A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.

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By Alison F. Takemura, Canary MediaOct 18, 2026, 9:00 am77 ptsTrending
When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to replace Merrian Borgeson’s aging gas service line in Berkeley, California, she asked the company not to do it. Borgeson, who is the California policy director for climate and energy at the nonprofit Natural…

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