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		<title>It’s Time for Cascadia to Start Pruning the Gas System and Electrifying Whole Neighborhoods</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2023/06/07/its-time-for-cascadia-to-start-pruning-the-gas-system-and-electrifying-whole-neighborhoods/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started.   | ]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Time to Stop Subsidizing New Gas Pipes</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2023/01/17/its-time-to-stop-subsidizing-new-gas-pipes/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Regulators across Cascadia should end line extension allowances, the subsidies ratepayers finance that expand utilities’ pipeline infrastructure.  | ]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Justice Advocates Lead Oregon to 100 Percent Clean Electricity Future</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2021/09/23/environmental-justice-advocates-lead-oregon-to-100-percent-clean-electricity-future/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[A just transition is picking up legislative wins in Salem. | On July 19th, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed one of the most aggressive clean electricity policies in the country. HB 2021, &#8220;100% Clean Energy for All,&#8221; aims to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity serving Oregonians by 2040 with interim targets of 80 percent reduction by 2030 and 90 percent reduction by 2035. The bill also provides funding for small scale renewable projects and establishes labor standards. A complementing...]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest Decarbonization Conflicts with Utility Plans for More Gas</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2020/11/16/northwest-decarbonization-conflicts-with-utility-plans-for-more-gas/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The region’s biggest utilities are banking on more fossil fuels for decades to come. | Northwest decarbonization plans won&#8217;t pan out while the region’s biggest utilities continue to bank on more fossil fuels for decades to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Monopoly; or, How Utilities Make Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Are utility business models aligned with our decarbonization goals? | To decarbonize, policymakers will need to fundamentally change how utilities make money. They’re now incentivized to build new pipes and wires rather than boost efficiency or make repairs. Climate-friendly energy systems like solar panels are a threat.]]></description>
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