Summary/Abstract
This Note proposes a robust National Clean Energy Standard (NCES) that can incorporate Negative Emission Technologies (NETs). The Note begins by providing a background on existing federal and state efforts to reduce GHG emissions and the need for an NCES with NETs. The Note also identifies the legal barriers to an NCES and the inclusion of NETs, drawing on the history of federal and state climate policy. The Note then concludes by proposing an NCES with a trading mechanism among states that would allow for NETs to compete on par with clean energy resources to reduce the carbon intensity of the electricity sector and promote the commercial viability of NETs.