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CEC Cropland Index Model (Classified)
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For lands used to produce crops, CEC developed a suitability model to simultaneously evaluate several factors that impact an area’s relative implication for... -
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Jurisdictional Peaker Power Plants
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2001 California Emergency Siting Peaker Power Plant PermittingIn 2001, Governor Davis identified a goal of bringing 1,000 megawatts of new power plants to meet the... -
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Energy Peak by POEU: 2020
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Notes: The 16 Publicly Owned Electric Utilities (POEU) shown on this map represent those with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year.... -
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Utility Wind Project Size by County and State: 2018
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This map illustrates the variety of average project capacity sizes across the United States and within the state of California, for wind projects whose total... -
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Utility Natural Gas Capacity and Generation by Type, Heat Rate, and County: 2022
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Data originates from the California Energy Commission. Map and data are for 2022 and are current as of July 12, 2023. -
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Solar Techno-economic Exclusion
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The site suitability criteria included in the techno-economic land use screens are listed below. As this list is an update to previous cycles, tribal lands, prime... -
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Draft Base Exclusions (Wind) for 2026-2027 IRP
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This version of the base exclusions incorporates the latest draft version of the Protected Area Layer and the latest Techno-economic Exclusion layers for wind. The... -
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Wetlands (Hosted Tile Layer)
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This dataset is available for download from: Wetlands (File Geodatabase).Wetlands in California are protected by several federal and state laws, regulations, and... -
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Building Climate Zones
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The numbers used in the climate zone map don't have a title or legend. The California climate zones shown in this map are not the same as what we commonly call... -
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BLM LUPA Renewable Energy Designations
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From Databasin: https://drecp.databasin.org/datasets/c61b0e256e494fc5b6958d6c3999a19a/Development Focus Areas (DFAs). Designation on BLM-administered lands within... -
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Capacity Factor of Hydroelectric Power Plants
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The height and color of columns at project locations are scaled and shaded to represent CFs of the projects in a specific month and year. (Capacity factor is the... -
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Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries
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The metropolitan planning organization (MPO) polygon feature class provides California MPO legislative boundaries, primarily for regional planning applications.Data... -
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Energy Demand by POEU: 2021
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Notes: The 16 Publicly Owned Electric Utilities (POEU) shown on this map represent those with an annual electrical demand exceeding 700 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year.... -
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The California Energy Commission's Core Responsibilities
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This dataset contains fact sheets which cover the seven core responsibilities of the California Energy Commission. -
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Utility-Scale Renewable Capacity Totals by County: 2023
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Power plants with capacity of at least 1 MW are included in totals. Counties shaded in grey have no utility-scale renewable electric capacity. Distributed generation... -
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Utility Natural Gas Capacity and Generation by Jurisdiction and County: 2024
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Power plant capacity data and map are from the California Energy Commission.The CEC licenses thermal power plants 50 megawatts (MW) and greater andthe infrastructure... -
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Draft Protected Areas Exclusion (Geothermal) for 2026-2027 IRP
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The geospatial data reflected in this Protected Area Layer contain minor data versioning and consolidation updates from the previous Protected Area Layer. This layer... -
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Draft Protected Areas Exclusion (Wind) for 2026-2027 IRP
State of California —
The geospatial data reflected in this Protected Area Layer contain minor data versioning and consolidation updates from the previous Protected Area Layer. The... -
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Parcelization (File Geodatabase)
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DescriptionThis dataset is available for download from: Parcelization (File Geodatabase)Parcelization, a measure of size and density of parcels in a localized area,...