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California’s Electric Utilities Are Becoming Uninvestable
With Sacramento letting SB 492 stall and California's strict inverse condemnation doctrine still leaving utilities liable for grid-caused wildfires regardless of negligence, PG&E and Edison International face mounting pressure on their cost of capital just as the state needs major grid investment. VX News here republishes Bloomberg Opinion energy columnist Liam Denning's analysis of why California's electric utilities are becoming uninvestable, and of the reforms that could shift wildfire risk away from ratepayers and toward insurance markets.
Steve Westly on the Accelerating Cleantech Opportunity
With cleantech investment skyrocketing from $2.9 billion in 2014 to over $100 billion today, Steve Westly, Managing Partner of The Westly Group, in this VX News interview unpacks the seismic shifts reshaping energy, mobility, and the built environment.
Winning the Climate War: BNEF Summit Executive Dialogue with Tom Steyer
VX News shares this Executive Dialogue with Tom Steyer, Co-Executive Chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, and Bloomberg NEF Editor Vandana Gombar from the BNEF Summit in San Francisco earlier this month.
