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City agencies outline local steps: community solar, mobile energy center, cool roofs and weatherization
Summary
City sustainability officials and the Philadelphia Energy Authority told council they are expanding community solar, mobile outreach, cool-roof pilots and weatherization programs that can cut bills for low-income households and argued the city should adopt standards for energy performance on city-funded projects.
City sustainability officials and the Philadelphia Energy Authority told Council they are already pursuing local measures to reduce energy burden and urged the city to scale up existing programs.
Elizabeth Lankanau, director of the Office of Sustainability, described the city’s Energy Poverty Alleviation Strategy and recent achievements: a mobile energy center that in its first weeks connected 28 residents to…
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