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RMI report, State Energy Policy in a Land of New Federal Opportunity

The Rocky Mountain Institute offers this 2024 guide to new and expanded federal funding programs, and highlights opportunities for states to pass and pay for clean energy policies. The report highligh...
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California Natural Gas Transition Proceeding

In January 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission launched a new rulemaking to regulate the state’s transition away from natural gas, addressing issues related to stranded assets and unfair ...
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Report, Emerging Opportunities in Planning for U.S. Gas System Decarbonization

RMI and National Grid offer this May 2024 report surveying the use of non-pipeline alternatives (NPAs) and integrated energy planning (IEP), of special significance for states planning the phaseout of...
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Massachusetts Gas Transition Order

In December 2023, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued an order to move utilities away from natural gas. The regulatory strategy prohibits gas utilities from charging customers for ...
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Massachusetts Natural Gas Transition Proceeding

In June 2020, Massachusetts’ attorney general requested that the State’s DPU commence a proceeding on the future of natural gas in the state. In a petition, the AG called for a two-phase investigation...
Resource States and State Governments

EDF Report, Aligning Gas Regulation and Climate Goals: A Road Map for State Regulators

States that don’t re-envision the way their gas utility systems run will be challenged to meet their climate targets. To help states avoid that fate, EDF has developed a new guide suggesting ways that...
Example States and State Governments

Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Grid Legislation

Massachusetts’ S.2967, An Act Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equity, and Protecting Ratepayers, reforms the siting and permitting of clean energy facilities, as well as the gas distribution ...
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New York Natural Gas Transition Proceeding

In March 2020, the New York Public Service Commission launched a natural gas planning proceeding to harmonize the state’s natural gas policies with the ambitious climate goals of the CLCPA. The commis...
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Rhode Island’s Gas Transition Docket

The Rhode Island PUC has opened a docket to investigate the future of the gas distribution business, a response to the passage last year of the Act on Climate. The purpose of the docket is to examine ...
Resource States and State Governments

New York’s Proposed S. 8198 (2022)

This 2022 bill would ensure that state regulation and oversight of gas utilities provides for the equitable achievement of the climate justice and emission reduction mandates set forth in New York’s C...
Example States and State Governments

Michigan Orders Electrification Goals into Gas Delivery Plans

In November 2024, the Michigan Public Service Commission ordered the gas utility DTE Gas to incorporate the state’s emissions and electrification goals into its future “gas delivery plans.”
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Massachusetts’ Office of Energy Transformation and Advisory Board

In March, 2023, Massachusetts established the nation’s first office responsible for equitably accelerating the state’s gas-to-electric transition and readying the electric grid to meet the state’s cli...
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New Jersey’s Executive Order on Natural Gas Transition Proceeding

In February, 2023, New Jersey’s governor signed Executive Order No. 317, directing the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to plan for the Future of the Natural Gas Utility in New Jersey. The O...