Energy and Climate

State clean electricity targets

18 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These targets shape which power plants get built in your state, what electricity costs and how much the state adds to climate change.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Whether a state should require its utilities to get a rising share of their power from renewable or other low-carbon sources by set dates, as about 30 states do.1,2

  1. Raise targets or move up deadlines, such as 100% clean power by 2040
  2. Keep current targets
  3. Delay, loosen or repeal the targets

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Raise targets or move up deadlines, such as 100% clean power by 2040 (1)

  • LaVeta Davenport MI-1
    The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for requiring that more of the power used in Michigan come from truly renewable sources.3

Delay, loosen or repeal the targets (6)

  • Collin Corbett IL Governor
    His campaign website says he would extend the natural gas plant closure and emission reduction deadlines in Illinois's Climate and Equitable Jobs Act by five years.4
  • Michael Roger Minogue MA Governor
    His campaign website says he would cancel the state's Net Zero mandate, which it calls unfunded and unachievable.5
  • John James MI Governor
    His campaign website says he would repeal PA 235, which it calls a costly energy mandate, and pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy in which nuclear, natural gas, renewables and other sources compete on cost and reliability.6
  • Anthony Hudson MI Governor
    His campaign website says he would end renewable energy and electric vehicle mandates, eliminate large solar and wind farms on state land and give local communities the authority to decide on renewable energy projects.7
  • Stacy Garrity PA Governor
    Her campaign website says she would reform or pause Pennsylvania's renewable energy and efficiency mandates.8
  • Kenneth J Block RI Governor
    His campaign website says he would work with lawmakers to push back the state's goal of 100% renewable energy from 2033 to 2040, and would work with the state's utility and energy regulators on a plan to end subsidies for out-of-state renewable projects and move that money to clean energy projects in Rhode Island.9

Statements that don't match one option (11)

  • Jacqui Irwin CA-26
    Her campaign website says she supports accelerating renewable energy goals and planning.10
  • Ned Lamont CT Governor
    His campaign website says he would achieve the targets of a 100% zero-carbon electric grid by 2040 and net-zero emissions by 2050, expanding solar, wind and geothermal power.11
  • David Jolly FL Governor
    His campaign website says Florida should require its public utilities to use more clean and renewable energy.12
  • Josh Green HI Governor
    His campaign website says Hawaii should speed up its move to clean energy, cut its dependence on fossil fuels and invest more in renewable energy.13
  • JB Pritzker IL Governor
    His campaign website lists enacting climate measures that put Illinois on the path to 100% clean energy by 2050 among his accomplishments, and his official biography says his clean energy expansion doubled the state's renewable energy production.14,15
  • Andrea James MA Governor
    Her campaign website calls for a rapid transition to 100% clean energy, and says she would declare a climate emergency and stop the expansion of fossil fuels.16,17
  • Hannah M. Pingree ME Governor
    Her campaign website says she would deliver 100% clean energy by 2040, using regular competitive auctions for local solar, wind and energy storage.18
  • Greggory D Hull NM Governor
    His campaign website says the state should carry out the Energy Transition Act carefully rather than quickly, starting with an independent review of grid reliability, and should add nuclear and other steady power sources to the law's framework.19,20
  • Deb Haaland NM Governor
    Her campaign website calls for more state investment in renewable energy, and her affordability plan supports meeting the goal of reducing emissions to zero by 2050.21,22
  • Amy Acton OH Governor
    Her affordability agenda says she would reinstate the energy efficiency, demand response and renewable portfolio standards that were cut back under House Bill 6.23
  • Helena Buonanno Foulkes RI Governor
    Her energy plan opposes rolling back the state's Renewable Energy Standard and calls for a long-term energy and emissions plan that the state sticks to.24