Independence Institute Director of Policy Jake Fogleman appeared on the Free State Colorado podcast this week to talk about the Public Utilities Commission’s recent decision aimed at phasing out natural gas use in homes and commercial buildings.
He discussed what the PUC’s new “clean heat” targets will mean in practice for gas utilities and ratepayers, where the commission got the authority to order such strict emissions targets, and how the attempted natural gas phase-out fits within the state’s broader energy policy trajectory.