Memo: Voters Support 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
By Danielle Deiseroth, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Marcela Mulholland
Introduction
As part of their jobs and justice-centered climate agenda, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned and won on achieving a 100% clean, carbon-free power sector by 2035, investing $2 trillion in clean energy and infrastructure, and ensuring 40% of new clean energy investments go to disadvantaged communities. While President Biden has already signed several executive orders to start tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad, Congress will need to act to pass some of Biden’s most ambitious climate plans, including transforming America’s power sector to 100% clean, carbon-pollution-free energy. In a new policy report, A Roadmap to 100% Clean Electricity by 2035, Data for Progress and Evergreen Action outline a path for Biden and Congress to pass a Clean Electricity Standard (CES) to achieve 100% clean, carbon-free power by 2035. This policy will be essential to ensure that investments in clean energy drive a sustained transformation of our energy system.
In a nationwide survey conducted in January 2021 and in several state-level surveys conducted just before the 2020 election, Data for Progress assessed voter attitudes toward transitioning to a 100% clean, carbon-free power sector and ensuring America meets this clean energy standard by 2035.
