Kelly Lam

COMMUNITY BENEFIT Affordability, Decarbonization KEYWORDS Decarbonization, Financing, Electrification REGION State, Local AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY Residential Decarbonization, Funding and Financing OVERSIGHT State or Local Procurement or Contracting Offices POLICY MECHANISM Legislation, Regulation Why This Matters The purchase of heat pumps, solar panels, and other residential decarbonization-related products and services can typically cost tens of thousands of dollars,1 […]

COMMUNITY BENEFIT Affordability, Empowerment, Transparency KEYWORDS Governance, Utility Rates REGION State, Regional, Local AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY Utility Reform: Accountability OVERSIGHT Utility Commissions, Energy Agencies POLICY MECHANISM Regulation, Legislation Why This Matters Utility customers and the broader public often have limited access to critical information about utility investments, programs, and operations that can significantly impact living standards

COMMUNITY BENEFIT Affordability, Transparency KEYWORDS Utility rates, utility bills REGION State, Federal AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY Utility Reform: Cost Containment; Utility Reform: Accountability OVERSIGHT State Agencies, Public Utility Commissions POLICY MECHANISM Legislation, Regulation Why This Matters At the same time that utility costs are rising across the country1 and U.S. households experienced utility shutoffs 13 million times

COMMUNITY BENEFIT Affordability, Decarbonization KEYWORDS Decarbonization, Electricity, Grid Infrastructure, Remediation, Fossil fuels REGION State AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY Funding and Financing, Utility Reform: Energy Transition, Utility Reform: Cost Containment OVERSIGHT Utility Commission POLICY MECHANISM Legislation, Regulation Why This Matters Utility ratepayers are on the hook for utility investments made decades ago, whether or not those investments were