The economy has stalled and so has the war on climate change. But dozens of cities are creating jobs and cleaner energy using their own power.
This report details eight practical energy policies cities can and have used to their economic advantage:
- Municipal utilities
- Community choice aggregation
- Building energy codes
- Building energy use disclosure
- Local tax authority
- Solar mandates
- Permitting
- Local energy financing
Case studies of each policy vividly illustrate their impact with specific examples, right down to the
text of the relevant ordinances.
The policies aren’t tied to a political ideology, but a practical and local one. Cities have identified where they have untapped resources and deployed them to generate jobs and
keep more of their energy dollars in the economy.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Municipal Utilities
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Austin Energy
Palo Alto Utilities
Chattanooga Electric Power Board
Other Municipal Leaders
Community Choice
Marin Clean Energy
Oak Park
Challenges with CleanPowerSF
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Building Codes
Municipalities Exceeding State Standard Codes
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Local Taxing Authority
Boulder’s Carbon Tax
Babylon’s Innovative Solid Waste Fund
Solar Mandates for New Homes
Lancaster
Sebastopol
Permitting
Cities with the Best Solar Permitting Process
Energy Disclosure Ordinances
Building Energy Disclosure Ordinances
PACE Programs
Sonoma County, CA
Palm Desert, CA
Babylon, NY
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The Limits of Local Authority
Summary
References
