The Univ. of California and the Cal State system power (LA Times Feb. 10, p. A26)

• Both UC and Cal State system campuses have long term contracts with Enron from 1998 for four years, expiring on March 31, 2002.
• The UC system generates about 100 megawatts or about one third of its energy usage, with plants at UCLA, Davis, San Francisco, Berkeley, and UCSD.
• Cal State campuses generate 60 megawatts.
• The Cal State and UC systems together consume 1% of the state's electricity.
• They are seeking $185 million for more power plants and energy conservation projects.
• UC and Cal State pay more than $125 million annually for power.  (LA Times, March 13, 2001, including the following).
• Enron has notified its commercial and industrial customers including the universities that their power would switch to PG&E and SCE.  Enron will reimburse the universities for any increase in their power bills.  A judge has now blocked this.  Enron is expected to appeal.
• The contract with Enron has saved the campuses $30 million.
• UCLA purchases its excess power from the LADWP, and UC Riverside purchases its from Riverside.
• All UC schools other than UCLA and UC Riverside are covered by the Enron agreement.
• UC/CSU is the largest consumer of electricity in California.
• UC systemwide peak load is 332 megawatts, and its electric bill is $87 million, with an additional $26 million natural gas bill.
• CSU's peak load is 117 megawatts, with an electric bill of $40 million and a natural gas blill of $20 million.

University of California Energy Links

•  U. C. Energy Institute
•  Energy Research Organizations and Information Sources
•  California Institute for Energy Efficiency
•  Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
•  UCSD Fusion Energy Research Program

U. C. Irvine Energy Links

•  UCI Chancellor Cicerone's Letter on Energy Conservation
•  Chancellor's Letter "Energy Savings at UCI"
•  UC Office of the President Energy News
•  The 20% Solution to Energy Savings
•  UC Office of the President "UC and the Energy Crisis" (pdf document)
•  UCI Facilities Management Energy Page
•  UCI Alternative Transportation and Car Pooling
• Advanced Power and Energy Program
•  UCI Fusion Energy and Pulsed Power
•  UCI Combustion Lab
•  Peter Navarro, Graduate School of Management
•  UCI Center for Global Environmental Change Research
•  Department of Earth System Science
•  UCI Institute of Transportation Studies
• UC Irvine has one of the largest Thermal Energy Storage Tanks,  which holds 4.5 million gallons of water, and supplies 5 megawatts during the afternoon, having been chilled to 42 degrees F at night.  It is 105 feet high and 88 feet in diameter.
• Lightening UCI's load during the energy crunch
•  DEEP TIME, Part I, by Prof. Gregory Benford, on the lifetime of nuclear waste sites