Clifford Rechtschaffen

December 27, 2022 Op-Ed: California has to become carbon-neutral by 2045. What does that mean for natural gas?

November 18, 2022: Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen and California Energy Commission Commissioner & Vice Chair Siva Gunda speak on the importance of a clean energy transition and equitable climate action at COP27 (YouTube video)

November 10, 2022: Commissioner Rechtschaffen speaks about California's Subnational Climate Leadership at COP27 (video recording)

June 12, 2022 World Biogas Summit: Methane Action Plans (YouTube video)

June 29, 2022: VX News chats with Commissioner Rechtschaffen on Preparing For A New Energy Reality In California

June 20, 2022: Grid Forward Chats podcast featuring Commissioner Rechtschaffen and CEC Commissioner Gunda discussing preparing the grid for transportation electrification and dealing with other challenges that the grid is facing: climate change, rapid decarbonization, changing energy sources, and reckoning with equity and social justice.

May 2, 2022 Op-Ed: New CPUC Rules Increase Transparency

Apr. 7, 2022 Press Release: CPUC Provides Additional Incentives and Framework for Electric Heat Pump Water Heater Program

Apr. 7, 2022 Press Release: CPUC Expands Supplier Diversity Program To Encourage Diversity and Inclusion Within Utility Industry

Feb. 18, 2022 Op-Ed: Revisiting California's natural gas hookup subsidies

Dec. 14, 2021: Advancing Environmental Justice at the California Public Utilities Commission

Apr. 14, 2021 Op-Ed with Commissioner Patty Monahan: Battery-powered vehicles can clean California’s air and help cut electricity rates

Jul. 24, 2020 Op-Ed: California Public Utilities Commission finds new ways to make utility services affordable

Jun. 6, 2020 Op-Ed: California increases effort to equip vulnerable citizens with battery storage systems for use during power outages, wildfires

Dec. 2, 2019: Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: California Public Utilities Commission Takes Actions to Electrify Transportation

Sept. 25, 2019 Op-Ed: Recent Changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program, Explained

Sept. 19, 2019: Keynote address at AEE Conference: Safety, Security and Sustainability

September 2019 Newsletter Article: Reducing Methane Emissions from California’s Natural Gas System: An Important Step Forward

September 2019 Newsletter Article: Examining the Impacts of CPUC Decisions on Utility Bills

Sept. 12, 2019: Redefining utility affordability: CPUC pursues broad approach to guide decisions

Aug. 29, 2019: Commissioner Blog: Reducing Methane Emissions from California’s Natural Gas System - An Important Step Forward

Aug. 16, 2019: West Coast Utility Commissions Discuss Changing Wildfire Risk and Mitigation Efforts

June 13, 2019: CPUCs Transition to a Resilience Agency - Commissioner Cliff Rechtschaffen

Proposed Decision Modifying Biomethane Injection Standards pursuant to Senate Bill 840

Letter sent by CPUC and CEC responding to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Call for Information about Offshore Wind Power Development off the California Coast

Jan. 29, 2019 Op-Ed: Creating a New Risk Evaluation Paradigm in the Face of California's Wildfires

Dec. 17, 2018: Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: Improving the Safety of California's Energy System - An Important Step Forward

Nov. 2 Webinar - Environmental and Social Justice Action Plan

Oct. 11, 2018: Concurrence of Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen on D. 18-10-019, Decision Modifying the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment Methodology

Oct. 15, 2018: Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: CPUC Acts to Cut Methane Pollution

Oct. 3, 2018: Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: Increasing Engagement with the Low Income Oversight Board

Sept. 24, 2018: Opportunity To Join The Low-Income Oversight Board

August 2018: Seeking New Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group Member

Aug. 2018 Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Newsletter Q&A: Q&A: Safety is a Top Concern Throughout the CPUC

July 26, 2018 Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: CPUC Tells FERC Climate Change Must be Considered in Infrastructure Projects

June 29, 2018 Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: Ancestral Land Could Soon Be Returned to Maidu in Long-Anticipated Conservation Recommendation

June 21, 2018 Commissioner Rechtschaffen's Blog: CPUC Adopts Citation Program to Enforce Compliance by Telecommunications Carriers

Sept. 16, 2017: CPUC Commissioners Guzman Aceves and Rechtschaffen Confirmed by State Senate

Dec. 28, 2016: Governor’s Press Release Announcing Appointment

Commissioner Rechtschaffen Remarks at May 7, 2020 Voting Meeting: Investigation 19-06-015, PG&E's Role in the 2017 & 2018 Wildfires (YouTube video)

Commissioner Rechtschaffen Remarks at November 8, 2018 Voting Meeting: Resolution E-4949, Energy Storage Projects