Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity

5.7.9 Restricting Fossil-Fuel Powered Electric Plants

LPDD Recommendation: “States could adopt restrictions on new coal-fired power plants (e.g., emission limits or CCS requirements).”

LPDD Recommendation: “States could impose an outright ban on new coal-fired generation and/or a formal limit on new natural gas generation additions.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States with restrictions on new coal-fired power plants could adopt more stringent limitations, including not only emissions at the smokestack, but also on a life-cycle basis (at the mine or during transit, at the wellhead, along the pipeline, and in conjunction with storage).”

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

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.

Arizona Carbon-Free 2050 Utility Target

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions

A Commission-imposed plan to decarbonize Arizona's electricity by 2050, with interim targets.

Maine LD 1679 (2019)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Provides that by January 1, 2030 80% of electricity consumed in the State must come from renewable resources and by January 1, 2050 100% of electricity consumed in the State must come from renewable resources

Report, Climate Reregulation in a Biden Administration

Jurisdiction: Executive Branch

Charts a course for executive action that, under a new presidential administration, would reverse the deregulatory agenda of the Trump Administration.

Hawaii’s Coal Ban (2020)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Bans coal burning in Hawaii by 2022.

Rhode Island’s Executive Order 20-01 (2020)

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Setting a goal for the state to source all of its electricity from renewable resources by the end of 2030, effectively phasing out fossil generation.

Report, Phasing-Out Ontario’s Gas-Fired Power Plants: A Roadmap

Jurisdiction: Foreign

Report projects being able to simultaneously phase-out the gas plants, achieve Ontario’s 2030 climate target, move the province towards a 100% renewable electricity grid and lower electricity bills.

Virginia’s Clean Economy Act, SB 851 (2020)

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Requires two large utilities to close all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045 and 2050, and to acquire 3,100,000 megawatts of energy storage capacity.

California Decision on 2030 Climate Targets, Energy Mix

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions

California's PUC set a new emissions target for its electric sector to guide integrated resource planning processes that would double the state’s clean energy capacity by 2030 and prohibit the development of new natural gas plants.

Hawaii’s HB 623

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

In June 2015, Hawaii enacted HB 623, a law requiring all electric power to come from renewable sources by 2045, effectively phasing out fossil fuels from electricity production.