California Center for Sustainable Energy

Standard SDG&E commercial utility tariffs

Assembly Bill

Creates the Solar Hot Water and Efficiency Act of 2007 (SHWEA), a $250 million subsidy program for solar hot water heaters with the goal of promoting the installation of 200,000 solar hot water systems in California by 2017.  The pilot program, created by the bill, stopped taking applications in December 31, 2009

Assembly Bill 811, passed in July of 2008 allows local governments to form assessment districts that allow property owners to install renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements on their properties and pay for the cost of the projects over time.  Subsequent to the passage of AB 811, several governments in California and other states are forming financing districts for their constituents

Assembly Bill 32 - California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

Alternating Current

Association of Energy Engineers

Air Quality Improvement Program

Air Resource Board

Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers

Advice and Technical Assistance Center

Airport Vehicle Rebate Program

Building Integrated Photovoltaic Module

Building Performance Institute

British Thermal Unit

California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority

California Climate Action Registry

California Environmental Quality Act

California Home Energy Efficiency Rating System

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Dioxide equivalent

California Plumbing Code

Critical Peak Pricing

Capacity Reserve

California Solar Initiative Thermal Program

Contractors State License Board

Clean Vehicle Rebate Project

Applications that have been entered online but are awaiting approval from CCSE staff.

Online applications that have been approved by CCSE staff, or are still awaiting required supplementary documentation (ex. Proof of purchase/residency, vehicle registration, ect.).

A completed rebate application, where the rebate check has been mailed to the applicant.

Funds available for CVRP rebates.

Applications that have been entered after 2010-2011 CVRP funds have been exhausted  Once 2011-2012 funds are added, CCSE will be distributing rebates to applicants on the waiting list first, then new reservations.

Direct Current

Distributed Energy Resource

Distributed Generation

Distributed generation renewable utility tariff

Department of Energy

California Department of Water Resources

Energy Advisory Services

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grants

Electric Energy Commodity Cost

Energy Efficiency Ratio

Environmental Protection Agency

Emerging Renewables Program

Energy Service Company

Energy Service Provider

Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation

European Union Emission Trading System

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

Square Feet

Field Verification Form

Green Learning Adventure

Gigawatt

Gigawatt hour

Home Energy Rating System

Home Owner Association

International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Investor-Owned Utility

International Plumbing Code

Kilo Volt

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Liquefied Natural Gas

Megawatt

Megawatt hour

National Electrical Code

Net Energy Metering

Non-governmental Organization

New Solar Homes Partnerships

Property Assessed Clean Energy

Plug-in Electric Vehicle

Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Performance Monitoring and Reporting System

Power Purchase Agreement

Renewable Energy Certificate

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Single-family Affordable Solar Homes

Senate Bill

Senate Bill 1: Creation of California Solar Initiative (2006). This bill establishes goals of installing 3000 MW of solar generation capacity, establishing a self-sufficient solar industry, and placing PV systems on 50% of new homes in 13 years.

Senate Bill 32 - Expands the current feed-in-tariff (FIT) program to allow for renewable resources that are up to three megawatts (MWs) in size to qualify and to require the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to include the value of environmental compliance costs in the rate paid to generators under FIT.

Senate Bill 375 - requires ARB, by September 30, 2010, to provide each region that has a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the automobile and light truck sector for 2020 and 2035, respectively.  Sponsored by Senate President Steinberg, the bill -now law- seeks to reduce GHG/meet the requirements of AB 32 by promoting more compact land use policies in conjunction with shorter and fewer vehicle trips

Southern California Edison

San Diego Home Energy Upgrade

San Diego Renewable Energy Society

Seasonal Enegy Efficiency Ratio

State Energy Program

Self-Generation Incentive Program

Southern California Gas Company

Time of Use

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Utility Distribution Cost

Uniform Solar Energy Code

Value of Energy Generation

Vehicle Miles Traveled

Western Climate Initiative

Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System

Year

Zero Emission Motorcycle

Zero Emission Motorcycles