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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: @governor.ca.gov just signed the Home Energy Choice Act, a bill that will give Californians the freedom and funds to install electric appliances with money that would otherwise have been used to replace old gas lines earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...

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California Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

AB 2313 gives Californians the option to install non-polluting appliances with the help of funds that would otherwise have been used to replace the old gas line to their home

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 22/09/2026

Opinion | They say food is medicine. But maybe cooking that food on a stove that won’t pollute your home is akin to medicine, too. cal.news/4jg8274 📝 Matt Vespa 📸 Damian Dovarganes, AP

Southern California Gas Co. workers finish repairs after clamping a leaking gas line in a West Whittier neighborhood on Sept. 14, 2023. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New op-ed from @missionvespa.bsky.social in @calmatters.org on the Home Energy Choice Act, which would give Californians the option to electrify their homes with money utilities would otherwise spend replacing old gas service lines. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CHECK IT OUT: Our @sacbee.com ad with @nrdcactionfund.org calls on @governor.ca.gov to sign AB 2313! The Home Energy Choice Act will give more Californians the freedom & the funds to upgrade to new non-polluting appliances like heat pumps and induction stoves.⚡🏠

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A great utility accountability bill is on Gov. Newsom's desk that I and probably many others didn't catch in the flurry of wildfire liability drama: AB 2065 would penalize investor-owned utilities who try to break the rules and charge ratepayers for illegal expenses. 🧵

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@governor.ca.gov - this is an easy one. Keep already allocated funds to help schools deal with extreme heat!

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Home Energy Choice Act #AB2313 by @asmmarcberman.bsky.social will let families choose the energy that powers their homes.

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UCLA Emmett Institute @uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A California bill aimed at making progress on clean energy goals is moving forward: AB 2313 has cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee and now heads to the Senate floor. Here's why that's important. ⬇️

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

GOOD NEWS: #AB2313 just cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee! Next up: the Senate Floor

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The science is getting harder to ignore. A groundbreaking new study adds to decades of evidence linking gas stove pollution to asthma by showing health improvements after families switched to electric stoves. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find

Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What if we didn’t spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year replacing old gas service lines? The Home Energy Choice Act offers Californians another option: electrify their homes with money that would be spent replacing gas service lines Read @missionvespa.bsky.social's blog bit.ly/4aDSYLJ

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Californians Deserve to Choose the Energy Source for their Homes — a New Bill Would Give Them the Freedom and Funds to Do So

The Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313) is the biggest no-brainer of the state legislative session

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Really drives home how much other customer classes were subsidizing skyrocketing data center energy demand costs before the Oregon Legislature passed the POWER Act. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/06/04/p...

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Portland General Electric to increase data center rates by 29%, cut residential rates by 1.3% • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The POWER Act passed by lawmakers last year requires large industrial energy users to pay their share of electricity usage.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

With utility bills playing a central role in the California Governor's race, we looked at lifetime utility campaign $ to the candidates: - Becerra has taken >150K lifetime from PG&E/SDG&E, SCE. - Bianco/Hilton/Mahan/Porter/Steyer have not taken any. energyandpolicy.org/becerra-150k...

energyandpolicy.org

Becerra took over $150K from CA utilities as a candidate for Congress, AG

California’s three investor-owned utility monopolies have a lot riding on the outcome of the state’s first open race for governor since 2018, with their soaring electric bills taking center-stage in t...

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

GOOD NEWS: Montgomery County's all-electric building code lives! 🏘️ ⚡ 🔌 The gas industry and their allies won't stand in the way of local government action to protect the health, safety, and well-being of their residents. earthjustice.org/press/2026/c...

earthjustice.org

Court Upholds Montgomery County’s All-Electric Building Code

Federal ruling affirms state authority to cut pollution, lower energy costs, and advance healthier buildings

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Thank you @asmmarcberman.bsky.social for introducing #AB2313, which will give Californians the option to electrify their homes with money that would otherwise be spent replacing old gas service lines! earthjustice.org/press/2026/a...

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Assemblymember Berman Introduces Legislation to Electrify California Homes

The Home Energy Choice Act gives Californians the option to electrify their homes with money that would otherwise be spent on old gas service lines

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Some of the things PG&E customers won't have to pay for anymore now that California passed AB 1167 by @asmmarcberman.bsky.social prohibiting utilities from passing lobbying, promotional advertising, trade association dues and other costs into energy bills.

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

AI creating fake opposition to SoCal air quality rule. "When staffers at the air district reached out to a small sample of people to verify their comments, at least three said they had not written to the agency and were not aware of any such messages, records show." www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

@californiapuc.bsky.social should never have let gas utilities propose pumping hydrogen into gas pipelines in the first place. Its a costly ineffectual boondoggle that distracts focus from helping communities realize the health and safety benefits of electrification. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

latimes.com

Contributor: Blending hydrogen into gas pipelines would enrich utilities and harm Californians

Experiments with natural gas pipelines are only a stalling tactic and profit grab that will prolong pollution. The real solution is to go electric.

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

California electeds - THIS is how you talk about heat pumps!

