IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Electricity Load Growth Areas

The California Energy Commission (CEC) will host a workshop to explore areas of load growth that may be underrepresented in the CEC’s electricity demand forecast. Topics include new data centers, electrification in the agricultural sector, manufacturing, and electricity demand for hydrogen production. The forecast will be included in the 2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update (2024 IEPR Update), the CEC’s biannual energy policy report that is updated on alternate years such as 2024.

This workshop is part of the 2024 IEPR Update proceeding. Chair Hochschild is the CEC’s Lead Commissioner for the 2024 IEPR Update with Vice Chair Siva Gunda as the Associate Commissioner. A quorum of commissioners may participate, but no votes will be taken.

The CEC aims to begin promptly at the start time posted and the end time is an estimate based on the proposed agenda. The workshop may end sooner or later than the posted end time.

Notice and Agenda

• Notice of IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Electricity Load Growth Areas. Updated May 17, 2024.
• Workshop Schedule

Presentations

• Data Center. Load Growth, Jordan Weiszhaar & Joseff Kolman, Microsoft, Miles Kersten, STACK Infrastructure
• 2024 California Energy Demand Forecast Update. Heidi Javanbakht, CEC
• Electric Load Growth. Ken Schiermeyer and Matt Belden, SDG&E
• Forecasting Electric System Impacts of New Large Loads Challenges and Opportunities. Daniel Nelli, Jennifer Goncalves, and Shengnan Shao, PG&E
• SCE Potential Load Growth Areas. Hongyan Sheng, SCE
• Hydrogen Electricity Demand Estimates. Jack Brouwer and Jeff Reed, UC Irvine
• AG Sector Load Growth. Roger A. Isom, Ag Energy Consumers Association
• Manufacturing Sector Load Growth. Poonum Patel and Gabrielle Stevenson, GO-Biz

Event Recording

• IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Electricity Load Growth Areas - Zoom