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Albany staff outline strategic‑plan climate projects; residents urge faster resilience work and free technical assistance
Summary
City staff presented progress on climate and resilience goals—including a DOE gas‑line decommissioning pilot, heat‑pump rebates and EV charging—while residents urged using free AVA technical assistance for resilience hubs and debated battery storage siting and safety.
City staff reviewed Albany’s strategic‑plan work on climate and resilience at the March 16 council meeting and outlined next steps for electrification, EV charging, and urban‑forest funding while residents urged quicker deployment of resilience projects and free technical assistance.
Michelle Plouse, the city’s community development analyst, described work on a Department of Energy‑funded gas‑line decommissioning pilot in one of the selected blocks and said staff have started building‑level energy‑efficiency and electrification analyses. “We started to make progress there as well,” Plouse said, and noted staff are watching SB 1221 implementation closely because it…
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