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State presenters outline Clean Energy and Climate plan, seek council feedback on decision criteria
Summary
State staff presented the Clean Energy and Climate plans goals and a three-phase decision-making process focused on modeling multiple scenarios, equity, health impacts and uncertainty analysis, and asked the Environmental Justice Council for input on priorities and engagement methods.
State staff presented the Clean Energy and Climate plan and asked the Environmental Justice Council for feedback on the plans decision-making criteria and public engagement approach.
Alexander Stone, director of equity and environmental justice, said the plan maps pathways to deep decarbonization across sectors including transportation, buildings, industry and natural lands and aims for net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. Stone said staff will model multiple scenarios and policy packages and run uncertainty analyses to test how federal policy and technology shifts could affect the states ability to meet its targets.
Leandro and Melissa, presenters on the team, described a three-phase process: defining priorities and decision principles; performing qualitative analyses and scenario modeling; and preparing the plan for publication and implementation. The presenters emphasized that decision criteria will include health, equity, cost and feasibility considerations, and that modeling will examine different mixes of policies rather than isolating single measures.
Council members asked how the plan distinguishes priorities (defined in the presentation as goals tied directly to human well-being such as health and accessibility) from technical policy topics like load management or heat-pump deployment. One council member asked how equity would be operationalized in decisions; presenters said equity is being mainstreamed into the criteria rather than treated only as a separate chapter and that staff remain in the process of defining specific metrics.
Staff said they will publish models and analyses when feasible, work with an implementation advisory group and convene monthly advisory conversations, and that forthcoming consultant work will refine modeling packages and public-facing materials. Daniel Kner, the program manager for federal funds in the decarbonization program, described ongoing efforts to assemble vendor and consultant support for modeling work.
The council paused the presentation to form breakout groups for 15-minute discussions to solicit targeted feedback on priorities, equity, and the states role in communities. Staff said breakout discussions would not be recorded but that reports returned to the full meeting would be recorded.
Procedural note: earlier the council voted to approve the minutes of meeting 23 by roll-call after a motion and second; the chair announced the minutes approved.
