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Mariscal described the plan as a collaborative, multi‑jurisdiction document that includes satellite cities, universities and numerous public, private and nonprofit partners. \"I've been in emergency management for about 22 23 years now. And the mitigation plan is just 1 small piece of it,\" Mariscal said, noting the plan’s role in qualifying jurisdictions for federal hazard mitigation grants once approved by the state and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The update includes a public survey — Mariscal said the team received several hundred responses — and an assessment framework that combines an 11‑parameter impact and vulnerability rating with a likelihood table to compute a risk factor for each hazard. Using that methodology, the plan identifies flooding, tornadoes and winter storms as the top three hazards for Davidson County.

Mariscal said the plan contains 32 action items, 16 of which were placed in a new \"recurring\" section to avoid repetitive updates for long‑running mitigation activities. She gave sinkholes and landslides as an example of a gap the plan aims to address: the plan proposes creating a central repository to track geological incidents that currently lack a single agency owner. The plan also adds public health and communicable diseases to its hazards and provides appendices with historical data, watershed maps and planning maps.

On funding and implementation, Mariscal said each action item includes a likely responsible agency and potential funding sources — regular budgets, mitigation grants, capital funding or other options — but the plan does not bind agencies to expenditure. She warned that federal mitigation funding is subject to change and that some prior mitigation funds have primarily supported home buyout programs for flood risk reduction.

Committee members asked about geographic specificity and outreach. Mariscal said planning staff solicit ground‑level input from satellite cities and use historical incident data to identify local patterns, and she described frequent drills and exercises with stadiums, hospitals and other large institutions. Kendra and other staff noted parallel efforts — including a stormwater master planning process and climate adaptation discussions — intended to refine parcel‑level risk identification and to explore financing for green infrastructure.

Members also raised nature‑based solutions and green stormwater infrastructure. Mariscal and staff said the plan can incorporate such measures over time and that annual reviews are the mechanism to add new actions; the five‑year revision schedule governs major updates. Council member Alan Circle asked the committee for help collecting data to strengthen incentives for preserving mature trees as stormwater mitigation.

Separately, the Innovation Team updated committee members about an \"Insulation for Impact\" pilot in partnership with Nashville Electric Service and TVA to install insulation in older adults' homes. The program began with $75,000 and, after partner matches, expects to reach about 88 homes; staff described insulation as a high‑return, low‑cost energy efficiency measure and said applicants are being verified for eligibility.

Staff said the mitigation plan revision is being finalized for state and federal review with an anticipated submission in October. Mariscal encouraged continued public engagement and said the plan will be subject to annual reviews and a full revision every five years.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","08/26/25 Sustainability Advisory Committee","oneSentenceSummary","Office of Emergency Management staff briefed the Sustainability Advisory Committee on a five‑year revision to Davidson County’s multi‑jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan, describing risk methodology, top hazards and how the plan ties to federal mitigation funding and local mitigation actions.","taxTitle","Sustainability Advisory Committee Meetings, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee","taxId",79646,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6482564,"Nashville premieres Renewable Portfolio Standard dashboard, shows gap to 2041 municipal goal",1568,92000,1660000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5724629-aba87fde61f412ba84a88d7c0806f8f6&start=92&end=1660","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5724629-aba87fde61f412ba84a88d7c0806f8f6/thumbnail_92000.jpg","/articles/6482564/Tennessee/Nashville-premieres-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard-dashboard-shows-gap-to-2041-municipal-goal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6482564-a1fecfe773e71fd1ffca474720c809fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770683543&Signature=RPWR0cyNCL37BbXe5-kuu8aT0iy0Qj~xDhc29B3qj~i79Fw3zYXzBJBrpEkZZAgbgb12QPMcQF9Aqc6YutBWyBqjqec1otG7ApRpwOma7ChuKQL3iW8380dvy-Kr1GohinmNGx1XPdcRaCB2b9Opc~7w0O3egDjJN8K7RPAG4JiNBccd3j5avTyB~zE2HS6OscQxZjaBU2DKlfDh9Dye8NYo05qlsfsX5eHY9XERO-97KRGoX4zwALD9YbqDeZ8CtmcZ6Ryjg-LQ0xvvaE78MVhMYXt97bMonyJA2-yZ4SfxycELNB9JLfjf5WPcLRpaqRipK2GWoTuGhVZJ4kmBYA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of the Sustainability Advisory Committee on Sept. 1 heard the “world premiere” of a public dashboard that tracks Metro Nashville’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and projects progress toward a 2041 goal of offsetting municipal electricity use with tier‑1 renewables.

