What energy resources power the four states of the Northwest? How has our energy story changed over time? You will find the answers to these questions and many more with CETI’s new Northwest Clean Energy Atlas.

This blog helps users understand how to navigate the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas, launched by CETI in May 2022.

A selection of some of the best podcasts and webinars on the latest technical and economic developments in decarbonization that the CETI team engaged with during the first three months of 2022.

Eileen spoke to the E8 Study Group, a collection of clean tech investors, describing the pathways to deep decarbonization for Washington state and what achieving a net zero by 2050 emissions target means.

The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) held its first public hearing on February 25, 2022 about the full suite of proposed changes to the Washington State Energy Code-Commercial 2018 Edition.

When the Washington State Legislature passed the Climate Pollution Limits bill in 2020, it etched into law aggressive economy-wide carbon emissions limits to achieve by 2050. For the building sector, this translates into a 96% emission decrease below 2020 levels in three decades.

It’s no secret that contemporary industrial timber practices fall short of realizing the potential of Pacific Northwest forests to sequester carbon.

Eileen presented to the Stoel Rives Climate Change Working Group, discussing the implications of Washington State’s net-zero carbon emission reduction target and the need to create a cooperative electricity market among the 11 Western states.

Eileen presented to the University of Washington Environmental Law Society, reviewing the status of decarbonization in the Northwest and the Institute’s 2022 strategic focus.

International leaders are in Glasgow discussing how the world might stave off the worst impacts of global warming, and U.S. congressional leaders are haggling over legislation to address climate change in Washington, D.C. 

Eileen presented to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee to the Washington Attorney General Public Counsel and described decarbonization efforts in the Northwest and specifically in Washington State based on the technical analysis CETI performed in support of the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy.

Eileen and Jeremy Hargreaves of Evolved Energy Research presented on state and regional pathways to carbon neutrality at the opening plenary of the Intermountain West Energy Sustainability & Transitions (I-WEST) Workshop, hosted by Montana State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy.