Energy Pathways

CETI and Evolved Energy Research began working with the Washington Department of Commerce  in April 2024 to develop economy-wide energy pathways scenarios that would achieve the state’s emission reduction goals and form the basis for Washington’s Comprehensive Climate Action Planning (CCAP), which will meet Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) requirements.

The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition (WestTEC) is a West-wide effort to develop an actionable transmission study to support the needs of the future energy grid. The final deliverable will be a West-wide transmission needs study looking out over 10- and 20-year periods.

The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) selected CETI in a competitive process to provide technical support for an engagement-driven approach to develop an energy strategy for the state over the next two years. This work is ongoing.

CETI supported Western Washington University’s (WWU) Center for Economic and Business and Research on a Washington Refinery Study for the Department of Commerce

Green Electrolytic Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels: Recommendations for Deployment in Washington is a report for the Washington Department of Commerce that assesses opportunities for and barriers to deploying green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable fuels in the Evergreen State.

Net-Zero Northwest: Technical and Economic Pathways to 2050 is an economy-wide deep decarbonization pathways analysis to guide actions that will put Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington on the path to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

In partnership with Renewable Northwest, GridLab, and Evolved Energy Research, the Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis used deep decarbonization pathways modeling to test decarbonization scenarios for Oregon to inform policy discussions during the 2021 legislative session.

The Clean Energy Transition Institute provided technical and economic analysis to support the Washington State Department of Commerce in developing the 2021 State Energy Strategy, which is a 10-year roadmap for how the state could get on the path to achieving its 2050 net-zero target.

In December 2019, the Clean Energy Transition Institute and Evolved Energy Research presented deep decarbonization pathways modeling results to Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s Climate Solutions Council.