We are a trade organization
responding to the challenges and
issues that are impacting the
field of energy efficiency.

Welcome to Our Newest Members

The Efficiency Council continues to grow and is proud to welcome the following companies into our organization:

Full Members
Commissioning Agents, Inc.
Enovity, Inc.
Livingston Energy Innovations, LLC
SunPower Corporation

The full list of Efficiency Council members can always be found here.  

The Council continues to grow along with California's energy efficiency industry. View the stories of the workers and companies that make up the industry by visiting our Real People, Real Jobs profiles.
 
Real People. Real Jobs: The Faces of California's Efficiency Industry

The state's energy efficiency industry is a vibrant and growing sector that employs thousands of Californians. The Efficiency Council brings you the "Real People, Real Jobs" campaign to highlight the businesses that are driving much of California's economic growth. As the state continues to suffer from a less than robust economy, our industry is adding workers to the payroll and providing energy efficiency services that help families and businesses save energy, keep utility bills down, and benefit the environment.

Visit Real People, Real Jobs to find out more about the Efficiency Council's member companies that are helping to put California's economy back on track.

 
 
Welcome to Our New Members in the First Half of 2010

The Efficiency Council continues to expand, and new members who have joined our organization in 2010 thus far include:

Sustaining Member
Opinion Dynamics

Full Members
Electric and Gas Industries Association
Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.
EnerNOC, Inc.
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Jai J. Mitchell Analytics
Lennox International, Inc.
MCR Performance Solutions, LLC
Metrus Energy, Inc.
Richard Heath and Associates
TecMarket Works

The full list of Efficiency Council members can always be found here. Our growing organization of California's energy efficiency businesses is also supported by many leading voices in California; see what California leaders are saying about the Efficiency Council.
 
CEEIC Joins in Honoring Art Rosenfeld

On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, leaders in the energy efficiency community, including several CEEIC member representatives, gathered at UC Davis for a symposium to honor Art Rosenfeld, the “Father of Energy Efficiency,” for his contributions to the field and his service to the state of California. CEEIC Executive Director Audrey Chang gave one of several tributes to Rosenfeld at the celebratory dinner. Among the highlights of “The Rosenfeld Symposium: The Next Generation of Energy Efficiency” was the unveiling of a new energy metric, the “Rosenfeld,” representing energy saved rather than energy used. One Rosenfeld is equal to savings of 3 billion kilowatts of electricity per year, equal to the annual electricity generation of a 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant.

For more information, see the CEC press release or the UC Davis press release.
 
CEEIC Welcomes New Executive Director

On February 8, 2010, the Efficiency Council welcomed its new Executive Director, Audrey Chang.  We are excited to have an energetic, knowledgeable, and experienced leader to help guide the Council through the rest of our first year of growth.  Audrey came to the Council from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where she was Director of NRDC’s California Climate Program.  There, she managed NRDC’s efforts to support the state's implementation of AB 32 (California’s climate change mitigation legislation) and promoted energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other clean energy policies in California and western states. 

Prior to NRDC, Audrey was a project manager at Energy Solutions, where she administered another nonprofit organization, the Cool Roof Rating Council.  She is also a contributing author in two books on energy efficiency and climate change policy and on green building strategies on university campuses.  Audrey received her M.S. in Energy Engineering and B.S. in Earth Systems, with a concentration in energy systems, both from Stanford University.
 
Welcome to Dr. Ryan from CEEIC

CPUC WELCOMES NEW COMMISSIONER

SAN FRANCISCO, January 27, 2010 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today welcomed Nancy E. Ryan, Ph.D, as its newest Commissioner after Governor Schwarzenegger announced her appointment.

Commissioner Ryan is an economist with expertise in energy markets, climate change policy, and the public health and ecological impacts of energy production. Since February 2009, she has served as the CPUC's Deputy Executive Director for Policy. She joined the CPUC in January 2006 as President Peevey's Chief Energy Advisor and served as his Chief of Staff from April 2007 to February 2009.  While at the CPUC Commissioner Ryan has played a key role in developing policies in the areas of climate change, electricity market design, and renewable energy.  In the course of these efforts she has helped to build and enhance the CPUC's working relationships with its sister energy agencies and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as well as the Legislature and Governor's office.

CPUC President Michael R. Peevey said, "I have worked with Nancy for a number of years and I am very pleased that she will now join myself and Commissioners Grueneich, Bohn, and Simon on the dais and contribute her sound judgment and vast knowledge of regulatory and environmental policy to our decision-making."

Said Commissioner Ryan, "I would like to thank Governor Schwarzenegger for this wonderful opportunity. I will work to continue to make California a leader in energy, communications, water, and transportation policies for the benefit of California and its consumers, environment, and economy."

Prior to joining the CPUC, Commissioner Ryan was Senior Economist and Deputy California Director at Environmental Defense Fund, where she led policy initiatives focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and power plants, curbing air pollution from diesel engines, and restoring rivers and watersheds. Prior to joining Environmental Defense in 2001, Commissioner Ryan worked as a consultant for a diverse set of clients in the energy field, including conservation groups, state government, electric utilities, and the Electric Power Research Institute. From 1996 to 2007, Commissioner Ryan also taught a graduate-level course on applied Cost Benefit Analysis at University of California, Berkeley's Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy.

Commissioner Ryan, 49, received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Economics from Yale. Ryan is a Democrat and resides in Berkeley with her partner Carrie Portis and their 2-year old daughter, Frances.

Commissioners are appointed to the CPUC for six-year terms at a salary of $128,109 per year. The appointment requires Senate confirmation within one year. Commissioner Ryan was appointed to fill the Commissioner seat vacated by former Commissioner Rachelle Chong. Her term expires at the end of 2014.

The CPUC regulates privately owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies, in addition to authorizing video franchises. Its five Governor-appointed Commissioners are dedicated to ensuring that consumers have safe, reliable utility service at reasonable rates, protecting against fraud, and promoting the health of California's economy.