Thread by @JesseJenkins

With @PSEGNews announcing today a commitment to cut CO2 emissions from electricity operations 80% below 2005 levels by 2046 and a "vision" for net-zero emissions by 2050 (roi-nj.com/2019/07/25/ind…), it is worth taking stock of major US utility commitments to deep CO2 cuts...

List is ranked based on # of customers (total population served is larger)

1. @FirstEnergyCorp (6m customers in OH, PA, NJ, WV, MD) - 90% CO2 by 2045 firstenergycorp.com/content/fecorp…

2. @AEPnews (5.4m in AK, ID, KY, LA, MI, OH, OK, TN, TX, VA, WV) - 80% by 2050 aep.com/about/ourstory…

3. @SouthernCompany (4.2m in GA, AL & MI) - 50% by 2030, "low to no-carbon" by 2050 southerncompany.com/content/dam/so…

4. @xcelenergy (3.6m in MN, CO, MI, WI, ND, SD, NM & TX) - 80% by 2030, net-zero by 2050 xcelenergy.com/carbon_free_20…

5. @nationalgridus (3.4m in MA, RI, NH & NY) - 45% by 2020 and 80% by 2050
nationalgridus.com/media/pdfs/our…

6. @WECEnergyGroup (3.0m in WI & MI) - 80% by 2050 jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

7. @AmerenCorp (2.4m in IL & MO) - 35% by 2030, 50%
by 2050, 80% by 2050 s21.q4cdn.com/448935352/file… amerencsr.com/Y2019/environm…

8. @PSEGNews (2.2m in NJ) - 80% by 2046; net-zero by '50 psegpoweringprogress.com/?utm_source=tw…

9. @AVANGRID US (2.2m in NY, ME, CT): 25% cut in CO2 intensity by 2030, carbon neutral by 2030 avangrid.com/wps/wcm/connec…

10. @DTE_Energy (2.2m in MI) - 80% by 2050
detroitnews.com/story/business…

11. @ConsumersEnergy (1.8m in MI) - 80% by 2040 detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

12. @alliantenergy (1.4m in WI & IA) - 80% by 2050 jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

13. @MidAm_EnergyCo (0.76m in IA) - 100% renewable energy (on annual volume basis) by 2021 midamericanenergy.com/sites/Satellit…

14. @idahopower (0.5m in ID) - 100% clean energy by 2045 idahopower.com/news/idaho-pow…

15. @PNMtalk (0.5m in NM) - 70% emissions-free energy by 2032, 100% by 2040 pnmresources-sustainability-portal.com

16. @HwnElectric (0.46m in HI) - 100% renewable by 2045 hawaiianelectric.com/clean-energy-h…

17. @greenmtnpower (0.27m in VT) - 100% carbon-free by 2025 greenmountainpower.com/news/gmp-launc…

18. @MGEMadison (0.15m in WI) - 40% CO2 cuts by 2030, net-zero carbon by 2050 mge.com/community-conv…

Make no mistake where the #electricity sector is headed. More & more of the largest utilities in the country have committed to deep emissions cuts that put them on a path to >80% reductions in CO2 emissions and/or 100% clean, carbon-free electricity by 2050 (or sooner)!

Several other big investor-owned utilities I reviewed, incl. @Entergy @Exelon @TheAESCorp @PGE4Me @SCE and @PSETalk have commitments that will see their emissions decline as well, but they fall short of committing to deep decarbonization of 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050.

To preserve our #climate, CO2 emissions cuts must be accelerated & the U.S. economy as a whole should be on a path to 100% clean, carbon-free energy by 2050. Carbon-free #electricity is the linchpin, so these commitments are key. Time to build on them & aim for #100x50.

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CORRECTION: 9. @AVANGRID should have read US: "25% cut in CO2 intensity by 2030, carbon neutral by 2035" (not 2030). (link: avangrid.com/wps/wcm/connec…)

@AVANGRID Addendum: I missed an impressively rapid one:

@NIPSCO (0.47m customers in IN) - 92% below 2005 by *2028* nipsco.com/campaigns/your…

hat tip @max_energy

@AVANGRID @NIPSCO @max_energy Addendum 2: This is a really useful, complementary analysis that dives deeper into the content & pace of these utility targets and explores whether they represent a speed up or slow down from last decades' pace energyandpolicy.org/utility-carbon…