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Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA)

Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA). Opening doors to a better life through affordable housing and strong communities. Agenda. 1:00- Introductions and Opening Remarks 1:15- Facilitated Networking 1:40- Panel Conversation and Discussion (with Q&A) 2:50- Break

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Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA)

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  1. Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) Opening doors to a better life through affordable housing and strong communities

  2. Agenda 1:00- Introductions and Opening Remarks 1:15- Facilitated Networking 1:40- Panel Conversation and Discussion (with Q&A) 2:50- Break 3:00- Scope of Future Work 3:30- Open Q&A and Closing Remarks

  3. Goals for the Workshop • Discuss equity and low income language in CETA • Learn about intent of work and identify opportunities for engagement • Develop scope of work for statewide engagement

  4. Introduction and Welcome Kim Herman Executive Director, Washington State Housing Finance Commission

  5. Pathway to 100% Clean Electricity • 2025: Eliminate coal from retail portfolios • 2030: Greenhouse gas neutral standard • At least 80 percent of electricity delivered to load must be renewable or non-emitting • Alternative compliance options for up to 20 percent • 2045: 100 percent renewable or non-emitting retail electricity supply

  6. CETA removes carbon from WA state electricity includes legacy hydro and nuclear

  7. CETA includes safeguards for rates and reliability • Allows utilities to limit growth of compliance costs to 2 percent of retail rates • Regular assessment of reliability by Commerce in consultation with experts and stakeholders • Allows temporary suspension to protect reliability • Work to align with cap and trade states (i.e. CA) to prevent double-counting

  8. CETA intent includes safeguards for vulnerable populations Section 1(6): The legislature recognizes and finds that the public interest includes, but is not limited to: The equitable distribution of energy benefits and reduction of burdens to vulnerable populations and highly impacted communities; long-term and short-term public health, economic, and environmental benefits and the reduction of costs and risks; and energy security and resiliency. It is the intent of the legislature that in achieving this policy for Washington, there should not be an increase in environmental health impacts to highly impacted communities.

  9. CETA includes safeguards for vulnerable populations • Requires utilities provide energy assistance to low-income customers by July 31, 2021 • Requires assessment of energy burden and adequacy of energy assistance programs • Commerce will map data and collect utility data • Prioritizing vulnerable communities guided by cumulative impact analysis of environmental and health disparities • Washington Tracking Network Average U.S. electricity burden Environmental health disparities (WTN)

  10. State Agency Implementation Work • Utilities and Transportation Commission www.utc.wa.gov/regulatedIndustries/utilities/energy/Pages/CleanEnergy.aspx • WA Department of Commerce commerce.wa.gov/ceta

  11. Norms and Expectation for the Day • Expect and accept non-closure • Speak from your own experience • Take care of you and take care of others • Democracy of time • This is not your only shot

  12. Activity #1: Network Find a person you’ve never met. Ask each other: • What big challenge do you bring today? • What do you hope to gain or bring back with you or to your community from this discussion today? 2 minutes per person, then find another partner. WebEx Participants Please answer these questions via the chat feature.

  13. Panel Conversation and Discussion Deric Gruen Program Director, Front and Centered Joni Bosh Senior Policy Associate, Northwest Energy Coalition Shawn Collins Director, The Energy Project

  14. Break

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