Specifications include, but are not limited to: OER seeks consultants with demonstrated and deep expertise in regional energy markets and analytical modeling, as well as significant experience in clean energy policy development to conduct the following tasks and deliverables: • Research on U.S. jurisdictions that have 100% renewable or carbon-free electric sector mandates, including creation of a matrix of resource eligibility and major policy/programmatic tools in place or under development to achieve those goals, to help inform decision making in Rhode Island. • Detailed electric sector and economic scenario modeling under various hypothetical resource mixes which could achieve the goal under a “business-as-usual” case as well as customer load cases that account for impacts of beneficial electrification across the heating (thermal) and transportation sectors, consistent with economy-wide GHG emission reduction targets. o Modeling should produce key Rhode Island-based metrics, including, but not limited to, potential impacts on ratepayers, trajectory of GHG emission reductions from the state’s electric supply/sector, and a cost-benefit analysis to the state economy. o Cost impacts should reflect changes in New England wholesale energy and capacity prices, as well as the costs to support new development and preservation of existing non-emitting resources and energy efficiency programs. Results should be presented in both annual and cumulative terms, in total and per unit impact (kWh/MWh) where appropriate. o Both direct and indirect costs and benefits for each portfolio should be calculated to ensure that Rhode Island policymakers have sound insight into expected incremental wholesale and retail costs relative to each scenario developed. o Emissions impacts should include, at minimum, CO2, NOx, and SO2. o Assumptions for the heating (thermal) and transportation sectors should account for work already underway through Rhode Island’s Heating Sector Transformation (HST) Initiative and the state’s engagement with the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). o Consider how the demand for energy storage resources change across each case to ensure system reliability in response to non-dispatchable resource output and load variability.