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Policy Resources

Explore the strategies we’re deploying across states and community-based organizations. Our Policy Resources are designed to help simplify climate and clean energy issues.

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  1. Clean Energy Transition

    The Truth About the Minnesota Miracle

    This case study conducted by the Climate Advocacy Lab examines the strategies deployed by the Equity Fund and its allied funders to support an inclusive movement and field infrastructure that led to significant policy victories in Minnesota—including the state’s 2023 100% clean energy law. The report elevates the movement-building, resource mobilization, and grantmaking approaches behind the coalition that led the campaign for 100% clean energy, and the climate equity, clean energy, and health equity victories along the way.

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  2. Climate Equity Policy Fellowship Program

    The Climate Equity Policy Fellowship program, launched in 2022, is a transformative three-year program designed to enhance grassroots organizational policy capacity and cultivate the expertise of emerging leaders in the field. This fellowship aims to accelerate the adoption of comprehensive and equitable policy solutions that advance environmental, economic, and social justice at the state level.

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  3. Just Transition for Workers

    Workforce Development and Labor Protections

    In this brief, you’ll find a snapshot of the renewable energy economy, policy frameworks, and potential policy solutions for a just transition.

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  4. Clean Energy Transition

    100% Renewable Energy Targets

    In 100% Renewable Energy Targets, you’ll find an overview of renewable portfolio standards, challenges to crafting equitable renewable energy targets and mandates, key frameworks for developing equitable renewable energy targets and mandates.

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  5. Public Service Commissions & Utility Accountability

    Energy Justice: An Evolved Model

    In Energy Justice: An Evolved Model, you’ll find a snapshot of the current utility system, injustices of the current system and challenges ahead, key frameworks for developing equitable utility policies, and potential policy solutions.

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  6. Public Service Commissions & Utility Accountability

    Overview of the Utility System

    The current system of electricity services is primarily dependent on a centralized model developed in the early 20th century that is dominated by fossil-fueled based generation. Over the last decade electricity sector and utilities have been undergoing rapid transformation. To understand both the equity issues at stake as well as if utility reform is required, it is important to understand how energy has been delivered to homes and businesses for the past century.

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