California Executive Order S-14-08 Pathway: Electricity Decarbonization → Utility-Scale Renewables → Promoting Best Practices in Local Siting Approval ProcessesJurisdiction: States and State Governments → State Agencies 2008’s Executive Order S-14-08 aimed to expedite the permitting of renewable energy facilities by, among other things, creating a more coordinated permitting process for projects that must go through the California Energy Commission.