CalMTA’s Market Transformation Policy Manual provides a summary of the rules established by California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decisions that govern the Market Transformation Administrator (MTA/CalMTA). This manual also includes information that expands on the CPUC’s decisions from key sources, such as the contract between Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Resource Innovations (RI) to provide CalMTA services.
The CPUC Decision directed CalMTA to document the results of each RFI to the MTAB in disposition reports for both Stage 1 – including a list of submissions rank-ordered by their score – and Stage 2, listing the ideas advancing to Phase II. For the first RFI, CalMTA produced two
CalMTA enters its third year with a strong foundation to deliver on the high-value solutions that we’ve developed to further the State’s clean energy and climate goals. The 2025 year will be a pivotal time for CalMTA, as we are poised for the first Market Transformation Initiatives (MTIs) to move
Resource Innovations filed on Aug. 19, 2024, the 2025 Annual Budget Advice Letter (ABAL) on behalf of the CalMTA program. The ABAL was submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for review and approval. The CPUC received one protest from CPUC’s Public Advocates Office on Sept. 6, 2024, on
This final Phase I Disposition Report released by CalMTA provides a comprehensive summary of the solicitation, scoring, and assessment of ideas received in the 2023 Request for Ideas. The report provides updates on Batch 1 Market Transformation Initiative (MTI) development and a detailed description of additional idea scoring and recommendations
The 2024 Operations Plan describes the activities CalMTA planned for the year, to continue building on progress made in all areas of our work. These activities are designed to further the development of a market transformation (MT) portfolio that will help California realize its efficiency, decarbonization, equity, and workforce development
The California Market Transformation Framework, created via California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decision 19-12-021, calls for setting clear savings goals and other market transformation initiative (MTI) metrics to ensure a high level of accountability, and ongoing evaluation to reduce program performance risk. To ensure this outcome, CalMTA has developed an
The California Market Transformation Administrator (CalMTA) develops and manages market transformation initiatives in the state to reduce energy use and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
CalMTA follows a rigorous process for reviewing, scoring, and then developing relevant, timely market transformation initiatives. The process supports market transformation initiative creation from concept to program development to market deployment, as well as the eventual exiting of the market.
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