Powering Down Prices: Policy Solutions to Lower California’s Electricity Rates

California’s electricity rates have skyrocketed in recent years, driven primarily by the increasing costs of adapting to catastrophic wildfires. The spiraling costs of electricity threaten to undermine the economic case for transitioning away from dirty fuels toward greater electrification of transportation, homes, businesses and industries. What policies can reset the incentives and structure of utility regulation in a way that bends the cost curve down towards more affordable rates?

Learn more about CLEE’s new report, Powering Down Rates: Policy Solutions to Lower California’s Electricity Rates.

The webinar will feature Sen. Josh Becker as a keynote speaker, followed by an overview of the report findings and a discussion among a panel of experts.

Keynote Speaker:
— Senator Josh Becker, CA Sen. District 13
Moderator:
— Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy and the Environment
Panelists:
— Martha Guzman Aceves, Former EPA Region 9 Administrator and Former California Public Utilities Commissioner
— Matthew Freedman, Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network (TURN)
— Travis Ritchie, Energy and Climate Research Fellow, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment

Register for the event: Here