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CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments

State and Local Actions to Make Government Work for People, Reduce Utility Bills, and Deploy Clean Energy Elected leaders across the country are staring down interlocking crises. Families and businesses…

03.31.26 | 21 min read
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Government Capacity
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Solving the Clean Energy Infrastructure Finance Rubik’s Cube

…The U.S. clean energy sector has achieved remarkable milestones: solar and wind have tripled since 2015, costs have fallen 90%, and annual clean energy investment now exceeds $280 billion. Yet…

03.12.26 | 53 min read
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Government Capacity
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Why Credit Access Makes or Breaks Clean Tech Adoption and What Policy Makers Can Do About It

Building Blocks to Make Solutions Stick For clean energy to reach everyone, government can’t just regulate behavior. It has to actively shape credit markets in partnership with the private sector….

03.04.26 | 21 min read
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Government Capacity
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Rebuilding Environmental Governance: Understanding the Foundations

…this uncertain atmosphere, attention has turned to new technologies and building the necessary infrastructure to effect growth in low- and zero-carbon energy. As clean energy alternatives have matured and become…

02.12.26 | 27 min read
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Government Capacity
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Costs Come First in a Reset Climate Agenda

…were clean energy related as of July 2023. In 2023, the ratio of clean energy to fossil projects requiring an environmental impact statement to comply with the National Environmental Policy…

02.12.26 | 42 min read
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