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Ruthie Lazenby (she/her) is the Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law for 2023-2025, where her work will focus on energy law and regulation.

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Thanks for your comment! Yes, that's right. The March proposed decision for the IGFC only includes three brackets: one for…

On We Need a True Debate Over Income-Graduated Fixed Charges

Thanks for this comment, Warren! Happy to clarify: the reason we focus on dairy even though SB 1383 establishes GHG…

On Livestock Operations Are Responsible for Over Half of California’s Methane Emissions—Why Won’t CARB Regulate Them?

Thanks for your comment, Jim! A future post will address rate design more generally to contextualize the new fixed charge…

On Income-Based Electric Bills: Fact and Fiction

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