EEI and our member companies are proud to deliver resilient clean energy across our economy and to be leading the clean energy transformation. Across the nation, we are working every day to get the energy we provide as clean as we can as fast as we can, while maintaining the reliability and affordability that our customers deserve.

For our industry, the path forward is clear—and the path forward is clean. Thanks largely to the leadership of EEI’s member companies, carbon emissions from the U.S. electric power sector today are as low as they were almost 40 years ago, while electricity use has climbed 73 percent since then. 

At the same time, more than 40 percent of our nation’s electricity now comes from clean, carbon-free sources, including nuclear energy, hydropower, wind, and solar energy.

In addition, 50 EEI member companies have announced ambitious long-term carbon-reduction targets, 41 of which are aiming for net-zero targets. We are leading the world in reducing carbon emissions and are well-positioned to play a major role in the climate change solution.

As we approach Earth Day, we are reflecting on our progress to date—and motivating ourselves to achieve even more in the years ahead. To learn more about our industry’s clean energy vision:

• Visit EEI’s Clean Energy and Climate Change webpage. Here you will find key facts on the clean energy transition, a map that links to EEI member companies’ clean energy commitments, and more facts that demonstrate that we are #Committed2Clean®.
• Follow #Committed2Clean on social media to watch the work that is happening every day to deliver resilient clean energy to customers.
• Read EEI Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Public Policy and External Affairs Brian Wolff’s latest column in Electric Perspectives magazine, “Earth Day and Our Clean Energy Journey.”
• Listen to the most recent Electric Perspectives Podcast episodes, “Siting and Permitting Reforms Are Necessary for a Clean Energy Future,” featuring Dominion Energy Vice President of Federal Affairs Ann Loomis and EEI Senior Director of Government Relations Patrick Arness. Later this week, we will publish an episode titled “Advancing Carbon-Free Technologies,” featuring the Institute for the Energy Transition Chair and former DTE Energy Executive Chairman Gerry Anderson and EEI Managing Director of Clean Energy & Environmental Policy Eric Holdsworth.
• Visit the Clean Energy section of EEI’s Delivering the Future webpage to learn more about EEI member companies’ clean energy projects and programs.
• Visit TheElectricGeneration.org to see examples of how EEI’s member companies are deploying EV fast chargers across the country to help drive down emissions from the transportation sector.
• Read this energy news story about actions customers can take to reduce their environmental and carbon footprints.