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Utilities board adopts 2024 Climate Action and Resiliency Improvement Plan over one dissent
Summary
The Bowling Green Utilities Board voted 3-1 to adopt the 2024 Climate Action and Resiliency Improvement Plan (CARAP). Board members debated potential effects on electric rates and the role of renewable energy certificates; adoption by the board is one of three approvals required to finalize the plan.
The Bowling Green Utilities Board voted to adopt the 2024 Climate Action and Resiliency Improvement Plan (CARAP) at its regular meeting, approving Resolution 3‑2205‑3 by a 3‑1 margin. The vote followed public comment from a member of the CARAP committee and an extended board discussion about the plan’s potential cost and operational impacts.
The board’s adoption signals the utility’s endorsement of the plan’s goals and opens the next steps required by the original council resolution: approval by city council and the mayor. Newlove, Jesse and Hogan voted yes; Susiek voted no.
Why it matters: the CARAP lays out short-, intermediate- and long-term recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with city operations and for encouraging community resilience. Several board members raised concerns about possible rate impacts tied to program choices in the…
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