POLICY ISSUES
Protect and enhance the market for utility-scale wind
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Explore and develop new procurement opportunities for utility-scale wind energy
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Build support (political and technical) for including regional wind procurement as an anchor component of California’s 2030 portfolio.
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Work to implement California's 60% Renewables Portfolio Standard and 100% Clean Energy target.
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Ensure that utility-scale wind is recognized as a key low-cost-strategy to reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
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Communicate the efficiency, economic, and environmental benefits of repowering existing wind facilities.
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Address the key barriers to development and procurement of wind energy, such as in-state siting and transmission constraints.
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Develop a significant and sustained market for offshore wind energy.
Ensure that long-term planning processes lead to a clean, affordable, and resilient grid
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Advocate for key inputs, assumptions, and principles for long-term planning processes to support a balanced portfolio that optimizes the procurement of utility-scale wind.
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Ensure that existing and planned transmission facilitates delivery of low-cost regional wind to California.
Improve regional coordination on renewable energy development
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Emphasize the environmental, economic, and regional benefits of a geographically diverse renewable energy generation portfolio.
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Study and communicate the benefits of integrated regional markets.
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Suggest and support enhancements to the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) and regional transmission planning.