CleanCounts convened leaders from Singularity Energy and EnergyTag to explore how Western states can accelerate grid decarbonization. Read the key takeaways, speaker quotes, and access the full transcript.
Participants
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Brian Rounds, Board Vice Chair, CleanCounts; Consultant, ASELC Consulting
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Wenbo Shi, Founder & CEO, Singularity Energy
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Alex Piper, Head of U.S. Policy & Markets, EnergyTag
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James Critchfield, Head of Registry & Market Integrity, CleanCounts
- Rob Davis, Chief Growth Officer, CleanCounts
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Why this conversation matters
Western states continue to lead on clean energy policy—and rising load, evolving market designs, and 24/7 procurement goals are raising the bar for how we track, account for, and procure clean electricity. This webinar focused on practical steps registries, market participants, and policymakers can take to align tools and incentives with real-world grid operations.
4 Big Themes
1) From coarse to granular
Stakeholders increasingly need hourly (and even sub-hourly) data—and not just on generation, but on consumption. This supports more accurate accounting, better market signals for storage and clean firm resources, and credible Scope 2 reporting.
2) Tie procurement to grid reality
Granular certificates enable temporal and locational matching so claims better reflect the system that actually serves load.
3) “Floor + voluntary leadership”
Regulated portfolios set a floor. Voluntary procurement (corporates, schools, cities) has historically surpassed that floor—accelerating deployment and innovation when paired with credible tracking and no double counting.
4) Policy & market co-design
As regional markets evolve (e.g., day-ahead designs, 5-minute dispatch), policy frameworks (e.g., CES/RPS updates, disclosure rules) can evolve in tandem to maintain integrity and avoid conflicting incentives.
Audience Q&A Highlights
Hydropower reservoir emissions
- Emerging guidance will matter for how hydro is treated in accounting and certificates.
- Track attributes that reflect evolving science and treat pumped hydro like storage—i.e., capture the emissions associated with charging energy.
