A Timely and Managed Gas Transition Lowers Cost and Risk

For Climate Solutions, Synapse modeled the impact of different approaches to gas system transition on Washington's gas utilities, electric utilities, and their customers. Synapse evaluated managed approaches based on neighborhood-level electrification and strategic increases in depreciation rates to mitigate stranded cost risk. We also evaluated a case, based on a provision in Washington state law, that evaluates different options for system cost sharing between electric and gas utilities.