The topic committee concluded this past weekend with six resolution options. CEDA will release the ballot through the website in early July. The deadline to vote for the resolution options will be Thursday, July 18th @ 11:59PM PST. The Executive Secretary will announce the winning resolution by Friday, July 19th @ 3PM EST.
Thank you to the community members that contributed to our efforts both in-person with us in Lexington and via Zoom. Additional thanks to Brett Bricker for serving as the 2024 Topic Committee Chair and to the other members of the committee for taking time out of their summer breaks to serve the community.
Please see this accompanying document for a rationale for each resolution. The google doc is linked to the topic committee dropbox to streamline the process of connecting the resolutions to their definitional supporting documents. https://docs.google.com/…/1YoD3CqodbkQUTTsCyjO9vzV…/edit
Resolution 1 – Domestic Climate Policy, Market-based Instrument, Transmission Infrastructure
The United States Federal Government should adopt a domestic climate policy for decarbonization in the United States, including at least a market-based instrument or substantially increasing federal authority to expand interstate electric transmission infrastructure.
Resolution 2 – Domestic Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing Instrument, Transmission Infrastructure
The United States Federal Government should adopt a domestic climate policy for decarbonization in the United States, including at least a carbon pricing instrument or substantially increasing federal authority to expand interstate electric transmission infrastructure.
Resolution 3 – Clean Energy Policy, Market-based Instrument, Capacity Requirement
The United States Federal Government should adopt a clean energy policy for decarbonization in the United States, including at least a market-based instrument or establishing a minimum interregional transfer capacity requirement.
Resolution 4 – Clean Energy Policy, Market-based Instrument
The United States Federal Government should adopt a clean energy policy for decarbonization in the United States, including a market-based instrument.
Resolution 5 – Clean Energy Policy, Carbon Pricing Instrument
The United States Federal Government should adopt a clean energy policy for decarbonization in the United States, including a carbon pricing instrument.
Resolution 6 – Clean Energy Policy, Disincentivize Fossil Fuels
The United States Federal Government should adopt a clean energy policy substantially disincentivizing non-governmental consumption of fossil fuels in the United States.
