October 8, 2024

June 2024 ESJ Community Listening Sessions Key Findings and Follow-Up Action

CalMTA recognizes the historical inequities of efficiency investment and is working to apply an equity lens in our approach to developing a market transformation (MT) portfolio for California that delivers

Research

September 27, 2024

2nd Quarter 2024 Activity Report

In the second quarter of 2024,  in collaboration with the Market Transformation Advisory Board (MTAB), the CalMTA team made important progress on several operational and market transformation initiative (MTI) development

Annual & Quarterly Reports

September 17, 2024

Commercial Replacement & Attachment Window Solutions Advancement Plan

This Advancement Plan summarizes available information and essential research activities for the proposed Commercial Replacement and Attachment Window Solutions Market Transformation Initiative (MTI). It represents the Phase I stage gate

MT Planning Planning

September 17, 2024

Residential Heat Pump Water Heating Advancement Plan

This Advancement Plan summarizes available information and essential research activities for the proposed Residential Heat Pumps Water Heating Market Transformation Initiative (MTI). It represents the Phase I stage gate deliverable

MT Planning Planning

August 30, 2024

An Equity Lens for Market Transformation: Delivering Equitable Benefits at Scale through an Integrated Program Design Approach

The equity focus adopted in recent years by energy efficiency resource acquisition programs across the country has been slower to manifest as a significant component of market transformation initiatives. Market

Research

August 5, 2024

2025 ABAL filed with the CPUC

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

Operations Planning

July 27, 2024

Fact Sheet: Meet CalMTA

CalMTA, a program of the California Public Utilities Commission and administered by Resource Innovations, will deliver high-impact solutions that further the State’s clean energy economy and climate goals to benefit

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June 25, 2024

Phase I Disposition Report

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

Process

June 18, 2024

1st Quarter 2024 Activity Report

In the 1st quarter of 2024, in collaboration with the Market Transformation Advisory Board (MTAB), the CalMTA team moved forward with the development of seven promising market transformation (MT) ideas

Annual & Quarterly Reports

June 4, 2024

2024 Operations Plan

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

Operations Planning

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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 seeks to help meet California’s energy efficiency and decarbonization goals by accelerating adoption of energy-efficient products and practices through market transformation. Market transformation is a proven strategic process of intervening in a market to create lasting change.
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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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The Market Transformation Advisory Board (MTAB) provides expertise and unbiased, non-binding recommendations on CalMTA’s market transformation initiatives. Register here for an upcoming advisory board meeting.

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