Implementation Guide: Cap and Invest for Equitable Decarbonization
States are setting climate goals that will require whole sectors of industry to drastically decarbonize. This presents market transformation barriers, two of which are: 1) some of the necessary technology to make this…
Implementation Guide: Statewide Deep Energy Efficiency Retrofits
States are identifying deep energy efficiency retrofits as a key step to implement cost-effective climate and energy policy. These programs deliver benefits to both the grid and residents, including drastically lowering energy use, decarbonizing the energy supply, lowering energy bills, and…
Policy Implementation Guide: Establishing a Jurisdiction-Specific Cost-Benefit Test
Investments in energy efficiency resources that pass a state’s cost-benefit test have been determined to benefit customers, utility systems, and society at large. Unfortunately, in most states cost-benefit tests are a barrier to…
Massachusetts S9 Fact Sheet
On March 26, 2021 Governor Baker signed bill S.9., An Act Creating A Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy. This landmark climate legislation covers many topics and will have widespread impacts on the future of climate action in the state. This fact sheet summarizes…