The California Energy Commission approved Agreement 800-26-001 with Guidehouse Inc. for a $1,498,079 contract to provide technical support on energy-efficiency methodologies, electrification and decarbonization analyses, demand response and demand flexibility, and improvements to the commission’s analytical products and processes.
The contract request form says the work runs from Aug. 3, 2026, through July 31, 2029, and is funded through COIA allocations spread across the three fiscal years. The packet lists Brian Samuelson of the Energy Assessments Division as the agreement manager.
According to the scope of work, Guidehouse will help the commission update analytical methods for forecasting energy savings, impacts and greenhouse-gas reductions from energy-efficiency and fuel-substitution programs. The work also includes electrification and emissions analysis, demand-flexibility scenario tools and implementation support for the commission’s Common Platform.
The agreement says the commission’s work on demand flexibility is intended to support analysis of the state’s 2030 load-flexibility goals and related policy questions. The scope also says the Common Platform is meant to give staff unified access to data sources used in demand-forecast workflows.
The packet lists TRC Engineers, Inc. and Jai John Mitchell dba Jai J. Mitchell Analytics as subcontractors. It also identifies Jai J. Mitchell Analytics as the DVBE participant.
The resolution included in the packet says the commission approved the contract and authorized the executive director or designee to execute it. The packet’s approval line shows the resolution was adopted on July 8, 2026, but the materials provided do not include a vote tally.
