Assessing the Current State of U.S. Energy Equity Regulation and Legislation [Slides]

Technical Report · Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/3003306· OSTI ID:3003306

Hanus, Nichole ^[1]; Barlow, Jay T. ^[1]; Satchwell, Andrew ^[1]; Cappers, Peter ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

This report examined state energy equity actions from January 2020 to July 2022. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory partnered with E9 Insight to screen executive, legislative, and regulatory actions focusing on energy equity. A total of 95 actions were identified across 22 states and Washington, DC. Energy equity was most associated with resource planning, decarbonization, and energy efficiency regulatory focus areas. States tended to focus on distributive and procedural justice tenets over recognition and restorative justice tenets. The review also suggested that energy equity metrics are in nascent stages; most outcomes identified in equity actions did not have corresponding metrics. Affordability and energy burden were identified as metrics in multiple cases and appeared in several different forms.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 3003306
• Report Number(s): PNNL--33957
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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