Title: Climate Change Portal (Energy Commission)

URL: http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/

Description: Climate change is already having significant and widespread impacts on California's economy and environment. California's unique and valuable natural treasures - hundreds of miles of coastline, majestic forests and high value agriculture, snow-melt fed fresh water supply, vast snow and water fueled recreational opportunities, as well as other natural wonders - are especially at risk.

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Subject:   Climatic changes.

Title: California Energy Commission

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/

Description: As the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, the California Energy Commission is committed to reducing energy costs and environmental impacts of energy use - such as greenhouse gas emissions - while ensuring a safe, resilient, and reliable supply of energy

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Subject:   California Energy Commission,  Energy conservation.

Title: 2007 Net System Power Report

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2008publications/CEC-200-2008-002/CEC-200-2008-002-CMF.PDF

Description: This report provides the California Energy Commission’s annual calculation of net system power as required by state law.

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Subject:   California Energy Commission,  Electric power consumption,  Electric power production.

Title: Long-run Socioeconomic and Demographic Scenarios for California-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-013/CEC-500-2009-013-D.PDF

Description: This report describes socioeconomic storylines and key scenario elements for California that are broadly consistent with the global “A2” and “B1” storylines in the 2000 Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, including qualitative socioeconomic context as well as quantitative projections of key variables such as population, urbanization patterns, economic growth, and electricity prices.

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Subject:   California -- Population -- Forecasting,  California -- Social conditions,  California -- Economic conditions -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting

Title: Climate Change Scenarios and Sea Level Rise Estimates for the California 2008 Climate Change Scenarios Assessment - DRAFT PAPER

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-014/CEC-500-2009-014-D.PDF

Description: For the 2008 California Climate Change Assessment, to further investigate possible future climate changes in California, a set of 12 climate change model simulations was selected and evaluated.

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Subject:   Climatic changes.,  Sea level--Environmental aspects.

Title: Anthropogenic Reduction of Santa Ana Winds - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-015/CEC-500-2009-015-D.PDF

Description: The frequency of Santa Ana wind events is investigated within a high-resolution downscaling of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ERA-40 reanalysis data to 6-kilometer resolution over Southern California.

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Subject:   Climatic changes -- California, Southern,  Santa Ana winds,  Fire weather -- California, Southern

Title: An Analysis of Simulated California Climate Using Multiple Dynamical and Statistical Techniques

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-017/CEC-500-2009-017-D.PDF

Description: Four dynamic regional climate models (University of California, Santa Cruz’s RegCM3; the University of California, San Diego’s RSM; the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s WRF‐RUC; and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley’s WRF‐CLM3) and one statistical downscaling approach (the University of California, San Diego’s CANA) were used to downscale 10 years of historical climate in California

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Subject:   California Energy Commission,  California--Climate--Mathematical models,  Weather--Mathematical models,  Climatic changes.

Title: The Impact of Climate Change on California’s Ecosystem Services - Draft paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-025/CEC-500-2009-025-D.PDF

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Subject:   Biotic communities -- California,  Biodiversity -- California,  Carbon sequestration -- California,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting,  California Energy Commission,  Climate change mitigation.

Title: Current and Future Impacts of Extreme Events in California - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-026/CEC-500-2009-026-D.PDF

Description: This study synthesized existing research to characterize current understanding of the direct impacts of extreme events across sectors, as well as the interactions between sectors as they are affected by extreme events. It also produced new projections of changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme events in the future across climate models, emissions scenarios, and downscaling methods for producing regional climate information, for each California county.

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Subject:   Climatic extremes -- California -- Forecasting,  Heat waves (Meteorology) -- California -- Forecasting,  Frost -- California -- Forecasting,  Floods -- California -- Forecasting,  Drought forecasting -- California,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting

Title: Estimating Climate Change Impacts From Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Air Masses-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-031/CEC-500-2009-031-D.PDF

Description: This paper provides an initial exploration of this hypothesis through first identifying the dominant daily circulation patterns over North America using an objective cluster analysis on ERA-40 reanalysis of 500 millibar (mb), 700 mb, and 850 mb geopotential height and temperature fields. Next, we evaluate the extent to which these upper-air patterns can be correlated with surface-level oppressive air mass events associated with elevated levels of heatrelated mortality in major California urban centers.

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Subject:   Air masses,  Atmospheric circulation,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Forecasting,  Heat -- Physiological effect,  Human beings -- Effect of temperature on

Title: Price Impact On the Demand For Water And Energy In California Residences-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-032/CEC-500-2009-032-D.PDF

Description: This paper provides a summary of research to estimate the household price elasticities for natural gas, electricity, and water in California.

