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Colorado Clean Heat Legislation

This law requires each Gas Distribution Utility (GDU) to file a clean heat plan with the PUC. A plan must demonstrate how the GDU will use clean heat resources to meet clean heat targets established b...
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Vermont Clean Heat Standard Legislation

In March, 2023, the Vermont Senate approved landmark legislation to create a Clean Heat Standard. The bill, S05 (2023), set up a system designed to fund the transition to “clean heat measures,” such a...
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RAP Report, The Clean Heat Standard

This 2021 RAP report outlines a potential Vermont-based performance-based program, the Clean Heat Standard (CHS), that would reduce GHG emissions and fossil heating costs in Vermont buildings. The pro...
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Report, A Comparison of Clean Heat Standards: Current Progress and Key Elements

This February 2024 report surveys the emerging field of Clean Heat Standards (CHS) across the United States, including two enacted programs and several pieces of proposed legislation. It offers a comp...
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RAP’s Building Modernization Legislative Toolkit

The Regulatory Assistance Project, with collaborators at RMI, ACEEE, IMT, ReSolve and New Buildings Institute (NBI), have prepared a 2023 Building Modernization Legislative Toolkit. The toolkit is mea...
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Massachusetts Clean Heat Report

This 2022 report from the Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat (created in response to a 2021 Executive Order) recommends the creation of a Massachusetts Clean Heat Standard (CHS) and outlines progr...