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The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services. 

DWR protects, conserves, develops, and manages much of California's water supply. This includes the State Water Project (SWP), the nation’s largest state-built water conveyance program, which also produces hydroelectric power.

Building on the state’s success in decarbonizing its economy, the California Air Resources Board takes action to battle climate change beyond 2020 while improving air quality.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency. The Office of Commissioner Patty Monahan leads CEC’s transportation policy work and the development of the 2020 Integrated Energy Policy Report. 

The City of Palo Alto has provided a full range of utility services (electric, gas, water, and sewer) for over 100 years, and is one of the only publicly-owned gas utilities in the State of California. 

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is a non-profit corporation that exists to assure a reliable Bulk Electric System in the geographic area known as the Western Interconnection. 

The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services.

Building on the state’s success in decarbonizing its economy, the California Air Resources Board takes action to battle climate change beyond 2020 while improving air quality.

The CPUC regulates services and utilities, protects consumers, safeguards the environment, and assures Californians' access to safe and reliable utility infrastructure and services.

The Western Interstate Energy Board is an organization of 11 Western States and three western Canadian Provinces.

Established in 1956 by the California State Legislature, DWR protects, conserves, develops, and manages much of California's water supply. This includes the State Water Project (SWP), the nation’s largest state-built water conveyance program.

The ISO manages the flow of electricity across the long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California’s and a small part of Nevada’s grid. The nonprofit public benefit corporation keeps power moving to homes and communities.

Commissioner Hochschild is the lead Commissioner on renewable energy and fills the environmentalist position at the California Energy Commission.