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  "name": "California Energy Commission (CEC)",
  "description": "The California Energy Commission (CEC) develops and updates Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code - Title 24, Part 6, and CALGreen - Title 24, Part 11) to reduce wasteful, uneconomical, and unnecessary uses of energy for the state, conserve nonrenewable resources, and ensure renewable resources are extended.",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-09T00:01:51.191Z",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "https://energy.ca.gov",
    "founded": "1974",
    "headquarters": "Sacramento, CA",
    "pricing_model": "Not applicable (government regulatory body; services and resources are publicly funded and provided).",
    "core_products": "Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code, CALGreen), compliance manuals, forms, software, support services (e.g., Energy Code Hotline), public workshops and documents.",
    "key_differentiator": "State government authority to establish and enforce mandatory building energy efficiency regulations for all construction in California, updated triennially, with a focus on substantial energy savings and environmental benefits.",
    "target_markets": "California residents, building owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors, energy professionals, local government agencies, and anyone involved in building design, construction, or renovation within California.",
    "subcategory": "Building Energy Efficiency Regulation"
  },
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      "Manual Energy Analysis and Code Development: Developing building energy efficiency standards from scratch, performing energy usage analyses, and manually verifying compliance for each building project",
      "Private Consulting Firms for Energy Policy: Relying solely on private consulting firms to develop and implement energy efficiency policies and standards without a state-backed, unified regulatory body",
      "No Building Energy Efficiency Standards: Allowing buildings to be constructed without any mandatory energy efficiency requirements. This would result in significantly higher energy consumption, increa"
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