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Subject:   Housing -- Energy consumption -- Economic aspects -- California,  Housing -- Energy conservation -- Economic aspects -- California,  Residential water consumption -- Economic aspects -- California,  Elasticity (Economics) -- California

Title: Estimating the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Southern California Beaches-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-033/CEC-500-2009-033-D.PDF

Description: Climate change could substantially alter the width of beaches in Southern California. Climatedriven sea level rise will have at least two important impacts on beaches: (1) higher sea level will cause all beaches to become more narrow, all things being held constant, and (2) sea level rise may affect patterns of beach erosion and accretion when severe storms combine with higher high tides. To understand the potential economic impacts of these two outcomes, this study examined the physical and economic effects of permanent beach loss caused by inundation due to sea level rise of one meter and of erosion and accretion caused by a single, extremely stormy year (using a model of beach change based on the wave climate conditions of the El Niño year of 1982/1983.)

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Subject:   Coast changes -- Economic aspects -- California, Southern -- Forecasting,  Sea level -- Economic aspects -- California, Southern -- Forecasting,  Beach erosion -- Economic aspects -- California, Southern -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California, Southern -- Forecasting,  California, Southern -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting

Title: Estimating the Mortality Effect of the July 2006 California Heat Wave-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-036/CEC-500-2009-036-D.PDF

Description: For this study, daily data were collected for mortality and weather in seven California counties known to be affected by the July 2006 heat wave. The association between apparent temperature and daily mortality was assessed using a Poisson regression model and combined across counties in a meta-analysis.This multi-county analysis provides additional evidence that the risk of mortality increases with prolonged exposure to high apparent temperatures, as is common during a heat wave.

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Subject:   Heat waves (Meteorology) -- California,  High temperatures -- California,  Heat -- Physiological effect -- California

Title: The Effect of Temperature on Hospital Admissions in Nine California Counties - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-037/CEC-500-2009-037-D.PDF

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Subject:   Hospital utilization -- California,  Heat -- Physiological effect -- California,  Temperature.

Title: Environmental Health and Equity Impacts from Climate Change and Mitigation Policies in California: A Review of the Literature DRAFT PAPER

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-038/CEC-500-2009-038-D.PDF

Description: This literature review explores disparities in the impacts of climate change and the abilities of different groups to adapt to it. Further, it investigates the costs and benefits of climate change mitigation strategies—some of which have been specified in the Scoping Plan for the implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Finally, knowledge gaps and future research questions are identified.

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Subject:   Environmental justice -- California,  Environmental health -- California,  Climatic changes -- Health aspects -- California,  Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- California,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California

Title: Climate Extremes in California Agriculture - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-040/CEC-500-2009-040-D.PDF

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Subject:   Agriculture -- California,  Floods -- California,  Frost -- California,  Heat waves (Meteorology) -- California,  Crops and climate -- Economic aspects -- California

Title: Estimating the Economic Impacts of Agricultural Yield Related Changes for California-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-042/CEC-500-2009-042-D.PDF

Description: This research measured the economic effects of climate-related yield change in California crops. The overall conclusion from model runs is that, while the effect of climate change is manifest through yield changes, after economic adaptation, the results on irrigated crop production are predominately shown in economic terms and changes in aggregate land and water use.

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Subject:   Crop yields -- Economic aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  Crop yields -- Economic aspects -- California -- Mathematical models,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting

Title: Economic Impacts of Climate Change On California Agriculture - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-043/CEC-500-2009-043-D.PDF

Description: Using county-level data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture, this study evaluates the effect of weather and climate on agricultural profits in the State of California. The approach is to estimate revenue less production cost per acre as a function of land characteristics, weather realizations, and climate.

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Subject:   Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  Crops and climate -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting,  Agriculture -- California -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California

Title: Climate Change, Growth, and California Wildfire-DRAFT PAPER

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-046/CEC-500-2009-046-D.PDF

Description: A study modeled future wildfires considering different climate and development scenarios. Results show a significant increase in wildfires, especially under higher emissions (SRES A2) with statewide increases ranging from 57% to 169% by 2085. The spatial patterns of increased fire occurrence vary based on the speed of vegetation shifts, with coastal areas and Northern California showing higher increases in fire area burned.

