LPDD

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).”

Oregon’s SB 1547

State Legislatures
Oregon’s SB 1547 (2016) created an explicit prohibition on the use of coal power by investor-owned utilities as of 2030.

California’s SB 100

State Legislatures
In 2018, California passed Senate Bill 100, requiring 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, effectively phasing out coal and natural gas.

California’s SB 1368

State Legislatures
Prohibited any new long-term investment by a California load-serving entity in a generating facility with smokestack emissions exceeding a level to be jointly determined by the California Energy Commission and California Public Utilities Commission.