EI’s Eric Gimon says investing in winterization of wind and solar and home insulation could prevent the next Texas electricity grid crisis, and would be a more efficient and effective way investment that Buffett’s proposed new gas.

EI’s Robbie Orvis says retiring all coal and achieving 80 percent clean electricity by 2030 is key to halving emissions this decade and must be part of a new U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution.

EI’s Robbie Orvis explains how a set of smart climate policies in line with a global 1.5°C target can reestablish the United States as a global climate leader and create millions of new jobs along the way.

EI’s Robbie Orvis says the U.S. won’t be able to push other countries to adopt new, more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions unless it adopts its own goal of a 50 percent reduction by 2030.

EI modeling using the Energy Policy Simulator shows policies to align with a 1.5°C Scenario would boost U.S. GDP by a cumulative $6.4 trillion by 2035 and by $20 trillion through 2050.

EI’s Robbie Orvis told the Nevada Assembly Growth and Infrastructure Committee that transitioning to a low carbon economy in Nevada is actually a large job creator because of the required buildout and deployment of new technologies.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says the Biden administration seems more acutely sensitive to addressing the economic effects of climate policies than the administration of former President Obama was when it was crafting health and environmental regulations on coal-fired power plants.

EI’s Robbie Orvis says it is an important milestone that wind and solar surpassed coal electricity generation in 2020, though it has been trending that way for years.

EI analysis shows to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 the U.S. needs to phase out coal power by 2030, reach 100 percent clean electricity by 2035, ensure all car and bus sales are electric by 2035, and move to all-electric building component sales in the 2030s.

EI analysis finds clean energy and climate policies to achieve emissions reductions in line with a 1.5º target would deliver huge co-benefits including adding $1 trillion per year to the economy by 2050.