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Sustainability office outlines climate resilience action plan, federal grants and EV buildout
Summary
Chandra Farley, Atlanta’s chief sustainability officer, updated the City Utilities Committee on the office’s climate resilience action plan framework, federal grant awards and applications, electric-vehicle infrastructure, Weatherize ATL pilot delays and efforts to reduce energy burden for the city’s most impacted households.
Chandra Farley, chief sustainability officer and head of the mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience, told the City Utilities Committee on Jan. 28 that the office will produce Atlanta’s first climate resilience action plan and launch a citywide community engagement process in spring 2025.
Farley said the new plan expands beyond the city’s 2019 Clean Energy Plan and will align greenhouse-gas reduction targets with population growth and science-based metrics. "City of Atlanta's energy mix is Georgia Power's energy mix," Farley said, stressing the city’s dependence on the utility for progress toward clean-energy targets.
The update said Atlanta aims to meet an interim target of 30% clean energy by 2025 and that the city has reached roughly 18% toward that goal. Farley also reported nearly…
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