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San Antonio updates SA Climate Ready plan: municipal solar projects moving, community funds and neighborhood pilots emphasized
Summary
The city reported progress on municipal on-site solar and several community resilience initiatives including a $1 million school grant lesson learned, a Community Action Fund of neighborhood/business grants, a Low-Income Community Resilience pilot, the Climate Ready Neighborhoods Network, and an e-bike rebate pilot with hundreds of applicants.
Doug Melanch, San Antonio’s sustainability officer, presented an update of the SA Climate Ready plan and related resilience programs to the Community Health Committee on May 19. Melanch said the city is updating the 2019 plan with science-based targets, prioritized implementation strategies and new data-visualization tools to translate emissions and impact scenarios into actionable milestones.
Melanch reviewed municipal on-site solar activity: council approved up to 13 megawatts of rooftop and carport solar in November 2023 with an estimated cost cited in the presentation; the program has completed projects producing just over 4.1 megawatts, has two projects under construction and has authorized additional work that would bring the total near 8 megawatts in the near term. The presentation said the full 13-megawatt program could yield an estimated $1.8 million in…
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