In the background of global climate change, Jiangsu Province has played a crucial role in advancing green electricity policies while facing challenges such as tightening land resource constraints and increasing pressures on renewable energy consumption. Literature and content analysis methods are used to examine 112 provincial-level green electricity policies from Jiangsu between 2016 and 2023, employing KH Coder for keyword co-occurrence network and multidimensional scaling analysis. Jiangsu’s green electricity policies have evolved through three stages：the formation and growth phase from 2016 to 2019, the adjustment phase in 2020, and the deepening and innovation phase from 2021 to 2023. The main policy issuers include the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Jiangsu Regulatory Office of the National Energy Administration, and the Provincial Bureau of Government Affairs. The study concludes that while these policies show strengths in market mechanisms, infrastructure development, environmental protection, and implementation, they also have significant shortcomings. These include limited capacity for inadequate inter-departmental coordination, and insufficient energy storage policies. To address these issues, the study recommends improving inter-departmental coordination, strengthening evaluation of policy effectiveness, and developing supportive energy storage policies. These actions are expected to improve policy execution efficiency and further promote the development of Jiangsu’s green electricity sector.