Electricity Generation

Electricity Generation

Alliance members are developing policy pathways and programs to decarbonize the electricity grid, including establishing interim targets and identifying opportunities to better align planning and procurement processes for generation, distribution, and transmission resources with our collective climate goals.

Electricity Generation | New Jersey Governor Murphy.

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Electricity Generation

Below are tallies of the number of members that have adopted or are in the process of adopting statutory and executive policies and actions.

For the most up-to-date, in-depth breakdown of electricity decarbonization actions across our membership, explore the Alliance Policy Database.

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Did You Know?

  • Rapid clean electricity deployment is crucial to reducing emissions from multiple sectors, including transportation, buildings, and industrial decarbonization.
  • More than 80% of the Alliance’s collective emissions reductions between 2005 and 2019 were from the electricity sector.

Source: 2022 Alliance Letter to EPA

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Michigan Sets 100% Clean Energy by 2040 Standard

In November 2023, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a historic clean energy and climate action package, including legislation establishing a 100% clean energy standard. Under this law, Michigan will produce 50% of its energy from renewable sources such as solar and wind by 2030, 60% from renewables by 2035, and 100% from clean energy sources by 2040.

Source: Michigan Office of the Governor

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U.S. Climate Alliance Supports Rapid Finalization of Strengthened Power Plant Rules

August 2023

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U.S. Climate Alliance Welcomes New Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative

May 2024

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Press Release | 2024

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that 23 members have been awarded funding — approximately $2.9 billion collectively — under the Biden administration’s Solar for All competition.
U.S. Climate Alliance Members Collectively Secure Nearly $3 Billion to Deploy Residential Solar Energy in Low-Income Communities Across America

23 of its members have been awarded funding under the Biden administration’s Solar for All program.

Press Release | 2024

The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
U.S. Climate Alliance Applauds U.S. EPA’s Final Rule to Cut Emissions from Power Plants

The Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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