California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Establishing service standards and safety rules and authorizing utility rate changes
Prosecuting unlawful marketing and billing activities and resolving customer complaints against utilities
Implementing programs: energy efficiency, conservation, low-income, disabled
Overseeing markets, mergers, and restructures of utility corporations, and enforcing the California Environmental Quality Act for utility construction
Working with other agencies to promote water quality, environmental protection and safety
Intervening in Federal proceedings on issues that affect California rates or services

Energy Action Plan: established goals and proposed actions to ensure that adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced electrical power and natural gas supplies are provided through cost-effective and environmentally sound policies and actions
California Solar Initiative: a $2.8 billion program that provides incentives toward solar development over 11 years

California state agency
Five-person commission (appointed by the CA governor with CA Senate confirmation)
Sacramento, CA