#Heatpumps can save households money on energy bills, but continuous funding for #TECHCleanCA and streamlined permitting via @scottwiener.bsky.social's #SB222 are needed to support homeowners and contractors, among other key strategies. Read more from @spur-urbanist.bsky.social: bit.ly/4q8cQNc

Three Measures to Drive Down the High Cost of Heat Pump Installation

Heat pumps don’t emit pollution and can reduce home utility bills. They’d be ubiquitous appliances for home heating and cooling if their installation costs could be slashed. A larger, more knowledgeab...

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⚡ BDC’s August Decarb Digest explores why energy affordability is a defining issue in the midterm elections, how a new #HeatPump product expands access to more homes, policy updates from CA, IL, and MN, and the latest #BuildingDecarb reports and news. Read more: bit.ly/4wKhaol #EnergySky

If you have asthma, ditch your gas stove and watch your health improve!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w ago

Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Trump took office.

Millions of families can't afford the skyrocketing costs of housing and energy. State leaders can address both housing and energy affordability and climate together: build more homes, make them efficient, and cut wasteful utility spending. www.evergreencollaborative.com/news/abundan...

Abundant, Efficient, and Affordable Homes: How States Can Lower Housing and Energy Costs At the Same Time - Evergreen Collaborative

Housing and energy costs are two sides of the same affordability crisis. Learn more about how states can address both at the same time.

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Really excited by this new report I co-wrote with my colleagues at @evergreenaction.bsky.social. As the buildings guy, I'm most excited about the 14 policies we highlight that can cut housing costs, lower heating and cooling bills, and help people upgrade their homes to be more efficient.

Evergreen Action@evergreenaction.bsky.social · 3w ago

Affordability vs. climate is a false choice, and 11 states are already proving it. Cheaper power. More homes. Cheaper ways to get around. Less pollution. New from Evergreen Collaborative, a cross-state playbook for legislators, govs, and regulators: 🔗

Federal rebates were intended to help households upgrade their homes. But new @departmentofenergy.bsky.social rules prevent North Carolina families from using rebates to replace fossil-fueled heating w/efficient electric systems, costing them $880/yr in savings www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

New Trump rules make it more costly to electrify North Carolina homes

The Department of Energy recently announced new guidance that prevents “fuel switching,” scrambling the state’s first-ever electrification program.

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Half of manufactured homes are built to modern efficiency standards. The other half are wasting energy and cost owners $475/year in higher utility bills. HUD must update its standards that are 32 years out of date.

ACEEE@aceee.org · last mo.

A new, major federal housing law includes measures to spur production of manufactured homes. To deliver real affordability and comfort, federal agencies will need to ensure they are built with good insulation, air sealing, and heating and cooling systems.

Efficient homes are affordable homes -- it's not just about the cost to build. DOE’s latest building code analysis ignores half the equation: energy efficiency. Modern energy standards save an estimated $3k per home in utility bills. Learn more: bit.ly/4buDfi6

Trump admin could undermine energy efficiency with dubious new…

A Department of Energy study found that the latest version of an international energy code would raise construction costs by billions — and ignored bill…

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Excited to see efficient and healthy homes as part of this new agenda for Maryland. Let's go!

Advance Maryland@advancemaryland.org · last mo.

☀️ A brighter future is possible – with Bright Future Maryland! We can have lower energy bills, cleaner energy sources, and hold utilities and data centers accountable. Our leaders just have to commit to bold action. Read our roadmap towards a brighter future ➡️ brightfuturemaryland.com

Why are we wasting money investing on an outdated and aging gas system? Gas utilities make all their profits on the pipes! 💵 So of course they want to install as many pipes as possible even when it's raising your costs and wasting money. Read more below.

Evergreen Action@evergreenaction.bsky.social · last mo.

Gas utilities don’t just charge you for the amount of gas you use. They also charge you to expand the gas system for new customers, making profit along the way. Here’s how it works 🧵 [1/9 →]

This record-setting heat wave showed why Maryland must invest in healthier, more resilient and affordable homes. With $84 million dollars available, @govwesmoore.bsky.social can do so by implementing Clean Heat Rules and deliver efficient heat pumps, which provide summer cooling and winter heat.

You think gas bills pay for gas - but they're really paying for pipes! New @sfchronicle.com op-ed from @spur-urbanist.bsky.social's Sam Fishman on why the @airdistrict.bsky.social's clean appliance standards can help lower bills with electric appliances. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Mad about the Bay Area gas water heater ban? Here’s what you need to know

OPINION: Every year we delay the electric transition, more money flows from Bay Area households into gas infrastructure that fewer and fewer people are using, Sam Fishman writes.

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Gas pipeline spending in Maryland is out of control, and it’s driving up our utility bills. Multi-billion dollar programs are locking us into polluting fossil fuel infrastructure for decades to come.

