Listen to CleanCounts Podcast: How Western States Can Achieve Grid Decarbonization

CleanCounts convened leaders from Singularity Energy and EnergyTag to explore how Western states can accelerate grid decarbonization. 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.

📅 Speakers:

• Brian Rounds, Board Vice Chair at CleanCounts; Consultant, ASELC Consulting.
• Wenbo Shi, Founder & CEO at Singularity Energy.
• Alex Piper, Head of U.S. Policy & Markets at EnergyTag.
• James Critchfield, Head of Registry & Market Integrity at CleanCounts.
• Rob Davis, Chief Growth Officer at CleanCounts.

💡4 Key Topics:

• 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.

• Tie procurement to grid reality Granular certificates enable temporal and locational matching so claims better reflect the system that actually serves load.

• “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.

• 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.

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