2014-11-17T14:37:26-08:00 2013-12-31 WILLIAMS & OLDS CPAS 900 UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUITE 100 SACRAMENTO CA 958256737 990 2013-01-01 680260751 Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies CENT 9164427785 1100 11th Street Sacramento CA 95814 V John White Executive Director 2014-11-12 true Steven J Olds CPA P01343979 9168581680 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Jonathan Weisgall 1100 11th Street 311 Sacramento CA 95814 2369313 false false X www.ceert.org X 1991 CA Promote global warming solutions and clean, renewable energy sources for California and the West. 25 25 17 24 0 1233750 1568018 870350 737600 660 108 43914 63587 2148674 2369313 0 0 1355771 980553 0 65865 1339638 1078940 2695409 2059493 -546735 309820 502859 787074 216989 191384 285870 595690 We are a not-for-profit partnership of major environmental groups and private-sector clean energy companies. We design and fight for policies that promote global warming solutions and increased reliance on clean, renewable energy soultions for California and the West. false false 1633466 In 2012, CEERT's significant program accomplishments included:1. Winning an important victory with the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC's) Proposed Decision on local capacity requirement (LCR) procurement, which followed many of CEERT's recommendations, especially on the CPUC requiring, for the first time, that "preferred" resources - energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable generation - be used to meet long-term procurement needs.2. Providing ongoing leadership in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), which will guide energy and conservation planning for 22 million acres of California desert, and has a target of 20,324 MW in renewable generation capacity over the plan's 30-year timetable. CEERT advocated for the DRECP to strike a careful balance between conservation and energy planning, and for greater consideration of the wind and solar industries' needs.3. Playing a lead role in the negotiations that led to the January 2012 filing of unprecedented joint environmental and solar industry comments to the Secretary of the Interior on the Bureau of Land Management's Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The comments proposed a foundation for the PEIS's solar development program.4. Identifying deficiencies in the investor-owned utilities' 2012 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Plans, including their failure to contract with renewables projects in the Imperial Valley and their imposing inappropriate limitations on renewables procurement. A CPUC final decision required the utilities to provide assessments of Imperial offers and contracted projects in their future plans.5. Advocating that greenhouse-gas allowance revenues in the state's new cap-and-trade program be used to fill in gaps in incentives for promising clean energy technologies that are currently underfunded.6. Strongly opposing a proposal by two utilities and the California Independent System Operator that called for relying almost exclusively on procurement of additional gas-fired generation, rather than aggregated preferred resources such as demand response and energy efficiency, to provide the grid with flexible ramping capacity.7. Advocating for mitigating renewables' grid-integration costs through improved forecasting, scheduling closer to flow, demand-side management, and regional Balancing Authority coordination.8. Working to establish regulatory and pricing policies that will spur the deployment of advanced technologies that capture methane from dairies, feedlots, farms, food processors, and wastewater treatment plants, and use that biogas to generate clean power.9. Holding a series of meetings with the Los Angeles Times editorial board and reporters to give them a deeper understanding of the ways the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and other regional utilities are over-invested in coal, and the risk that poses to ratepayers.10. Working with California Air Resources Board staff on an implementation plan for achieving Governor Brown's goal of over 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2025. 1633466 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 17 0 true 17 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 25 25 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false true true true false X V John White 9164427785 1100 11th Street Sacramento CA 95864 Jonathan Weisgall Chairman 0.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ralph Cavanagh Vice Chairman 0.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kevin Lynch Secretary 0.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Bill Magavern Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Jocobson Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Caldwell Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Delfino Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Fellman Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marc Peterson Region Manager 0.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mona Tierney-Lloyd Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Anders Glader Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Arthur Haubenstock Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bonnie Holmes-Gen Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rey Leon Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steve Schiller Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Marston Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jan McFarland Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tandy McMannes Vice President 0.30 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Rich Ferguson Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Roby Roberts Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rachel Shimshak Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tom Starrs Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Walker Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Wisland Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carl Zichella Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 V John White Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 145011 0 54424 John Shahabian Dir. 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CEERT has determined whether any tax positions have met the recognition threshold and have measured the exposure to those tax positions. Management believes that CEERT has adequately addressed all relevant tax positions and that there are no unrecorded tax liabilities. Federal and state tax authorities generally have the right to examine and audit the previous three years of tax returns filed. Any interest or penalties assessed to CEERT are recorded in operating expenses. No interest or penalties from federal or state tax authorities were recorded in the accompanying financial statements. false 19044 19044 19044 19044 X X false false false false false false false false false false John Shahabian Dir. Operations 144718 22931 167649 V John White Executive Dir. 145011 54424 199435 V John White Exec Director Reimbursed office exp. false David Olsen Director CEERT Consultant false Rey Leon Director CEERT Consultant false Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is prepared by a firm of certified public accountants and reviewed by the Director of Operations. Subsequently,the Audit Committee reviews and approves Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Compliance is reviewed by the Executive Committee. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board approves the Executive Director's compensation. The Executive Director approves top management's compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The Executive Director approves key employees's compensation. The Board approves the Executive Director's compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies' governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and Form 990 are available to the public upon request.