In a three-part blog series, Dr. Manuel P. Teodoro, Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, explains how “something unexpected happened when California ordered its utilities to save water: the state’s investor-owned, private utilities out-conserved local governments.” Dr. Teodoro will be speaking at CWA’s Annual Conference in Monterey in October. His blog series can be found online at:
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