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Crafting a Roadmap for Zonal Decarbonization in California

A new series of briefs from the UCLA Emmett Institute offers legal insights for the gas transition. First up: SB 1221.

California has a $43 billion problem: that is the estimated cost of maintaining the state’s gas network over the next twenty years. That is an astronomical amount to spend on what state policy dictates will eventually become stranded assets: California won’t be able to meet its ambitious climate goals unless it moves away from natural gas altogether, so retirement of these assets is …

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The CPUC Makes Good on Neighborhood Electrification

The state’s gas utilities tried to delay priority zones for decarbonization. The CPUC rejected that approach and has selected priority neighborhoods.

Here’s something to celebrate: the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released its proposed decision designating initial priority neighborhood decarbonization zones. Loyal readers of Legal Planet will have followed our coverage on SB 1221, a law passed last fall that allows the CPUC to support “neighborhood decarbonization zones” to transition away from natural gas toward zero-emissions alternatives. Phasing out natural gas …

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Gas Utilities Can Do Better on Neighborhood Electrification

The state’s largest gas utilities are trying to delay priority zones for decarbonization and to block public access to important data. The CPUC should push them to do more.

Last fall, I wrote about the promise of SB 1221, a law that created a pathway for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to approve pilot projects that will support priority “neighborhood decarbonization zones” to transition away from building gas service toward zero-emissions alternatives, including electrification and thermal energy networks. Now, the gas utilities have …

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Carrying out the law is the core duty of the President. And it’s being openly violated.

SB 1221

A new series of briefs from the UCLA Emmett Institute offers legal insights for the gas transition. First up: SB 1221.

The state’s gas utilities tried to delay priority zones for decarbonization. The CPUC rejected that approach and has selected priority neighborhoods.

The state’s largest gas utilities are trying to delay priority zones for decarbonization and to block public access to important data. The CPUC should push them to do more.

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It’s just another ideological confection to impose right-wing policies: the Supreme Court’s argument last week shows it

A key legal standard in public lands law is being used by the Trump Administration to stop renewable energy, but in the long run the Administration’s position may advance environmentalists objectives.

Looking at the specifics of how New York’s SEQRA reform efforts would work

It’s a tweaked version of arguments that the Supreme Court rejected in 2007.

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Key takeaways from the UCLA Emmett Institute’s convening on Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) in Santiago, Chile.

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