State Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP)

Spring of 2019, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) was passed by the Washington State Legislature. In accordance with CETA, Cowlitz PUD will be updating our Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP).

What is the CEIP

Every four years, Cowlitz PUD is tasked with creating a roadmap for how we will provide our customers with an electric supply free from greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. In 2021, we developed our first roadmap – the Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP). Read the 2021 CEIP here.

This plan proposed the steps Cowlitz PUD needs to take to be greenhouse gas neutral by 2030 and have clean energy by 2045. The steps in the plan included energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy goals and the actions we needed to take to make sure all Cowlitz PUD customers benefit from the transition to clean electricity.

Cowlitz PUD’s next four-year roadmap is due January 1, 2026. This roadmap will describe how Cowlitz PUD will make sure the transition to clean electricity is equitable across the County and does not unintentionally harm highly impacted communities or vulnerable populations.

What are highly impacted communities and vulnerable populations?

A highly impacted community is a community residing in a geographic area identified by the Environmental Health Disparities map as having inequalities. These inequalities include social, medical, climate, and/or environmental factors that affect the health and wellbeing of the residents who live there.

Vulnerable populations are communities that experience uneven and increasing risks from job, food, and health care insecurities, high housing and transportation costs relative to income, language and cultural barriers, and health factors such as low birth weight and higher rates of hospitalization.

Demand Response Potential Assessment (DRPA)

In addition to the Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP), CETA requires utilities to assess the amount of demand response resource potential that is cost-effective, reliable, and feasible, and use that assessment to identify a target for demand response CEIP. The first CEIP was due January 1, 2022, and updates are due every subsequent four years. Following is the 2025 DRPA.

To review a copy of the Interim 2026 CEIP please click on the PDF below.

Interim 2026 CEIP (PDF)

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