California leads the nation in renewable energy deployment, with solar and wind generation providing over a third of the state’s electricity in 2024. This clean energy system arises from successful public policy, falling technology costs, and abundant solar resources.
The 17th annual California Green Innovation Index finds total greenhouse gas emissions fell between 2022 and 2023, dropping by 3.0% to 360.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
The 16th annual California Green Innovation Index is primarily digital, allowing readers to learn and interact with the findings of the report in an interactive medium.
The 14th annual California Green Innovation Index is now primarily digital, allowing readers to learn and interact with the findings of the report in a n
Half to two-thirds of the electricity rates paid by California residents are, in effect, a “tax” on electricity that disproportionately burdens lower-income households and discourages adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and other clean technologies.
For the first time since Next 10 began producing the Index in 2008, the 13th annual California Green Innovation Index is now primarily digital, allowing readers to learn and interact with the findings of the report in a new medium in 2021.
California’s current strategy of recovering a myriad of fixed costs in electricity usage rates must change as the state uses more renewable electricity to power buildings and vehicles on the path to carbon neutrality.
The 12th annual California Green Innovation Index finds that California's 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven by increases in the power and commercial sectors.
California's energy system is undergoing a radical transformation driven by disruptive technologies, consumer preferences, and aggressive clean energy policies.
Together with the state’s shift toward low-carbon generation of electricity, electrifying transportation is a key pathway for California’s clean energy strategy.
