Texas-Sized Targets: A Simulated Policy Memo Makes a Real Case for Higher Renewables Standards

Published on November 24, 2020

Nothing succeeds like exceeding. In this policy memo, which she wrote as part of coursework for the certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, attorney Joan Beckner makes a nonpartisan argument for delivering all of Texas' energy from clean sources by 2050. The memo Beckner wrote for her class includes over thirty footnotes, which we'll post on CEFF for those who want to trace the sources. The logic here can guide debate in any of the dozens of states where wind, solar and hydro look more affordable and more urgent than ever.

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