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ElectrificationThe Washington Supreme Court struck down Initiative 2066, the Washington natural gas law, by a 6 to 3 vote on September 17, 2026, clearing the way for building code rules that favor electric heating over gasThe Washington Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 on September 17, 2026, that Initiative 2066 illegally combined 4 unrelated subjects into 1 law and voided it entirely, ending a nearly 2 year barrier that had stopped the Building Code Council from writing energy code rules that discourage gas heating.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the articleElectrificationUMass Boston clean energy grant of 5.3 million dollars triples a plan for 3 electric chillers, targeting an 82% natural gas cut by 2029Massachusetts awarded UMass Boston 5.3 million dollars toward an expanded plan for 3 electric heat shift chillers, up from a planned 1, reusing a seawater pump house that has cooled the campus since 1974. The university expects natural gas use at its Central Utility Plant to fall 82% once the chillers are running in 2029.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the articleElectrificationUC Berkeley electric heating plant replacing steam system gets 270 million dollars from California toward a 60% emissions cutUC Berkeley broke ground this year on an all electric heating and cooling plant beneath North Field, the first phase of a plan that runs through 2030. The State of California is funding 270 million dollars toward a majority of that phase, and UC Berkeley forecasts a cut of more than 60% in campus carbon emissions once it is finished.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the articleElectrificationTufts University geothermal heat pump heating cooling plan could cut energy loss from 20% to 4% to 6%, with no cost yet and a payback of more than 10 yearsTufts University is evaluating ground source heat pumps for the Medford and Somerville campus, its plan to replace a fossil fuel district heating system that now loses about 20% of its energy before reaching campus buildings. The design is still conceptual, with a payback period estimated at more than 10 years and no construction cost yet attached.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the articleElectrificationPrinceton University geothermal heating system replacing steam has drilled over 2,000 of a planned 2,900 wells since 2021Princeton University is drilling geo exchange wells hundreds of feet deep to heat and cool its campus with electricity instead of natural gas steam, aiming for climate neutrality by 2046. Energy Plant Manager Ted Borer says the combined new plants cost hundreds of millions of dollars, with the final total able to swing 30 to 40% depending on federal tax credit eligibility still being worked out with counsel.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the articleElectrificationThe rural electric cooperative loan program rises to 7 billion dollars for 2026, with the entire 500 million dollar increase in one loan lineA budget deal that ended a 45 day government shutdown raised the loan program from 6.5 billion to 7 billion dollars, and reading the 2 laws that set the levels shows the whole 500 million dollar increase sits in the guaranteed loan line while the direct loan line held flat at 4.333 billion dollars.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article

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