US Hybrid Gets Order for 62 Electric Street Sweepers
Cleaning up the streets, in more ways than one!
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How Cities Can Fund Their 100% Renewable Ambitions
We’re inspired by the passage of the Portland Clean Energy Initiative this week, a ballot measure that will now provide $30 million per year for the city’s clean energy and climate work. Even better, the funds will target local energy deployment that lifts up low-income folks and people of color with energy savings and solar energy, as well as jobs installing these cost-saving measures.
City Power Play Report: Part 1 — Municipal Utilities
Originally published on ilsr.org. Keeping Energy Dollars Local Chattanooga, TN, is adding over $1 billion to its local economy in the next decade by implementing one of the most advanced smart grids and delivering the fastest internet service in the country with its municipal utility. Sonoma County, CA, has created nearly … [continued]
Let Our Powers Combine? Just 17 States Allow Aggregate Net Metering
Originally posted at ilsr.org. In nearly every state, an electric customer can offset their own energy consumption with on-site power generation, such as a solar panel. But for larger electric customers, net metering has a hitch. In many states, the solar array (or other power generation) has to be attached … [continued]
Lancaster: The Leading Solar City? (Episode 23 of Local Energy Rules)
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Jason Caudle, city manager with the City of Lancaster, talked with John Farrell in April 2015 about his city’s solar boom. With more than 118 MW of solar, both private and public, operating within city limits, Lancaster is well on its way to producing or procuring … [continued]
Subnations Of North & South America Issue Strong Climate Statement
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the Americas in Toronto drew to a close. A recent poll shows that 84% of Canadians believe that prosperous countries like their own have an obligation to show international leadership in reducing … [continued]
Why Haven’t Cities Covered Their Buildings in Solar?
Originally posted at ilsr.org The city of Beaverton, OR, is getting a new solar array that will offset energy use at an underground reservoir, saving taxpayers $95,000 per year, with no upfront cost. Ventura County, CA, has a 1-megawatt solar array on its jail facility that’s cash-flow positive. Denver, CO, … [continued]
California’s Reserve Fund Won’t Lift The FHFA Boot From PACE’s Neck
Originally published on ilsr.org. Earlier this year, the state of California announced a $10 million loan-loss reserve to solve the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s severe restrictions on using property-tax based financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy on residential property. It’s a great concept, but evidence from on of California’s best … [continued]
Same Price, More Renewables – San Diego’s Fight for Community Controlled Energy
“San Diego and its community choice energy district would be able to offer a diverse energy mix with all of the solar, biodiesel, biogas, and energy storage resources that we have in San Diego. A product that is price competitive and yet at the same time would strive for and … [continued]
City Poised To Adopt 1st-Of-Its-Kind US Partnership With Utilities
Ever wonder what happened to the notion last August that the city of Minneapolis (MN) would take over its energy utilities? While it may seem like the issue vanished, last Monday the Minneapolis City Council held a hearing on another way forward to a better energy future. On the table … [continued]
