Pathway 5.

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

5.7.10 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.

North Carolina’s Electric-Sector Carbon Reduction Legislation

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Sets the state’s first targets for cutting electricity-sector carbon emissions, with a goal to bring emissions down 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

A sweeping climate and energy bill touching on myriad programs affecting electricity, transportation, just transition, and financing.

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.