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This policy brief by RMI proposes five key objectives and associated tools to ensure the US energy transition is equitable and durable. It argues that current climate policies often deepen existing inequities and suggests shifting focus toward reducing energy burdens, rewarding carbon productivity, expanding federal financing for infrastructure transition, revitalizing fossil fuel communities, and prioritizing the retirement of the most harmful assets.

This briefing by Energy Innovation explores financial mechanisms to manage the transition of investor-owned utilities from fossil fuel generation to clean energy, specifically focusing on the use of debt-for-equity swaps to refinance unrecovered plant investments.