On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared at the state Capitol for a closed-door meeting with top Democrats in the state Legislature to hammer out a deal on key energy and climate policies that hung in the balance. The stakes were high: Californians are shouldering heavy gas and electricity prices, oil refineries are planning to shutter and the Trump administration has targeted state climate policies.

Newsom ultimately struck a six-part deal, announced Wednesday with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Mike McGuire. If approved this week, the package of bills would overhaul California’s energy market , spur more oil drilling, help reduce home electricity bills and monitor pollution in low-income communities. It also extends a key climate policy that will funnel $1 billio

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