Current Status Report: 8/20/2010 Continued analysis of data sources to provide the most relevant search results for training and job opportunities began. Both Alchemy & Calais open-source natural language processing tools have been utilized at this point. Currently, our data sources to run against these tools have been our own job listing and training provider databases. Currently, we are exploring an external site to see if they offer a service that would allow us to search a broader list of job listings. Geomapping technology is being explored to provide search results for training or employment opportunities within a specific (e.g.
We strongly urge the Commission to remove the Draft Report’s call for the development of statewide protocols for studying avian mortality to address site-specific impacts. Staff documents in support of the Energy Report process never suggested that existing sets of protocols are inadequate, nor has staff studied local siting processes in the state. Wind facilities in California are sited with appropriate environmental review, which is why the Altamont avian fatality problem remains unique. CalWEA does, however, support a set of protocols issued by the National Wind Coordinating Committee and cited by staff; these protocols were authored by a former staff member of this Commission. We would support a Commission recommendation that local siting authorities adopt these protocols for use when they deem studies to be necessary.