New UCLA report, "The Cost & Carbon of Competing Utility Models," contrasts municipally owned electric utilities and investor-owned utilities.| Legal Planet
The CPUC heard an earful about neighborhood decarbonization. Here's the input from Californians who support climate action.| Legal Planet
The state’s largest gas utilities are trying to delay priority zones for decarbonization and to block public access to important data.| Legal Planet
Protecting utilities’ revenue requirements and the associated profits, thus avoiding financial risk to shareholders, has become the paramount objective of the state’s decoupling policy at the…| Economics Outside the Cube
A case heads to the California Supreme Court, while another anti-consumer bill passes the House.| pv magazine USA
But state regulators have dampened the market, saying it poses an $8.5 billion cost to ratepayers. A report from the California Solar and Storage Association challenges this argument.| pv magazine USA
Borenstein’s critique of our analysis acknowledges several key errors by PAO, ignores legal precedents, and uses the wrong analytic tool for the wrong purpose.| Economics Outside the Cube
The PAO generally asserted with no additional evidence that it was correct in all ways. Again, there is no supporting analysis beyond three simplistic calculations to back up the original claim.| Economics Outside the Cube