Environmentalists Warn

Build Back Better” Blocked by State’s New Building Standards Freeze

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SB 500, introduced by Sen. Henry Stern, the first bill ever sponsored by 350 Southland, is particularly far-reaching in scope. It would begin restructuring how investor-owned utilities work in California, initiating the process of moving them from a cost-plus “cost of service model” to a performance-based model. The existing model, which has produced significant rate increases, and “encourages the utilities to build giant projects without any oversight on costs, without any assurance that these are the most effective ways to get electricity or power to the customers,” Lear explained.