Full Title: State Leadership in Clean Energy 2022 Awards
Author(s): Maria Blais Costello
Publisher(s): Clean Energy States Alliance
Publication Date: September 25, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
The pace of clean energy expansion is accelerating rapidly, thanks in large part to states putting in place goals, standards, and public funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve community resilience, and advance energy equity. The 2022 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards recognize six outstanding programs that are providing the benefits of clean energy expansion to the people in their states, while demonstrating to others how they could establish similar programs.
This marks the 8th time these biennial awards have been given to highlight state programs and policies that have helped change the trajectory of clean energy. Without exception, each of this year’s winning programs is grounded in its state’s goals for decarbonization and meeting the challenge of climate change. Many of these state programs are also focused on solving the problem of inequitable distribution of clean energy benefits, by ensuring those benefits are accessed by underserved and low-income communities. Without a doubt, the six programs described in this report will make a significant impact on the course of the clean energy transition in their states, and in other parts of the country as well, as they foster the clean energy economy. These successes will also help create the political will for even more ambitious policies and programs in the future.