CPUC Proposed Decision Risks Derailing Gas Transition
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2026-06-24
Summary:
My UCLA colleagues and I have written extensively on the promising opportunity for SB 1221 to help interested communities transition off gas. Now, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released its long-awaited proposed decision on its plans to implement the SB 1221 pilot program, and the proposal is…disappointing. The current design seems to set the program up to fail. Of biggest concern, the decision proposes to require pilot applicants to navigate a multi-stage process with duplicative … Continue reading "CPUC Proposed Decision Risks Derailing Gas Transition"