DC’s path to climate resilience

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (DCPSC) is helping the District meet its aggressive climate policy goals, setting standards and ensuring the city’s clean energy transition is equitable and affordable, and creates climate resiliency.

By the end of 2021, the District deployed 2,337 new solar energy systems, including 82 Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREFs), which are large solar facilities providing power to residents unable to put solar on their own roofs.

The DCPSC is also leading by organizing a clean energy summit on Jan. 18, 2023, to help people better understand current clean energy issues. There will be three panels consisting of federal government officials, state and local regulators, renewable energy leaders, and utility executives who will address their climate goals, achievements, and challenges.

During the first session, experts will explain how two new federal measures will help spur climate action while also focusing on the regulator’s role in supporting clean energy programs and their impact on utility customers. The second panel aims to help the DCPSC develop a diverse workforce and supply chain while ensuring the energy infrastructure is reliable and affordable. The third panel will discuss the costs associated with the clean energy transition, how the costs will be allocated, and who will bear the costs and reap the benefits of the energy transition. “Affordability is the key component of the clean energy transition that doesn’t always get the same bandwidth that other topics do,” said DCPSC Chairman Emile Thompson.

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