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Climate Smart Kingston narrows 2025 priorities: benchmarking, community solar, PACE and outreach among options
Summary
Commission members reviewed the city’s climate action strategies and identified specific items to prioritize in 2025, including benchmarking, community solar outreach, solar readiness/permitting review, and expanded public education; several potential initiatives were marked as either already underway or requiring new work.
At its Feb. 26 meeting, the Climate Smart Kingston Commission reviewed the city’s climate action plan strategies and began narrowing priorities for 2025, focusing on measures the commission can either advance directly or support through outreach.
Chair Julie Noble presented a list of about 20 strategies from the plan and asked commissioners to identify what is already happening and what is not. Commissioners and staff repeatedly flagged benchmarking of commercial and multifamily buildings, increasing local participation in community solar, improving solar permitting, and boosting public education and outreach for electrification and resilience as top candidates for near-term work.
Commissioners said some items are already under city-led implementation. Noble and staff noted active work on municipal…
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