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If the White House succeeds in passing a federal 80% clean electricity standard, it'd be a big deal. At the state level, these policies have been the driving force behind about half of all renewables growth since 2000 (and even more in the early days). https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/exclusive-white-house-pushing-80-clean-us-power-grid-by-2030-2021-04-26/
Last year we created an interactive graphic with @EnvAm showing how important these state policies have been for pushing along wind and solar - including some new standards calling for 100% clean electricity. https://frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/renewables-rise-2020-0
One caveat: Not all "clean" energy sources are created equal. For example, the linked @reuters article suggests the policy could include carbon capture, which is not the answer to our climate woes. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619346372
No matter what, we need to keep those state standards strong - they're still leading the way. But if done right, a federal clean electricity standard could play a big role in helping achieve that brand spankin new 50% emission reduction goal. https://frontiergroup.org/blogs/blog/fg/getting-50-resources-related-president-biden%E2%80%99s-bold-climate-goal
(Here's the source for that line about the historical impact of RPS: https://emp.lbl.gov/projects/renewables-portfolio)
