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to provide training for regional CDFG staff on implementation of the California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development, and to offer information to local lead agencies involved in permitting wind energy projects.

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)

CDFG Training Workshop

March 4, 2008

• Agenda (PDF file)

• Presenters' Bios (PDF file)

• Presentations

  Wind Industry Perspective on Project Permitting - Sara Parsons, PPM Energy. (PDF file, 139 pgs, 4.4 megabytes)

  Bats and Wind Energy - Bronwyn Hogan, CDFG. (PDF file, 19 pgs, 288 kb)

  Overview of Guidelines - Dick Anderson. (PDF file, 35 pgs, 2.0 megabytes)