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

just when you think you can't love someone more

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Watching what is happening right now in MN (and elsewhere in USA) is frustrating, depressing, enraging, all of it. Especially as an American citizen living outside the country. What I do have though (thankfully) is financial resources. So if you are in same boat, join me in donating? Links 👇

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Alison F. Takemura @alisontakemura.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Trump administration has sued two small CA cities over their local ordinances prohibiting gas in new construction. But with the state's new building code, it might not matter. “California’s really moved on.” — Matt Vespa, @earthjustice.org www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

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Trump’s DOJ turns its attention to local gas bans

The federal government is suing two San Francisco Bay Area cities over their right to bar gas in new buildings. Critics say the case’s legal argument is…

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

@californiapuc.bsky.social repeatedly makes last minute changes to proposed decisions in utilities' favor. They did it again today, scaling back modest cuts to utility profit margins without considering customer impact. In her dissent, @houckcpuc.bsky.social showed (again) she gets it and cares.

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...

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Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin

What’s really behind your soaring utility bills

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Smart investments from @californiapuc.bsky.social to make affordable plug-in window heat pumps and induction stoves widely available. Thanks to @ceja.org for elevating equity benefits and excellent lawyering from @rbarker.bsky.social for helping make it it happen. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

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California’s plan to boost plug-in heat pumps and induction stoves

Regulators greenlit a $115 million, first-of-its-kind effort to drive demand for tech that can make home electrification easier and cheaper.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

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Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?

The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Over a dozen cities in CA have passed building codes to help ensure central ACs get replaced with heat pumps. This is one of the simplest ways to replace gas heating in homes. The heat pump uses wiring and capacity from old AC to now provide both heating and cooling. More of this in 2026!

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

And if u can’t tune in, follow along 👇🏼! Great to see such a strong turn out supporting critical air district health measures that will transition Bay Area buildings off polluting gas!

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

And @californiapuc.bsky.social just issued a proposed "phase-out" of gas incentives that keeps the wildfire rebuild loophole as well as many other gas rebates. Now is the time for the PUC to change course. Help make that happen by following directions in Hilary's story to comment in docket!

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules” Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me: insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...

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LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News

California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Privileged to have repped @ceja.org before @californiapuc.bsky.social to get this important program approved (and it did require pushing!) Making plug-in window heat pumps and induction stoves affordable and available at big box stores is key to ensuring everyone can benefit from electrification. 🔌💡

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California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) @ceja.org · 25/11/2025

This is a major win for clean air and equitable climate solutions! We’re glad to see CA leading so that as many people as possible can upgrade their homes with healthier and non-polluting appliances 🎉 @californiapuc.bsky.social @earthjustice.org

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Good news! @californiapuc.bsky.social approves funding to get affordable window heat pumps and 120V induction stoves onto store shelves. These plug-in technologies will help ensure all Californians can access the health and comfort benefits of electrification. 🔌⚡ earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...

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California To Launch Window Heat Pump and 120 Volt Induction Pilot Programs

California Market Transformation Administrator to launch two programs helping more homes electrify appliances

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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This is an excellent thread that largely tracks my own experience from my time at the Club (granted, I left right before Jealous started). There is just no scenario where attempting to reckon with the organization's history and build a more inclusive vision of environmentalism was the problem.

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 17/10/2025

Thank you, @governor.ca.gov, for standing strong for Californians and the right to breathe clean air. This piece of legislation would have made it more difficult to shape clean air policies in Southern California, the nation's smog capital.

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Right To Zero @righttozero.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

VICTORY: @governor.ca.gov just signed #AB1167 to prevent utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs! earthjustice.org/press/2025/c...

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

You are on a roll today @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, let's keep it up! Show Californians you care more about them than for-profit utilities and sign #AB1167 to keep the costs of their lobbying and PR campaigns out of our energy bills!

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David Pomerantz @davidpomerantz.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This is the last bill sitting on Gov. Newsom's desk that can lower utility bills from this session. Utilities are lobbying furiously against it. If you’re from California and want to register your opinion about AB 1167, call the Gov. at (916) 445-2841.

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#AB1167 is still on the Governor’s desk. Let’s keep up the pressure and get this signed!

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

💯. @governor.ca.gov - be the Governor that stood up to for-profit utilities and sign #AB1167 to make California the 7th state to protect customers from footing the bill for their lobbying and promotional campaigns!

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Next up, let's sign #AB1167 to protect Californians from footing the bill for monopoly utilities' lobbying engines! ✅ builds guardrails and defines activities utilities must pay for ✅ increases transparency to spot abuses of customer funds ✅ establishes consequences for utilities that break the law

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Matt Vespa @missionvespa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Still awaiting signature - commonsense legislation supported by over 90% of CA voters that will make sure utilities don't pass the costs of their lobbying and image polishing into energy bills. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: let’s save people money and sign #AB1167! earthjustice.org/experts/matt...

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Governor Newsom has a bill on his desk to hold utilities accountable, and get them to stop passing along their dark money campaigns to everyday Californians. Is he going to side with utilities, or side with the public and help lower electricity rates? energyandpolicy.org/california-l...

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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs.

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