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Assembly directs administration to build public energy-use dashboard
Summary
Assemblymember O'Neil's resolution directing the borough to create an online dashboard showing energy use and costs for borough facilities and transportation was adopted; administration will provide a cost estimate and a version-1 rollout timeline by year-end.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly adopted Resolution 2025-24, asking the administration to develop an online dashboard that publishes energy use and related costs for public facilities and borough transportation assets.
Assemblymember O'Neil, the sponsor, said the resolution grew from community conversations and from a group that adapted an "online checkbook" concept for energy transparency. The assembly debated whether the dashboard should report by individual facility or by groups; several members asked that school buildings be included if feasible and requested that carbon-emissions calculations be considered. Mr. Bradley of administration said the initial effort could be staged as a "version 1" with preliminary data and iterated over time, and that additional costs might arise where data is held by third-party cloud vendors.
The Assembly asked the administration to provide a status update and a cost estimate by the end of the year and to consider a phased release beginning with facility-level energy and cost data. The resolution aligns with the borough’s adopted climate action plan.
Next steps: Administration (facilities/energy staff) to return with a specific timeline and cost estimate for an initial dashboard and subsequent iterations.
