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utilities articles

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  Washingtonians Will Soon Enjoy Cleaner Heating and Cooling Options

  HB 2131, to allow thermal energy networks, unanimously passed in the 2024 legislative session. It’s a win for consumers, the climate, pipeline workers, and electric grids.

  Mar 21, 2024
  March 21, 2024

  Laura Feinstein

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  How Governor Inslee Can Rebalance Washington’s Utility Decarbonization Bill

  HB 1589 favors investors over ratepayers—and state climate goals. A section veto would go a long way to fix the bill.

  Mar 14, 2024
  March 14, 2024

  Laura Feinstein

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  It’s Time for Cascadia to Start Pruning the Gas System and Electrifying Whole Neighborhoods

  Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started.

  Jun 7, 2023
  June 7, 2023

  Emily Moore

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  Director, Climate and Energy
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  It’s Time to Stop Subsidizing New Gas Pipes

  Regulators across Cascadia should end line extension allowances, the subsidies ratepayers finance that expand utilities’ pipeline infrastructure.

  Jan 17, 2023
  January 17, 2023

  Laura Feinstein

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  Environmental Justice Advocates Lead Oregon to 100 Percent Clean Electricity Future

  A just transition is picking up legislative wins in Salem.

  Sep 23, 2021
  September 23, 2021

  Catie Gould

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  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Northwest Decarbonization Conflicts with Utility Plans for More Gas

  The region’s biggest utilities are banking on more fossil fuels for decades to come.

  Nov 16, 2020
  November 16, 2020

  Laura Feinstein

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  Playing Monopoly; or, How Utilities Make Money

  Are utility business models aligned with our decarbonization goals?

  May 18, 2020
  May 18, 2020

  Laura Feinstein

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