Addressing some misunderstandings about California’s rate redesign proposals. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC’s) current proceeding to develop income-graduated fixed charges (IGFCs) for residential electricity bills is getting a lot … Continue Reading Rebalancing Rates for Electrification and Equity
Changing the clock alters energy use and economic activity only if it changes behavior. A new paper studies whether it does. It’s March, and the magnolia trees say spring is … Continue Reading Does Anybody Really Care What Time It Is?
What do record natural gas prices tell us about cost risks of fossil and renewable energy? Much of the US and Europe are breathing a collective sigh of relief as … Continue Reading The West Coast’s Bleak Energy Winter
To develop effective solutions, policymakers must first understand the problem. The rest of the US may have moved on from fretting about gas prices, but California is starting 2023 with … Continue Reading What’s the Matter with California’s Gasoline Prices?
Proposed CPUC decision remains cold-eyed about sweet deal solar households are getting. Once again, Californians are battling over how to compensate and incentivize rooftop solar. Last month’s California Public Utilities … Continue Reading Rationalizing Compensation for Rooftop Generation
Historical baseline allocations can increase acceptance of emergency policies, or lock in unfair resource allocations. The price of a good may rise because inputs to making it become more expensive, … Continue Reading A Right to Keep Consuming?
A new study suggests excess compensation to shareholders is costing ratepayers billions. Regulating an electric or gas utility is a tough job. You want utilities to have the funding they … Continue Reading What Does Capital Really Cost a Utility?