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California's Consumer
Energy Center
Find specific information on energy choices from any of the major topic areas listed in the pull-down menus at the top of this page. These also include seasonal consumer tips, videos, and links to energy rebates and incentives.
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Residential
Whether you're building a new home or are looking for ways to save money in your current house, think ENERGY! You can control the type of energy you use and the ways you use it. You can cut your energy costs without sacrificing comfort.
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Business
In California, Building and Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards have made homes and commercial buildings more efficient than those in other states and in many countries.
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Renewable Energy
Renewable energy has been used for thousands of years. From the heat of the sun to dry clothes, fruit and vegetables, to wind energy to grind corn or to power sail boats, renewable energy sources can be harnessed to do work.
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Transportation
Roughly half of all the energy used in California is used by the transportation sector. We use more than 16.5 billion gallons of gasoline a year. That's enough to drive a car, getting 30 mpg, to make more than 2,600 round trips to the sun and back.