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Charlotte committee reviews updated Strategic Energy Action Plan, adds interim goal and community renewable-energy target
Summary
The Transportation Planning and Development Committee heard an update on Charlotte’s Strategic Energy Action Plan (SEAP) on Feb. 3, 2025, including a new climate risk assessment, a 2023 greenhouse‑gas inventory and revised community and municipal goals that add an interim 2035 target and confirm a net‑zero 2050 aim.
Charlotte’s Transportation Planning and Development Committee on Feb. 3 heard an update on the city’s Strategic Energy Action Plan (SEAP), including a new climate‑risk assessment, a 2023 greenhouse‑gas inventory and revised emissions goals for the community and municipal operations.
City sustainability staff said the SEAP revision aligns the city’s targets with leading climate guidance, adds a midterm 2035 community emissions benchmark and proposes a new community renewable energy installation target between 600 megawatts and 1,000 megawatts by 2035.
The update was presented by Sarah Hazel of the Office of Sustainability and Resilience and Robin Byers, the SEAP project manager, with technical detail from consultant Julian Joy. They said the climate risk assessment used guidance from CDP and the Global Protocol for Community‑Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GPC) and applied two “book‑end”…
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