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Keep informed about clean energy research. Delve into federal, state, and local reports, white papers, news articles, and data to stay updated on sustainability, renewables, and the evolving landscape of the clean energy workforce in California and the US.
California Energy Commission Careers
The California Energy Commission is the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency, helping to lead California to a 100 percent clean energy future. Our innovative work in energy reliability, clean energy research and development, and energy efficiency helps our state and profoundly impacts climate policy and green technology worldwide.
CaliforniaCleanEnergyJobsAct.com Proposition 39 information
The California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39) changed the corporate income tax code and allocates projected revenue to California’s General Fund and the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for five fiscal years, beginning with fiscal year 2013-14. Under the initiative, it is estimated that up to $550 million annually will be available for appropriation by the Legislature for eligible projects to improve energy efficiency and expand clean energy generation in schools.
E2.org Clean Jobs America 2023
Clean energy and clean vehicle jobs in America grew 4 percent in 2022, bringing the total number of workers in renewable generation, energy efficiency, clean vehicles, battery and storage, grid modernization, and biofuels to more than 3.3 million. Clean energy now employs over 40 percent of all energy workers in America.
LA Cleantech Incubator Green Jobs Report
LACI Report lays out a path to create 600,000 green jobs countrywide by 2050, and offers an in-depth analysis of the landscape of green jobs in Los Angeles County and a course of recommended actions on workforce investment to grow an economy in Los Angeles that is greener, stronger, and more inclusive.
LA County Economic Development Corporation SoCal EV industry jobs report
SCE, alongside LADWP, LA Metro, SCAG and South Coast AQMD helped fund a study by the LA County Economic Development Corporation that looked at the EV industry and jobs, finding ~120,000 jobs in Southern California are in the EV industry, with average California EV industry wages of $91,000, with expectations of growth as California scales up to 7+ million EVs on the road by 2030.
State of California Community Economic Resilience Fund
The CERF Program is a $600 million funding opportunity created by the State of California to help build an equitable and sustainable economy across California’s diverse regions and foster long-term economic resilience in the overall transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
U.S. Department of Energy: Nationwide Battery Workforce Challenge Program
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy department leads research, development, demonstration, and deployment of innovations in renewable energy, sustainable transportation and fuels, and buildings and industry.
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