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WASHINGTON — Despite recent rollbacks in federal tax incentives for clean energy, U.S. corporate energy procurements reached a record last year of more than 27 gigawatts, according to the Corporate Energy Buyers Association.
CEBA CEO Rich Powell was in Washington D.C. last month for the city’s second climate week, and told attendees during an April 20 talk that “the pace of new [clean energy] buying is accelerating.” CEBA has tallied over 130 GW of procured energy since 2014.
CEBA, which changed its name from the Clean Energy Buyers Association in March, is a nonprofit and trade association that consists of large corporate buyers of clean electricity in the U.S. and represents over 300 members with more than $38 trillion in market capitalization. The group aims to fast-track the clean energy transition by advocating for and helping procure electricity systems that are reliable, low in cost and free of carbon emissions.
Powell told attendees at DC Climate Week that 17 GW of clean energy was procured in Q1 of 2026 — according to an estimate from S&P Global — which puts the market on pace for “by far, the largest year ever in corporate clean energy buying.”
