Clean Energy Transition Institute

California Takes Two Big Steps Forward This month, we celebrate two legislative wins in California alongside updates on the Oregon Energy Strategy, our building decarbonization work, and the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas.

In this month's newsletter, CETI celebrates two legislative wins in California alongside updates on the Oregon Energy Strategy, our building decarbonization work, and the Northwest Clean Energy Atlas. Check it out: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/califor...

Oregon’s POWER Act Addresses Ratepayer Impact of Large Energy Users In this piece, Ruby explores strategies to protect ratepayers from bearing the cost of the infrastructure and transmission investments needed to support data center growth in the Northwest and highlig...

This month, CETI explores strategies to protect ratepayers from bearing the cost of the infrastructure and transmission investments needed to support data center growth in the Northwest and highlights Oregon's POWER Act:
www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/oregons...

The PAR Ecosystem: A Strategy for Scaling Performance-Driven Clean Buildings A coordinated approach focused on building performance in policy, programs, and tracking can support Washington’s energy, equity, and climate goals.

In the second installment of our SCALE 2030 Clean Building Series, Research Analyst Jeanne Currie breaks down the Performance as a Resource Ecosystem concept as a strategy for scaling performance-driven clean buildings.

Check it out: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/the-par...

Oregon Energy Strategy: Energy Pathways Analysis Tracing the Draft Oregon Energy Strategy from start to finish.

In a three-part installment, the CETI team describes the development of the draft Oregon Energy Strategy:

Energy Pathways: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/oregon-...

Complementary: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/oregon-...

Jobs: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/oregon-...

Northwest Electricity Capacity

The Northwest Electricity Capacity and Northwest Electricity Generation visualizations on CETI's Northwest Clean Energy Atlas are freshly updated with 2024 data:

Northwest Electricity Capacity: www.nwceatlas.org/visualizatio...

Northwest Electricity Generation: www.nwceatlas.org/visualizatio...

Oregon and Washington Electric Utilities Fuel Mix

New visualizations on CETI's Northwest Energy Atlas explore the fuel mixes and emissions of electric utilities in Oregon and Washington.

OR and WA Electric Utilities Fuel Mix: www.nwceatlas.org/visualizatio...

OR and WA Electric Utilities Emissions: www.nwceatlas.org/visualizatio...

Meeting this Moment As the days shorten and the leaves begin to fall, CETI is working on our evolving theory of change and goals for the next year and beyond.

This month, we celebrate a big milestone for the Oregon Energy Strategy, share new visualizations of Northwest utility emissions and fuel mixes on our NW Clean Energy Atlas, and reflect on meeting this moment.

Check it out: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/meeting...

Exploring the Role of Green Banks in Washington and Beyond This Deep Dive explores key characteristics of green banks, explains the role they can play in clean energy financing, and introduces the recently established Washington State Green Bank.

In this month's Deep Dive, Ruby Moore-Bloom explores key characteristics of green banks, explains the role they play in clean energy financing, and introduces the recently established Washington State Green Bank.

Read the full piece to learn more: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/explori...

Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill on the U.S. Energy Transition EER's latest REPEAT modeling shows how the OBBB derails the energy transition by raising emissions, increasing household energy bills, and slowing clean energy investment.

“The bottom line: The OBBB raises energy costs for households and businesses, slashes clean energy investment, disrupts both new and planned energy infrastructure, and leads to higher U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.” Check out their analysis: evolved.ghost.io/impacts-of-t... (2/2)

Last month, Evolved Energy Research, our deep decarbonization pathways modeling partner of six years, released its latest REPEAT modeling showing how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 stands to derail the country’s clean energy transition. (1/2)

Focused and Determined July brought the passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB),” one focus of which is to derail the United States’ pursuit of a clean energy.

This month, we reflect on the impact of the OBBB Act on the clean energy transition, demystify Oregon's legislative session, share the first blog in our SCALE 2030 Clean Building series, and dive deep into Tribal and Community Benefits Agreements: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/focused...

Clean Energy Regions: Tailoring Clean Buildings for Every Washington Community A regional approach to clean buildings could be a powerful tool for scaling up Washington’s transition while maximizing positive impact to communities.

A regional approach to clean buildings could be a powerful tool for scaling Washington's transition while maximizing positive impact to communities:
www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/clean-e...

Tribal Benefits Agreements: Opportunities, Barriers, and Best Practices CETI dives deep into Tribal Benefits Agreements (TBAs), sharing results from a targeted Literature Review produced for the Washington State Department of Commerce.

In this month's Deep Dives, we explore the barriers, opportunities, and best practices for establishing Community and Tribal Benefits Agreements as common components of clean energy projects.

CBAs: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/communi...

TBAs: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/tribal-...

Oregon: 2025 Energy and Climate Policies Recap The CETI team recaps the clean energy- and climate-related bills that Oregon legislators considered during the 2025 state legislative session.

