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Council accepts Climate Smart update, approves heat‑pump contractor pilot, rejects electric leaf‑blower pilot and approves SJCE customer credits
Summary
Council accepted the Climate Smart San Jose semiannual update and an administrative 2025 update; staff and council approved a $100,000 contractor incentive pilot to expand heat‑pump installers, declined a costly electric leaf‑blower point‑of‑sale pilot, and approved returning one‑time credits to San Jose Clean Energy customers.
The City Council accepted the Climate Smart San Jose semiannual update and approved several related San Jose Clean Energy actions on Dec. 2.
Climate staff presented an administrative update that keeps the plan’s core strategies (evacuating vehicles, building electrification, zero‑emission electricity) while streamlining metrics, adding interim milestones for 2027 and incorporating the natural and working lands element. Staff emphasized that San Jose is not currently on track for its community carbon‑neutrality goal by 2030 and…
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