ABSTRACT

In the summer of 2001, the Mission Statement of the California Energy Commission read as follows:

It is the California Energy Commission's mission to assess, advocate and act through public/private partnerships to improve energy systems that promote a strong economy and a healthy environment.

It is the vision of the California Energy Commission for Californians to have energy choices that are affordable, reliable, diverse, safe and environmentally acceptable, (www.energy.ca.gov/commission/mission_statement.html)