Invited Principal Partners:

• Sempra Energy Utilities (Los Angeles, CA)
  Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company. Our subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas, and diverse energy solutions around the world.
  
  
• San Diego Regional Energy Office (San Diego, CA)
  San Diego Regional Energy Office (SDREO) is an independent, public-benefit, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that provides objective information, research, analysis and long-term planning on energy issues for the San Diego region. SDREO also serves as a critical link between consumers and government and is currently managing over $30 million in public funds through a variety of rebate, incentive and education programs.
  
  
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA)
  Ernest Orlando Lawrence founded this Lab, the oldest of the national laboratories, in 1931. Lawrence invented the cyclotron, which led to a Golden Age of particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the universe. Known as a mecca of particle physics, Berkeley Lab long ago broadened its focus. Of our nine Nobel Prizes, five are in physics and four in chemistry. Today, we are a multiprogram lab where research in advanced materials, life sciences, energy efficiency, detectors and accelerators serves America's needs in technology and the environment

State Collborators:

• Hawaii State Energy Office
  The objective in the area of Alternate and Renewable Energy is to promote commercialization of Hawaii's sustainable energy resources and technologies to reduce the state's high dependence on imported oil, increase local economic development, and reduce the potential negative economic impacts of oil price fluctuations. Sustainable energy sources and technologies available in Hawaii include biomass, geothermal, hydropower, ocean thermal and wave energy, solar energy (including photovoltaics and solar thermal), and energy from wind. Activities include providing resource data, technical and economic analyses, support for research, demonstration, development, and application of renewable energy technologies, and public outreach.
  
  The objective in the area of Energy Conservation and Efficiency is to reduce the amount of money and energy lost through inefficiency (see Energy Use page). Some of these programs include: a Model Energy Code for building efficiency; advanced building technologies and practices for residential buildings; utilities' demand-side management planning; energy planning by and for the Neighbor Island counties; performance contracting for state agencies to use private funds to install energy-efficient equipment; and recycling and remanufacturing businesses.
  
  Some other energy-related functions, such as Energy Emergency Preparedness, Energy Data, Energy Forecasting and Modeling, and Integrated Resources Planning, are handled by the Strategic Technology Industry Development Branch.
  
• Nevada State Office of Energy
  The Nevada State Office of Energy (NSOE) believes that a reliable, affordable and diverse energy supply that is used efficiently will protect these qualities for future generations.
  
  NSOE further believes that improving the energy infrastructure, diversifying the sources of energy produced and used, and encouraging the efficient use of energy will enhance the energy security of Nevada, the western United States and the nation.