Tag: Infrastructure

Infrastructure articles

It’s Time to Stop Subsidizing New Gas Pipes

Regulators across Cascadia should end line extension allowances, the subsidies ratepayers finance that expand utilities’ pipeline infrastructure.

Jan 17, 2023

January 17, 2023

Laura Feinstein

https://www.sightline.org/author/laurafeinstein/
$Stopping fracked gas in King County? Together, franchise fees and utility taxes could be prime instruments for raising costs on gas utilities.$

King County’s Unexpected Opportunity to Stop Fracked Gas

New authority to make gas utilities pay could boost climate efforts.

Jan 9, 2020

January 9, 2020

Eric de Place

https://www.sightline.org/author/eric-de-place/
$To curb fracked gas, local governments can modify franchise agreements to alter how private utilities can build and operate their infrastructure,$

How Franchise Agreements Can Free Cities from Fracked Gas

These contracts could help untangle cities' reliance on the gas industry.

Oct 9, 2019

October 9, 2019

Eric de Place

https://www.sightline.org/author/eric-de-place/