Can Public Ownership Fix Our Electricity Woes? It’s Complicated

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2025-06-18

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This post is co-authored by Sylvie Ashford and Mohit Chhabra. California’s investor-owned utilities (IOUs) are under intense scrutiny for causing deadly wildfires and charging some of the nation’s highest electricity rates. Adding to these challenges, IOUs are required to make significant clean energy and grid investments to achieve the state’s goal of a net zero …

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Ruthie Lazenby

Date tagged:

06/18/2025, 14:00

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06/18/2025, 11:10