The dashboard, presented by Jennifer Westerholm, assistant director of the Division of Sustainability in the Department of General Services, displays electricity consumption by sector, projected future use through 2041, and how much on‑site solar, renewable energy credits and regional utility supply (principally Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA) would contribute to annual RPS targets. \"I'm really excited to provide you all with the world premiere of our Renewable ... Standard Dashboard,\" Westerholm said during the presentation.

The tool separates municipal electricity use into four sectors: city lights (street and traffic lights), Metro Nashville Public Schools, general government operations and Metro Water Services, the last of which the presentation identified as the single largest municipal electricity consumer. Using utility billing and benchmarking data for 2019–2024 and projections to 2041, the dashboard models a baseline electricity demand and the annual percentage of that demand that must be offset by tier‑1 renewables. Westerholm noted the ordinance the City Council adopted in 2019 requires the municipal RPS and that the dashboard will make progress transparent to the public.

The presentation showed example figures for 2025 — a year with a 35% RPS target — and modeled TVA supply under three scenarios (minimum, average and maximum renewables under TVA’s integrated resource plan). The dashboard also displays on‑site and off‑site contributions: Westerholm said on‑site installations and renewable energy credit (REC) purchases currently account for a small fraction of the target (she cited roughly 1.4% from on‑site renewables and 4.8% from TVA in the 2025 example), and that Metro would need substantially more capacity over time. The dashboard’s megawatt view estimates Nashville would need about 568 megawatts of tier‑1 renewable capacity by 2041 to offset projected municipal electricity demand.

Committee members pressed staff on feasibility and constraints. \"Is it even possible to get to those goals?\" asked a member, noting TVA’s resource choices and limits on what Nashville Electric Service (NES) can supply. Westerholm and Erin Mello, the dashboard’s technical lead, said progress will rely on a mix of strategies: large‑scale utility solar via programs like TVA’s Green Invest, continued on‑site installations at Metro facilities (the dashboard assumes an aggressive one‑megawatt‑per‑year pace in one scenario), solar services agreements to spread capital costs, and purchasing RECs where direct generation is not available. Westerholm said upcoming utility‑scale projects with NES and TVA could produce a step change in capacity and noted an expected addition of roughly 4 megawatts in the next year due to recent capital investments in Metro buildings.

The committee also discussed demand‑side reductions. Staff emphasized that reducing municipal electricity consumption through energy efficiency makes the RPS easier to meet: \"energy efficiency comes first, then you do the solar to meet what you need to meet,\" Westerholm said, and highlighted work underway to identify fast‑payback energy conservation measures across a roughly 100‑building portfolio.

Public comment before the presentation included an announcement from Paul Sluents of Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light about an energy‑and‑sustainability workshop for houses of worship on Nov. 1 at Second Presbyterian Church; that notice was unrelated to the dashboard content but noted at the meeting start.

Westerholm said the dashboard will be updated monthly and staff expect to publish the public link within a month of the presentation. Committee members requested future additions, including alternate efficiency scenarios (\"good, better, best\") layered against the demand projection, and comparative context showing how Nashville’s municipal progress compares with similarly sized cities. Staff agreed to return with comparative research on request.

The dashboard is intended as a public, regularly updated tool to track annual compliance with the municipal RPS, show dependencies on TVA and utility partners, and make visible the relative contribution of on‑site solar, RECs and regional supply under multiple scenarios. Staff cautioned the path to 100% depends on many factors — utility plans, partnership opportunities and continued capital or financing mechanisms — and recommended that the committee pair the dashboard with ongoing energy‑efficiency work to reduce the baseline electricity demand.","City sustainability staff unveiled a public dashboard to track Nashville’s municipal Renewable Portfolio Standard, showing current shortfalls and scenarios tied to Tennessee Valley Authority supply and planned on‑site solar projects.","actionData","errors"]

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