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Planning & Zoning presents 2024 sustainability report; highlights green energy, lead-line work and brownfield cleanup
Summary
City planning staff and the Waukegan Green Team presented the 2024 sustainability report to the Public Works Committee, highlighting municipal energy aggregation savings, digital permitting paper reductions, solar permitting growth, lead service-line replacements and a completed brownfield cleanup funded by a $400,000 EPA grant.
Rachel Canton of the city's planning and zoning division presented Waukegan's 2024 sustainability report to the Public Works Committee on Feb. 18, detailing progress on energy, water, brownfields, permitting and other initiatives.
Canton said the city launched a municipal electrical aggregation partnership with the Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative (NIMEC) in 2022, which fixed rates and allowed the city's electricity to be sourced from 100% green energy. Canton estimated the municipal aggregation has saved the city about $300,000…
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