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Board backs proposal for public energy tracking; staff cites greenhouse gas inventory updates
Summary
A member urged the city create a public dashboard of energy use and per‑capita metrics; Cathy Richardson said the city is updating its greenhouse gas inventory for 2025 while the county is completing a 2024 inventory, and staff noted challenges obtaining utility‑level data from Evergy.
Board members discussed creating a public, trackable metric of municipal and community energy use so progress can be measured and communicated. One member recommended a publicly available dashboard that reports per‑capita energy use and changes over time so the community can see the effect of policies.
Cathy Richardson said the city is working on an updated greenhouse gas inventory for 2025 and that the county is completing a 2024 inventory, but noted staff currently do not publish detailed electricity‑use numbers and that obtaining granular utility data would require working with Evergy. The board flagged energy‑use tracking as a near‑term objective to help evaluate policy impact.