Check out CETI's recap of the clean energy- and climate-related bills that moved through the 2025 Oregon Legislative Session: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/oregon-...

The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) is #hiring a Part-Time Web Designer!

If you or someone you know might be interested in joining our team, please check out the full job description for more information on the role and how to apply: www.cleanenergytransition.org/careers/part...

Scaling Building Decarbonization: Key Insights from SCALE 2030 This publication shares key insights from our SCALE 2023: Clean Buildings Ecosystem Assessment for Washington and SCALE 2030: Clean Buildings Transition Framework for Washington papers.

Check out CETI's latest publication, 'Scaling Building Decarbonization: Key Insights from SCALE 2030', for highlights from our Clean Buildings Ecosystem Assessment and Clean Buildings Transition Framework for Washington: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/scaling...

Summer is in Full Swing and so is CETI Summer is upon us, bringing much-appreciated funding news for the Clean Energy Transition Institute.

With the longest day behind us, summer is in full swing and so is CETI.

Check out our June Newsletter for updates on our various projects – from building decarbonization to energy pathways studies, community solar and Northwest legislative sessions.

www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/summer-...

Washington: 2025 Energy and Climate Policies Recap In 2025, the Washington lawmakers took up many bills related to climate and the clean energy transition. CETI recaps key pieces of legislation that made it over the finish line and those that did not.

CETI breaks down climate- and energy-related policies that moved through NW state legislative sessions in 2025 (Oregon coming soon!):
Idaho: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/idaho-2...
Montana: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/montana...
Washington: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/washing...

2024 Impact Report

CETI's 2024 Impact Report details our work over the course of the year. We engaged in more mission-consistent projects in 2024 than in our combined prior six years, making it our most significant year yet:
www.cleanenergytransition.org/files/2024-i...

Join us on Wednesday at 11am PT to hear key insights from our SCALE 2030 Clean Buildings Ecosystem Assessment and Transition Framework for Washington. We will dive deep into what #Washington needs to do to scale #buildingdecarbonization – join us!

Register here: bit.ly/SCALE2030_we...

Scaling Building Decarbonization CETI is focused on what needs to be done in our region by 2030, gleaning all that we have learned from our Net-Zero Northwest analysis, as well as the projects we have been fortunate to work on with t...

CETI's May newsletter reflects on our work to scale building decarbonization in Washington and support the state's Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, our ongoing energy and workforce modeling efforts in Oregon, and much more.

Get the latest: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/scaling...

Interested in how Washington can scale building decarbonization to meet the state's emissions reduction targets? Join CETI and 2050 Institute next week to hear key insights from our recently released papers.
What: SCALE 2030 Webinar
When: Wednesday, June 4, 11am PT
Register: bit.ly/SCALE2030_webinar

Buildings are one of the most important sectors for decarbonization and the energy transition. Excited with this work from @cetransition.bsky.social mapping out how to scale clean buildings in Washington State.

To hear key insights from the papers’ primary authors–Poppy Storm and Jeanne Currie–register for our SCALE 2030 webinar on Wednesday, June 4 from 11am-12:20pm PT: bit.ly/SCALE2030_we...

SCALE 2030: Clean Buildings Transition Framework for Washington

Scale 2030: Clean Buildings Transition Framework for Washington
www.cleanenergytransition.org/files/scale-...

SCALE 2030: Clean Buildings Ecosystem Assessment for Washington

Scale 2030: Clean Buildings Ecosystem Assessment for Washington
www.cleanenergytransition.org/files/scale-...

Two new papers from the CETI and 2050 Institute detail the current state of Washington’s building sector, the barriers and opportunities to scaling clean buildings, and the framework for how the state can get started on achieving the pace of change that the climate crisis calls for.

Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, and Energy Use 101

CETI's 'Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, and Energy Use 101' resource demystifies data center energy use and ongoing efforts in the NW to understand the implications of data center demand for the grid: www.cleanenergytransition.org/files/data-centers-artificial-intelligence-and-energy-use-101

CETI Forum Explores Data Center Energy Use This month, CETI hosted a Decarbonization Forum exploring data center energy use and implications for the clean energy transition in the Northwest.

April has been a busy month at CETI. From our Decarbonization Forum on the impact of data centers on the Northwest's electricity grid to beginning the jobs analysis for the Oregon Energy Strategy and much more! Read our Newsletter for the full update: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/ceti-fo...

Insights from SCALE 2030: Clean Building Ecosystem Assessment A sneak-peak of key insights from our SCALE 2030: Clean Building Ecosystem Assessment report, which examines Washington’s current building stock, energy use, and emissions.

In this month's Deep Dive, Jeanne Currie shares key insights about Washington's building landscape from our forthcoming paper, 'SCALE 2030: Clean Building Ecosystem Assessment.'

Check it out: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/insight...