Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States

The 'Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States' by RMI provides a structured approach for state governments to transition to clean energy. It utilizes a framework combining on-the-ground solutions, policy conditions, and state levers across six categories: demand management, utility-scale supply, community/commercial supply, distributed energy, grid management, and grid infrastructure. The guide offers a menu of pragmatic actions, such as promoting virtual power plants (VPPs), implementing grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), and facilitating clean repowering of fossil fuel plants.

• RMI proposes a three-component framework for states to design effective electricity actions: 'On-the-Ground Solutions' (technologies and infrastructure), 'Policy & Market Enabling Conditions' (regulatory and economic environments), and 'State Levers' (mechanisms within state control).
• The guide identifies six key electricity categories for state action: 'System-wide efficiency and demand', 'Clean utility-scale generation', 'Community clean generation', 'Clean distributed', 'Improved grid management', and 'Improved grid infrastructure'.
• To expand utility-scale clean energy, the document recommends 'clean repowering' (upgrading fossil fuel plants to cleaner technologies) and phasing out 'uneconomic, high-polluting plants'. It notes that a 2021 RMI report found '27% of the then-existing coal fleet could be retired without needing replacement'.

APA

RMI (2025). Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States. https://rmi.org/resources/electricity-action-framework-and-menu-for-states/

Chicago

RMI. Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States. 2025. https://rmi.org/resources/electricity-action-framework-and-menu-for-states/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=RMI |title=Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States |date=22 May 2025 |url=https://rmi.org/resources/electricity-action-framework-and-menu-for-states/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2025electricity, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{Electricity Action Framework and Menu for States}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/electricity-action-framework-and-menu-for-states/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }