Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies

5.6.3 Regulatory Bodies and Policy Goals

LPDD Recommendation: "States should align their public utility policies with broader energy goals related to decarbonization. They should do so by mandating that utility regulators consider decarbonization or by creating an office of energy that has oversight authority over basic energy policy decisions, and that recognizes how consumer protection and other values may need to be balanced in the transition to deep decarbonization."

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

Virginia Launches Commission on Electric Utility Regulation

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Members would be tasked with reviewing and explaining proposed energy policies to legislators and the public.

New York’s Proposed S. 8198 (2022)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Empowers the state PUC to meet goals set in statewide climate targets, including in the gas sector.

Maryland Act to Consider Climate and Labor in Utility Regulation

Jurisdiction: State Agencies, State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Requires agencies in Maryland state government to consider climate impacts in regulation of utilities and the siting of power plants.