What is really driving California’s electricity bills?
An analysis, co-written with Jenny Folkesson, of the cost drivers behind rising rates and why rooftop solar is not the culprit.
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Commentary, interviews and publications by Angela Lipanovich on clean energy law, policy and the business of the energy transition.
Commentary & articles
Perspectives on California energy policy.
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AI data centers might just save rooftop solar, and your electric bill
Commentary, co-written with Jenny Folkesson, on how surging electricity demand strengthens the case for distributed solar.
Critics of California’s rooftop solar program get the affordability story wrong
A response, co-written with Jenny Folkesson, to claims that rooftop solar customers drive up costs for everyone else.
Protecting small business access to clean energy: understanding the impacts of AB 942
What the proposed legislation would mean for small businesses that invest in solar.
Solar for zero down: too good to be true?
A guide to the trade-offs of no-money-down solar financing and what consumers should look for.
Podcasts & radio
Interviews.
Solar power and your energy bill
A conversation about rooftop solar, utility rates and what California’s energy policies mean for households.
Featured guest
Legal issues facing solar contractors, including the impact of PG&E’s bankruptcy, discussed with solar industry pioneer Barry Cinnamon.
Quoted on financing microgrids
Perspective on the legal and financing structures behind microgrid projects.
Scholarship
Publications.
Smoke before oil: modeling a suit against the auto and oil industry on the tobacco tort litigation is feasible
An early argument that fossil fuel companies could be held liable for climate harms using the strategies that succeeded against the tobacco industry, an idea now being tested in the courts.
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Looking for expert commentary on clean energy law or policy?
Angela is available for interviews, panels and speaking engagements on solar rights, distributed energy, clean energy transactions and California energy policy.