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The Chair of the California Energy Commission, David Hochschild, recently observed that “electricity rates are climate policy”. I agree. We need to design our rates to encourage behavior that will reduce emissions (i.e., electrification). In that same vein, transportation rates are also climate policy. Transportation is the largest source of emissions in our area and […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...