Policy & regulation

Carbon-free buildings

Building electrification and fast, affordable construction can coexist

Opponents of gas bans and all-electric building requirements say they’ll make housing unaffordable. That doesn’t have to be true.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 8 August 2025
Carbon-free buildings

San Francisco fast-tracks all-electric standard for major renovations

With the state set to pause code updates in October, the city is racing to close what some saw as a loophole in its existing all-electric building code.

By Alison F. Takemura . 8 August 2025
Solar

Chart: Rooftop solar set to struggle under GOP tax credit repeal

President Donald Trump’s budget law will make rooftop solar more expensive starting next year. A lot less solar will be installed as a result.

By Dan McCarthy . 8 August 2025
Solar

Trump administration says it's axing $7B program for low-income solar

EPA chief Lee Zeldin claims the “big beautiful bill” allows funds for the Solar for All program to be rescinded. Advocates say that’s false and promise to sue.

By Jeff St. John . 7 August 2025
Fossil fuels

Ohio finally ends subsidies for two scandal-linked coal plants

Under the state’s infamous HB6 law, customers had to pay over half a billion dollars to keep the two 1950s-era plants running. A new law ends the subsidies this month.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 7 August 2025
Utilities

California lawmakers have a radical idea for lowering electricity bills

Two bills would replace $15 billion in utility power-grid investments with cheaper public financing — a new approach to cutting sky-high electricity rates.

By Jeff St. John . 7 August 2025
Solar

Trump looks to kill 'Solar for All' just as it starts to deliver

The $7B program builds low-cost solar projects to slash bills for nearly 1 million families and help bolster the grid. The Trump administration is trying to end it.

By Jeff St. John . 6 August 2025
Carbon-free buildings

California halts building code updates in a blow to electrification

Local jurisdictions may still be able to adopt ambitious codes that help homes ditch gas and promote heat pumps under exceptions in the new law, AB 130.

By Alison F. Takemura . 4 August 2025
Policy & regulation

EPA moves to defang its own regulatory power

Federal efforts to curb pollution from power plants, cars, and fossil fuel operations could all be undone if the Trump administration's push succeeds.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 1 August 2025
Offshore wind

Offshore wind leasing is officially dead under Trump

Over 3.5 million acres of federal waters are no longer eligible for offshore wind development following an order from the Interior Department.

By Clare Fieseler . 1 August 2025