2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update
Summary
SCH Number
2025100407
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/9/2025
Document Description
The Warren-Alquist Act requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) in odd-numbered years to "conduct assessments and forecasts of all aspects of energy industry supply, production, transportation, delivery and distribution, demand, and prices” and to “use these assessments and forecasts to develop and evaluate energy policies and programs that conserve resources, protect the environment, ensure energy reliability, enhance the state's economy, and protect public health and safety" (Public Resources Code § 25301, subd. (a)); and to update these assessments and forecasts in even-numbered years (Public Resources Code § 25302, subd. (c)).
This 2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update adopted by the CEC on October 8, 2025, fulfills that statutory requirement, and also includes the 2024 Electricity Demand Forecast Update, and an initial report on Wave and Tidal Energy pursuant to Senate Bill 605 (Padilla, Chapter 405, Statutes of 2023). The beneficiaries of the assessments and recommendations include all Californians, as the state strives to meet its zero-carbon and renewable energy goals by 2045.
Contact Information
Name
Renee F Webster-Hawkins
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Senior Staff Attorney
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Statewide
Other Information
Statewide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
California Code of Regulations, title 14, § 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The CEC has considered the application of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to the adoption of the Final 2024 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update, and concluded that the adoption of this report is not a “project” under CEQA, because no commitment to any specific project is made in this 2024 IEPR Update, and approving it will not cause a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the environment. However, in the event that the adoption of the 2024 IEPR Update were determined to be a project, the CEC has determined that it would nonetheless be exempt from CEQA requirements pursuant to the “common sense” exemption (CEQA Guidelines, § 15061, subd. (b)(3)) for the same reason, and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of the 2024 IEPR Update may have a significant effect on the environment.