“Greg Pierce, research and co-executive director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, co-authored a correspondence piece in the April 2025 publication of nature energy on lessons learned from L.A.’s just energy transition initiative. The city’s commitment to reach a 100 percent renewable equitable electricity grid by 2035 was followed by a 2021 study establishing the feasibility of local grid decarbonization pathways which emphasized that only justice-oriented strategies would ensure equity outcomes. Pierce and his co-authors were part of the LA100 Equity Strategies effort, a two-year partnership between the city’s electric utility — the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) — researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, UCLA, and local community-based organizations (CBOs) which was concluded in late 2023. In the nature energy piece, Pierce and colleagues summarize what other cities can learn from their findings and include five key insights that may be helpful for other cities working on a just transition.”