Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization

5.6 Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies (Ch. 23)

3 Model Laws Found

LPDD Model Law: Achieving Regulatory Realignment of Public Utility Policies with Energy and Environmental Goals

Pathway: Regulatory Bodies and Policy Goals

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Provides a framework for requiring public utility regulators to consider decarbonization and creating a state energy office with oversight authority over basic energy policy decisions.

LPDD Model Law: State Demand Charges Legislation

Pathway: EV Charging Rate Design, Heavy Duty EV Charging Rate Design, Demand Charges

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Regulated electric companies would be required to address demand charges in a proposed tariff designed to facilitate DC fast charging for EVs.

LPDD Model Law: State Legislation to Decarbonize the Generation of Electricity

Pathway: Renewable Portfolio Standards, State and Local Fossil Phaseout Legislation Generally, Restricting Fossil-Fuel Powered Electric Plants

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Model state electric decarbonization statute based on 2019 legislation enacted in Washington State, which commits that state to a retail electricity supply entirely free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.