Energy: geothermal technologies.

The Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act establishes the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and requires the Energy Commission to, among other things, serve as a central repository within the state government for the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of data and information on all forms of energy supply, demand, conservation, public safety, research, and related subjects. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to prepare an integrated energy policy report every 2 years. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and other stakeholders, to evaluate and recommend policies and implementation strategies to overcome barriers to the deployment and use of geothermal heat pump and geothermal ground loop technologies. The Energy Commission would be required to include those evaluations and recommendations in the integrated energy policy report that is required to be adopted for calendar year 2013.