Why waste hundreds of millions of dollars every year replacing old gas service lines? The Home Energy Choice Act makes utilities offer Californians another option: electrify their homes with $$$ that would be spent replacing gas service lines. Read @missionvespa.bsky.social's blog bit.ly/4aDSYLJ

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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BGE’s multi-billion dollar gas pipeline replacement program drives up our bills, doesn’t prioritize safety, and locks us into polluting fossil fuels. Last year, our lawmakers passed a bill to put an end to excessive gas pipeline replacement spending. But... (1/2)

Last year, our lawmakers passed a bill to require gas utilities like BGE and Washington Gas to prioritize SAFETY – not PROFITS – in their gas pipeline replacement. This would lower our bills and keep us safe. But gas utilities aren’t following the law. (1/2)

ASAP's new supplemental policy analysis estimates potential state-by-state impacts from the next round of updates to federal appliance standards, including bill savings and reductions in peak demand, air pollution, and water use. appliance-standards.org/more-savings...

The President told voters their energy bills would be cut in half within a year. That hasn’t happened. 18 months in, electricity rates are still climbing. So ask the obvious question: does a $700 million federal subsidy for coal lower your bill? It does not.

Trump plans $700 million in new coal support, White House official says

U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to use Cold War-era national defense powers to send nearly $700 million to support ​coal facilities, according to a White House official.

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Handing out $700M to dirty, inefficient energy sources puts polluters first & Americans last in the midst of Trump’s energy crisis. This is a stunning abuse of taxpayer dollars & comes on top of Trump’s orders to keep aging coal plants online, which have already cost American families $336 million.

Thank you @susielee.house.gov for offering an amendment that would lower energy costs nationwide by leveling the playing field and unleashing America's clean energy ☀️💨

Tell your state leaders to hold utility companies accountable and bring down energy costs action.consumerreports.org/nb-20260512-...

Tell state leaders to hold utility companies accountable

Tell state leaders to hold utility companies accountable

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Our energy affordability crisis has a hidden driver: utilities spending billions on gas pipelines. But, as @kgeorgebagdanov.bsky.social and @panamaredhat.bsky.social tell @volts.wtf, states are increasingly implementing policies to transition us away from gas to affordable clean heat and cooling.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 3mo ago

Today on Volts: as affluent homeowners switch to heat pumps, the fixed costs of the fossil-gas network are born by a shrinking class of consumers who can least afford it. Today I talk with folks from @buildingdecarb.org about how to phase out gas in a thoughtful, equitable way, one chunk at a time.

Did you know burning gas in our homes creates more deadly, asthma causing NOx pollution in the Bay Area than cars? Good thing the @airdistrict.bsky.social is doing something to clean up our air! I'm quoted in this great article from @canarymedia.com. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Bay Area looks to exempt some households from gas water-heater…

The region is finalizing its first-in-the-nation rule to limit the sale of polluting gas water heaters, which will take effect next year.

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Gas delivery rates have more than TRIPLED since 2010, due in part to utilities being allowed to pass on the 💲 of new gas lines to existing customers. Our utility regulators –the Public Service Commission– had the chance to 🛑 forcing us to pay for new, polluting pipelines, but delayed action instead.

Youth. Contractors. Physicians. Environmental justice advocates. 99 people showed up today for @airdistrict.bsky.social clean air standards for water heaters! The community is winning—support is strong! Tell the @airdistrict.bsky.social - keep moving forward. #CleanAir

Listen to doctors! Gas water heaters & furnaces are harming our health—and our children are paying the price. Polluters want to stall clean air protections that would save lives! SF Bay PSR supports this ad in @sfchronicle.com Tell @airdistrict.bsky.social Implement Rule 9-6 now.

Polluters are pushing to stall clean air protections that would save lives and cut pollution. Meanwhile, families keep paying the price. We’re calling this out in a full-page @sfchronicle.com ad today. Tell @airdistrict.bsky.social leaders: stand up to fossil fuel pressure. Act now!

Did you know that our gas water & space heaters create more harmful air pollution than cars in the Bay Area? And air pollution harms your ENTIRE body? That is why we support Air District rules for HEALTHIER & better electric appliances. GET the FACTS about the Rules: www.sfbaypsr.org/wp-content/u...

With demand on the grid spiking, the last thing states should do is cut efficiency programs. And yet, that is exactly what some are doing! Read my latest @evergreenaction.bsky.social post to find out what states should do instead to lower costs. www.evergreencollaborative.com/news/power-d...

Power Demand Is Spiking—Cutting Energy Efficiency Is the Last Thing We Should Do - Evergreen Collaborative

Raiding funds for energy efficiency is foolish. States should double down on efficiency, and fund ratepayer relief from data centers instead.

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Fossil fuel interests want to keep you hooked on gas. Astroturfed AI campaigns were used to defeat clean air rules that would protect Californians’ health. @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov: “Top law enforcement officials should be investigating” writes Mary Nichols. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Investigate the AI campaigns flooding public agencies with fake comments

Recent campaigns for corporate interests hit new lows in their attempts to misrepresent the will of the people and deceive officials.

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