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Subject:   Wildfires--Forecasting,  Biotic communities,  Hydrology,  Climate changes,  California--Environmental conditions--Forecasting

Title: Potential Effects of Climate Change on Residential Wildfire Risk in California - Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-048/CEC-500-2009-048-D.PDF

Description: We model the interaction of climate‐dependent wildfire risk and one spatially explicit population growth scenario in California to generate measures of changes in wildfire risk to residential property under different scenarios for future climate.

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Subject:   Wildfire forcasting -- California,  Fire risk assessment -- California -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting

Title: Water Management Adaptation with Climate Change - Draft paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-049/CEC-500-2009-049-D.PDF

Description: This paper explores water management adaptation in California to warm-dry and warm-only climate warming scenarios from the updated scenarios for the California Climate Change Scenarios Assessment 2008.

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Subject:   Water resources development -- California -- Forecasting,  Water-supply -- California -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting

Title: Water Management Adaptation with Climate Change - Final Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-049/CEC-500-2009-049-F.PDF

Description: This paper explores water management adaptation in California to warm-dry and warm-only climate warming scenarios from the updated scenarios for the California Climate Change Scenarios Assessment 2008.

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Subject:   Water resources development -- California -- Forecasting,  Water-supply -- California -- Forecasting,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting,  Water demand management.,  Water-supply--Management.

Title: Projections of Potential Flood Regime Changes In California-Draft Paper

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-500-2009-050/CEC-500-2009-050-D.PDF

Description: Simulation models are used here to weigh competing influences that might either increase or diminish future floods. Future characteristics of major storms, in particular pineapple express or atmospheric river storms, by global climate models indicated changes mostly at the extremes. Likewise, although the average intensity of storms was not projected to increase much in most climate models, occasional much-larger-than-historical-range storm intensities were simulated.

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Subject:   California -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting,  Floods -- California -- Forecasting,  Hydrological forecasting -- California,  Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Forecasting,  Floods.

Title: PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Investment Plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (flyer)

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-600-2009-006/CEC-600-2009-006.PDF

Description: Flyer for workshop on Investment Plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program

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Subject:   Alternative fuel vehicles

Title: The Summer 2001 Conservation Report

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/CEC-400-2002-001/CEC-400-2002-001.PDF

Description: This report outlines the success of California's most extensive energy conservation effort at the time. In 2000, California faced electricity supply challenges, leading Governor Davis to set a goal of reducing peak demand by 5,000 megawatts in 2001. The conservation campaign exceeded expectations, achieving a 5,570 megawatt reduction by June 2001. Overall electricity consumption dropped by 6.7%, with a record 14% reduction during peak hours.

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Subject:   Electric power -- Conservation -- California,  Energy conservation -- California,  Demand-side management (Electric utilities) -- California

Title: Air Quality Emission Offsets - Constraints And Opportunities For Power Plant Development Projects

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/CEC-700-1997-002.PDF

Description: This report provides information to decision makers and interested parties on the air quality constraints to and opportunities for developing new power plants in California. It is based on a description of air districts' ambient air quality standards attainment status, offset requirements, offset strategies allowed, and offset costs and availability.

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Subject:   Air quality--Standards,  Electric power-plants.

Title: Individual California Government Documents

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/afvguide.html

Description: Resource Guide to inform local governments and fleet operators of the infrastructure needed to support alternative fuel vehicles

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Subject:   California Energy Commission,  Energy conservation.,  Alternative fuel vehicles.

Title: Results of the Delphi Viii Survey of Oil Price Forecasts

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/delphi8.pdf

Description: The purpose of this report is to present the results of the Energy Commission staff's 1995 Delphi survey on future oil prices. The following narrative discusses a brief background of the Delphi survey method, a description of the panel, a description of the survey, and a summary of the results of the survey

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Subject:   Petroleum products--Prices.

Title: Decision for Certification Pursuant to 21-Day Emergency Permitting Process Calpeak Enterprise #7 - Figures

URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/peakers/calpeak/documents/CALPEAK_FINAL_DECI.PDF

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Subject:   Electric utilities

Title: Global Energy Connection

URL: http://www.globalenergyconnection.ca.gov/

Description: The California Energy Commission’s Energy Technology Export Program provides assistance to California-based energy technology firms in exporting technologies, products, and services to international markets.

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Subject:   California Energy Commission,  International trade.,  Energy industries.

Title: Go Solar California

URL: http://www.gosolarcalifornia.org/

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Subject:   Energy,  Solar energy--California.,  Renewable energy.