Procuring renewable electricity resources is essential to meeting the state’s climate change goals by displacing fossil fuel consumption and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases associated with electrical generation; and
WHEREAS, procuring renewable electricity resources provides critical reducing air pollution, particularly criteria pollutant emissions and toxic air contaminants; and
WHEREAS, procuring renewable electricity resources can promote stable retail rates for electrical service, meet the state’s need for a diversified and balanced energy generation portfolio, assist with meeting the state’s resource adequacy requirements, and contribute to the safe the reliable operation of the electrical grid; and
WHEREAS, clean energy jobs are growing at a much higher rate than the state’s overall economy—six times the rate in 2015.