About Us

The Clean Coalition is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to implement policies and programs that transition the world to cost-effective clean energy now while delivering unparalleled economic benefits.  The Clean Coalition believes that the right policies will result in a timely transition to clean energy while yielding tremendous economic benefits, including new job creation, increased tax revenue, and the establishment of an economic foundation that will drive growth for decades.  The Clean Coalition is active at the national, state, and local levels. 

Mission Statement

To implement policies and programs that transition the world to cost-effective clean energy now while delivering unparalleled economic benefits. 

What We Do

From its founding, the organization has established itself as a leader in clean energy policy matters.  The Clean Coalition achieves desirable policy outcomes by engaging legislative and regulatory bodies at every level.  We also empower like-minded organizations and citizens with the information and tools needed to promote effective clean energy policy.  The Clean Coalition is highly respected for using the latest global data and nuanced, objective analysis to provide policy designs that maximize benefits for all constituencies; including developers, regulators, manufacturers, utilities, and ratepayers.  By promoting policies and programs that are based on non-partisan positions and detailed analyses, the Clean Coalition is successful across a multitude of policymaking forums.

The Clean Coalition believes policy innovation is the fastest and most efficient way to spur clean energy market development and encourage healthy competition within the sector.  In its relatively short history, the Clean Coalition has proven its effectiveness in policy design and program implementation, going well beyond just policy discussion.

History

The Clean Coalition was originally founded as the FIT Coalition in early 2009.  In January of 2011, the organization re-launched as the Clean Coalition to better reflect its broad policy and program work and its long-term organizational goals.

Core Principles

Courage and determination are prerequisites to achieving significant policy results, because entrenched and dominant market participants will generally resist change, often with significant capital and vigor.  To combat these obstacles, the Clean Coalition operates under the following core principles:

• Policies and regulations should be simple, fair, and effective.
• Policies should deliver both economic leadership and environmental sustainability.
• Policy positions must be well supported by analyses and empirical data based on logic and facts.
• Policies should be established on market-based mechanisms.
• Policy outcomes must deliver transparent programs and level playing fields for all market participants.