The Flipside Report: A White Paper on Targeted Geographic Electrification in California’s Gas Transition

This paper argues that, in addition to planning a strategic phaseout of the gas system, we need to focus on a strategic phase-in of electrification. We used the term “geographically targeted electrification” to indicate an approach that prioritizes investments in ESJ communities and systematizes uncoordinated approaches to electrification. The paper offers guidance on how to transition a “section or entire neighborhood” off the gas system in California in order to reduce “the number of gas distribution pipelines that must be maintained throughout the transition.

Common Spark Consulting, Building Decarbonization Coalition, July 2021