Repowering the Western Economy is the umbrella for CNEE’s work with Western states and utilities as they transition to clean energy sources. While this dialogue began in 2014 in response to EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the rapid policy and technology changes underway in the Western electricity sector did not end with it. Today, CNEE remains at the forefront of helping Western states and utilities successfully navigate these new frontiers as they develop and implement their climate and clean energy plans.
Explore our work below.
Repowering the Western Economy is the umbrella for CNEE’s work with Western states and utilities as they transition to clean energy sources. While this dialogue began in 2014 in response to EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the rapid policy and technology changes underway in the Western electricity sector did not end with it. Today, CNEE remains at the forefront of helping Western states and utilities successfully navigate these new frontiers as they develop and implement their climate and clean energy plans.
Explore our work below.
Western Interconnect Regional Electricity Dialogue (WIRED)
In early 2020, CNEE, at the request of the Western Energy Industry Leaders (WEIL), convened a group of Western governors’ energy advisors along with a small but diverse group of experts representing utilities, power marketing administrations, renewable energy companies, and clean energy advocates. The goal of this effort, referred to as the Western Interconnect Regional Electricity Dialogue (WIRED), is to provide a set of policy recommendations to governors. To achieve this goal, CNEE continues to facilitate a series of work group meetings to discuss and analyze a range of regional electricity issues including state clean energy and climate policies, transmission development, and resource adequacy (RA).
Clean Fuel Standards Workshop
CNEE and the Great Plains Institute hosted a Clean Fuel Standards (CFS) Workshop in Santa Fe, NM on September 30, 2021. Attendees included state officials, technical experts, decision makers, and companies developing cutting edge technology to lower the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. A clean fuel standard creates an enforceable limit that fossil fuel providers must comply with by purchasing credits from low-carbon fuel providers, thereby reducing emissions and incentivizing greater competitiveness in the marketplace for transportation fuels.
New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Forecast
Tri-State Generation and Transmission's Responsible Energy Plan
In 2019, Governor Ritter and CNEE led an advisory group process to help Tri-State Generation and Transmission develop their Responsible Energy Plan, announced in January 2020.
