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Over the last decade, competition has intensified between gas and electric utilities to meet all building energy needs for homes and businesses, including sectors like heating and cooking. Policy incentives to transition from gas to electric appliances as part of greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and improvements in electric technologies are further intensifying this competition. This renewed competition raises new and challenging issues for regulators - Public Utility Commissions - tasked with regulating utilities and that have traditionally viewed them as providing distinct services in separate markets. 

This webinar, hosted by the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment, presents results of a new study evaluating this competition between utilities. The authors argue that safe, just utility regulation and rapid, effective decarbonization require a more proactive and unified response and suggest approaches to better managing inter-utility competition. A panel of energy experts then discuss efforts to address the newly competitive landscape and advance the energy transition.

For more information, contact: climateenergypolicy@stanford.edu

Speakers:

Mike Bloomberg, Director, Future of Heat Initiative, and Managing Partner, Groundwork Data 
Denise Grab, Energy Law & Policy Project Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law
 Justin Gundlach, Senior Advisor for Policy Implementation, New York State Department of Public Service
Josh Lappen, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame