Clean Energy Transition Institute

The Sun Also Rises in Washington Exploring Community-Scale Solar Power

The Sun Also Rises in Washington. Great report and visuals from @cetransition.bsky.social documenting how community solar is taking off in a state that is more known for its cloudy weather than its bright sunshine.

Best Energy Podcasts of 2025 The CETI team listens to a wide range of podcasts covering issues related to our program areas to help keep us informed on the latest developments in decarbonization and the clean energy transition. E...

The CETI team listens to a wide range of podcasts covering issues related to our program areas to help keep us informed on the latest developments in decarbonization and clean energy. Every year, we compile our favorites. Here's the list for 2025: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/best-en...

The Sun Also Rises in Washington Exploring Community-Scale Solar Power

CETI worked in partnership with the UW to create The Sun Also Rises in Washington, a StoryMap that explores the benefits of community-scale solar and highlights existing projects throughout the state through a series of interactive visualizations.

Check out the map: arcg.is/0LC51T3

Celebrating the Oregon Energy Strategy The Oregon Energy Strategy made its debut on November 10, 2025, 20 months after the CETI team began providing technical and economic analysis to support the Oregon Department of Energy.

In our November newsletter, we celebrate the release of the Oregon Energy Strategy, give thanks to those helping us close our funding gap, demystify electricity markets in the West, and highlight our NW Clean Energy Atlas Lunch and Learns.

Check it out www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/celebra...

Moving Forward with Day-Ahead Markets As Northwest utilities decide to participate in day-ahead electricity markets, the landscape of western power markets takes shape.

This month, CETI demystifies electricity market dynamics in the West, presenting updates on the two day-ahead markets that are vying to be the dominant Western regional energy market: the Extended Day Ahead Market (EDAM) and Markets+.

Check it out: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/moving-...

CETI Research Director Dr Stacia Dreyer will be moderating a panel, 'Electrification Challenges and Opportunities', at The Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Sacramento, CA. If you will be there and want to connect with Stacia, send her an email: stacia@cleanenergytransition.org

Demystifying Siting and Permitting This month, CETI demystifies siting and permitting pathways, shares new energy jobs visualizations, dives into Rapid Market Transformation, and much more.

This month, CETI demystifies siting and permitting pathways for Northwest clean energy facilities, shares new energy jobs visualizations, dives into Rapid Market Transformation, and much more.

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

Exploring Key Northwest Trends from Recent Energy Jobs Reports As previous CETI research shows, the clean energy transition has the potential to bring job growth to the Northwest. At the same time, there will likely be job displacement in fossil fuel-related fiel...

Despite the efforts of the Trump team to kill renewables and clean tech, Northwest states have seen steady increases in clean energy jobs. @cetransition.bsky.social
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Last chance tickets! The CleanTech Alliance #CleanTechShowcase is back on November 5, 2025 at the Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle. Reserve your spot and get 25% discounted tickets for our network w/ code NONPROFIT_25: tinyurl.com/m74um8da

The jobs visualizations on CETI's Northwest Clean Energy Atlas have been updated to reflect new energy employment data from the 2025 United States Energy & Employment Report (USEER).

Explore Northwest energy jobs by county, subsector, and year: www.nwceatlas.org/categories/j...

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.

With the federal government blocking action on the climate crisis, its great to see California moving forward. Good summary on the recent legislative victories from @cetransition.bsky.social
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All the King's Horses-Why Coal Isn't Coming Back During his campaign, Donald Trump promised struggling coal mining communities that he would bring back all the jobs that have been disappearing over the past decades. Outlining his energy agenda last ...

Standing by something I wrote for @cetransition.bsky.social during Trump's first term explaining why the efforts to revive coal were doomed.
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Exploring Key Northwest Trends from Recent Energy Jobs Reports As previous CETI research shows, the clean energy transition has the potential to bring job growth to the Northwest. At the same time, there will likely be job displacement in fossil fuel-related fiel...

In our October Deep Dive, we explore energy and employment trends across the country and in the Northwest based on data from the 2025 U.S. Energy Employment Report and E2's Clean Jobs America 2025 report.

Learn more about U.S. and NW energy job trends: www.cleanenergytransition.org/post/explori...

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-...