{"id":4961,"date":"2024-07-09T17:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sense.com\/?post_type=resource-center&#038;p=4961"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:14:35","slug":"why-we-cant-afford-to-game-californias-electrification-goals","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/sense.com\/resources\/why-we-cant-afford-to-game-californias-electrification-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Can&#8217;t Afford to Game California&#8217;s Electrification Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California has a long history of advancing clean energy and decarbonization, and Gov. Newsom\u2019s\u00a0California Climate Commitment\u00a0is a roadmap to achieving carbon neutrality. Coupled with the\u00a0Inflation Reduction Act, which offers federal support in the form of beefed up electric vehicle (EV) tax credits, $4.5 billion to install energy efficient appliances and a new tax credit that will provide up to $5,000 to build new energy efficient homes, California has momentum to accelerate widespread electrification.<\/p>\n<p>But Californians will need more than electric cars and stoves to meet climate and energy savings goals. Now, more than ever before, they\u2019ll also need tools to monitor and manage their energy use as more appliances become electrified. People will need to know what\u2019s on, what\u2019s running and how much energy is being used in real time.<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on Politico. <a title=\"Read: Why smart meters deserve a second chance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/sponsor-content\/2023\/05\/16\/why-we-cant-afford-to-game-californias-electrification-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next-generation smart meters are critical to achieving energy savings goals \u2014 Californians should choose wisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4971,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"content-type":[13],"featured":[],"resource-center-category":[17,18],"class_list":["post-4961","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-article","resource-center-category-energy-transition","resource-center-category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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