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Tiburon sustainability update: 24% emissions drop to date, EV planning and a new battery grant for police station
Summary
Town sustainability staff reported Tiburon is about 24% below 1990 emissions as of 2023, outlined green-building reach codes and EV-charging planning, described a sea-level-rise project and announced a DOE-funded Marin Clean Energy grant to install a ~600 kWh battery at the police station (selection due by month'end).
Grace, Tiburon's sustainability staff, presented a midterm climate and sustainability update on Feb. 18 covering progress on the town's Climate Action Plan, green-building measures, EV planning, sea-level-rise work and resiliency projects.
Grace said Tiburon's CAP target is "by 2030 to reduce emissions ... 50% below 1990 levels" and that the most recent (2023) inventory shows the community is roughly 24% below 1990 levels; 2024 data are pending from PG&E and Marin Energy Watch. She described countywide outreach coordination through the Marin Climate Energy Partnership, an independent monthly sustainability newsletter with about 400 subscribers, virtual open hours and a county-level social-media/education subcommittee.
On green building, Grace reviewed Tiburon's recent adoption of 2025 building-code reach provisions (tier 1 energy-efficiency measures, residential remodel flex-path thresholds and heightened EV readiness when service panels are upgraded) and warned that AB 1 30 could constrain some local residential amendments while state review is pending.
On EVs and transit, Grace said the town and MCEP are working with contractor NV5 on an EV charger planning and potential vendor-operated RFP to address installation and O&M across jurisdictions while including equity and multifamily adjacency in RFP language.
Grace outlined sea-level-rise planning, saying the town has kicked off an RSAP-style project with consultants (Moffatt & Nichol and listed subconsultants) and will produce a vulnerability assessment as the first major deliverable, coordinating with BCDC and county datasets.
On resiliency at municipal facilities, Grace and staff described two projects: a BayREN technical-assistance assessment tying town hall and library energy upgrades into a possible microgrid, and a Marin Clean Energy/DOE grant to install an approximately 600-kilowatt-hour battery energy storage system at the police station, with an expected selection of a vendor in the coming week. Council members asked for a practical roadmap showing how the town could meet the 2030 target and for comparative data versus other jurisdictions; staff agreed to follow up and present further analysis in future reports.
Public commenters asked about the timing for updated emissions data, sea-level-rise visuals and whether the resiliency plan would add solar to the library; staff said those items will be included in future materials and that some solar or carport options are being considered for the resiliency project.
