Washington State aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the scale and pace that the climate crisis requires
The Clean Energy Transition Institute and our partners were privileged to have been chosen to provide technical assistance to the Washington State Department of Commerce in developing and designing the state’s 2021 State Energy Strategy.
Washington State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets
45%
below 1990 levels by 2030
70%
below 1990 levels by 2040
95%
below 1990 levels, with net zero emissions by 2050
Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy and Supporting Materials
This project enabled us to develop a wealth of information about specific policies and actions required to decarbonize the building, transportation, electricity, and industrial sectors in the next decade and beyond, not only in Washington, but across the Northwest.
Washington State Energy Strategy
Executive Summary
Key Actions Summary
Chapter B – Decarbonization Modeling
Deep Decarbonization
Modeling Final Report
Modeling Final Report
Economic Impacts of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Modeling
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Presentation to the CET Institute
Washington State Energy Policies Inventory
Bibliography
Technical Advisory Process
From March-December 2020 the CETI Team provided technical analysis to the Washington State Department of Commerce in support of a suite of policies and actions designed to meet Washington’s greenhouse gas targets and achieve decarbonization in the state.
The technical consulting included:
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Conducting a meta-analysis of existing energy studies and strategies and an inventory of existing Washington policies, programs, regulations, investments, and tools
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Facilitating a technical advisory process to inform the Advisory Committee’s advice and recommendations
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Performing decarbonization and modeling and analysis, building on existing efforts and guided by the technical advisory process and Advisory Committee deliberations
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Working with Commerce to create communication materials, including the design and preparation of a final report and supporting documents to launch the final 2021 State Energy Strategy
Technical Analysis and Strategy Design Consultants
The Clean Energy Transition Institute facilitated the technical advisory process, design, and production of the Washington State 2021 Energy Strategy from March to December with the following consultants:
Clean Energy Transition Institute
Aditi Bansal, Policy and Research Analyst
Marc Daudon, Senior Fellow
Nicole Larson, Research Assistant
David Paolella, Policy and Research Analyst
Eileen V. Quigley, Executive Director
Evolved Energy Research
Jeremy Hargreaves, Principal
Hammerschlag, LLC
Roel Hammerschlag, Principal
Inclusive Economics
Betony Jones, Founder
One Visual Mind
Karen Beck, Partner
Carol Maglitta, Partner
Stockholm Environment Institute
Derik Broekhoff, Senior Scientist
Michael Lazarus, U.S. Center Director
2050 Institute
Poppy Storm, Founder and Director of Innovation
In collaboration with the Washington BlueGreen Alliance, the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership Forum, and SEI-US, the Clean Energy Transition Institute is working to present Building Washington’s Clean Materials Manufacturing Economy in June 2022.
Building Washington’s Clean Materials Manufacturing Economy will be a gathering of policymakers, labor leaders, industry representatives, and environmental advocates focused on building a shared vision for making the Evergreen State a global leader in clean materials manufacturing.
The summit aims to:
- Grow awareness of the need for clean materials manufacturing as a critical building block to achieving Washington’s climate goals and for building a fair green economy, and the need for a targeted and coordinated approach to achieve that goal.
- Bridge the gap between Washington’s pursuit of net-zero by 2050 and doubling its manufacturing base.
- Build a group of policymakers, industry, environmental,and labor stakeholders invested in collaborating to develop a long-term Washington clean materials manufacturing strategy.
- Elevate clean materials manufacturing as a priority for the 2023 Washington legislative session and beyond.
Washington State Industrial Emissions Analysis Documents:
Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis Documents:
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Operation 2030 Documents:
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2021 WA State Energy Strategy Presentations
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Other Projects
Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy Technical Advisory Process
From March 2020 through January 2021, 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. The strategy is a 10-year roadmap for how the state could get on the path to achieving the State’s 2050 net-zero target. With a team of 12, we modeled decarbonization pathways; interviewed 150 stakeholders; surveyed over 700 studies; created a compendium of all state climate and clean energy policies; and designed and produced the strategy and accompanying infographics.
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Operation 2030: Scaling Building Decarbonization in Washington State
CETI is launching Operation 2030 in partnership with the 2050 Institute to frame and jumpstart the large-scale mobilization required by 2030 to position Washington State to meet its transformational building decarbonization goals by 2050. The initiative currently consists of two phases starting with a report in fall 2021, followed by a series of Operation 2030 strategic forums and policy briefs throughout 2022.
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Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis
Our work on the Washington state energy strategy led to a new project in November 2020, Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis. In partnership with Renewable Northwest, GridLab, and Evolved Energy Research, we are using the updated NWDDP model to test various decarbonization scenarios for Oregon to inform policy discussions during the upcoming 2021 legislative session.
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Montana Governor’s Climate Solutions Council
In December 2019, the Institute and Evolved Energy Research presented deep decarbonization pathways modeling results to Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s Climate Solutions Council, which was charged with developing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prepare the state for climate impacts, foster innovation, and create economic development and workforce strategies for communities in transition.
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Equitable Rural Building Decarbonization
Buildings account for more than a quarter of Washington state’s greenhouse gas emissions, up 50% since 1990 and now comprising 27% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Both the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy and legislation currently under consideration in the state legislature aim to reduce those emissions to zero by 2050.
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Washington State Industrial Emissions Analysis
From January through July 2021, The Clean Energy Transition Institute analyzed Washington state’s industrial emissions to help the Department of Commerce improve its data collection to develop Washington-specific decarbonization roadmaps. Our work entailed breaking down the upstream, process, and downstream phases for the state’s top nine emitting industries, identifying the dominant emission sources and data collection for each stage, and suggesting other data-collection methods. We also drafted a case study on green cement.
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