Washington State Energy Technical Advisory Process

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 are privileged to have been chosen to provide the technical assistance to determine how the state can succeed in this mission-critical work. Washington has set ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets.
Learn more about this process
Washington State Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets
45%
below 1990 levels by 2030
70%
below 1990 levels by 2040
95%
below 1990 levels, with net zero emissions by 2050
The CETI Team is providing technical consulting work to enhance understanding of the costs and benefits of a suite of policies and actions to meet Washington’s greenhouse gas targets that are designed to achieve decarbonization in the state.
The technical consulting includes:
1.
Conducting a meta-analysis of existing energy studies and strategies and an inventory of existing Washington policies, programs, regulations, investments, and tools
2.
Facilitating a technical advisory process to inform the Advisory Committee’s advice and recommendations
3.
Performing decarbonization and modeling and analysis, building on existing efforts and guided by the technical advisory process and Advisory Committee deliberations
4.
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
CETI Washington State Energy Strategy Team
Meet the Team

The Department of Commerce engaged the Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) and its partners to provide technical consultation to Commerce, the Governor’s office, and the Advisory Committee in developing the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy. This work will enhance understanding of the costs and benefits of a suite of policies and actions to meet Washington’s greenhouse gas targets that are designed achieve decarbonization in the state.

The technical consulting includes:

  1. Conducting a meta-analysis of existing energy studies and strategies and an inventory of existing Washington policies, programs, regulations, investments, and tools
  2. Facilitating a technical advisory process to inform the Advisory Committee’s advice and recommendations
  3. Performing decarbonization and modeling and analysis, building on existing efforts and guided by the technical advisory process and Advisory Committee deliberations
  4. 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

The CETI Team is comprised of the following:

  • Clean Energy Transition Institute, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that advances strategies to advance deep decarbonization in the Northwest. Eileen V. Quigley, Executive Director; Bruce Jacobsen, Director of Operations; Marc Daudon, Senior Fellow; Nicole Larson, Research Assistant.‍
  • Stockholm Environment Institute US, a nonprofit research organization with offices in California, Massachusetts, and Washington that conducts research and engages with decision-makers on energy, water, and climate policy. Michael Lazarus, Director SEI-US; Derik Broekhoff, Senior Scientist.‍
  • Evolved Energy Research, a national firm of energy professionals with extensive consulting experience using decarbonization modeling to examine the questions that the clean energy transition poses. Jeremy Hargreaves; Gabe Kwok; Ben Haley, Principals.‍
  • Hammerschlag, LLC, an Olympia-based company specializing in greenhouse gas inventories, greenhouse gas regulation, life-cycle assessments of rules, and renewable energy technology assessments. Roel Hammerschlag, Principal.‍
  • Inclusive Economics, a Bay Area company that conducts research on the employment, economic, and equity impacts of clean energy and climate policies. Betony Jones, Founder.‍
  • FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm providing economic impact analysis of clean energy policies for this project. Scott Nystrom, Senior Director.‍
  • 2050 Institute, a Seattle-based think tank that partners with policy makers, utilities, and market actors to deliver building decarbonization at scale. Poppy Storm, Founder. 
  • ‍One Visual Mind, a Portland, OR and Boston, MA-based design firm. Carol Maglitta; Karen Beck, Designers.
For more information, please view our presentation to the WA State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee as well as other materials below.
2021 WA State Energy Strategy Presentations
Presentation
March 31, 2020: Washington State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee
On March 31, 2020, the CETI team presented an overview outlining its technical advisory process for developing the Washington State 2021 Energy Strategy, as well as a review of the findings of the Northwest Deep Decarbonization Pathways study, to the Washington State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee.
3/31/2020
Presentation
May 13, 2020: Deep Dive Webinar on Deep Decarbonization Pathways Modeling
Webinar featuring Jeremy Hargreaves of Evolved Energy Research, which details deep decarbonization pathways modeling and covered model methodology, assumptions...
5/13/2020
Presentation
May 27, 2020: Deep Decarbonization Pathways Modeling Scenario Development
Webinar focusing on cross-sector and cross-cutting issues and how modeling will enable an analysis of options in the context of achieving Washington State’s carbon reduction goals.
5/27/2020
Presentation
June 11, 2020: Washington State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee
A review of the economic impact modeling that Scott Nystrom of FTI Consulting will perform as part of the technical advisory process for the Washington State 2021 Energy Strategy...
6/11/2020
Presentation
July 23 and July 29, 2020: Four Framing Documents for the Energy Sector
Documents outlining the technical advisory process and four framing documents with sector-specific questions about how to decarbonize Washington’s buildings, transportation, electricity, and industrial sectors.
7/23/2020
Presentation
August 25, 2020: Draft Decarbonization Modeling Results
Washington State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee meeting where preliminary findings of the deep decarbonization pathways modeling and six scenarios were presented.
8/25/2020
Presentation
September 15, 2020 Emerging State Energy Elements
Presentation to the Advisory Committee where emerging elements of the draft State Energy Strategy for the transportation, buildings, industrial, and electricity sectors were revealed.
9/15/2020

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