Mayor Andre Dickens and Chief Sustainability Officer Chandra Farley have relaunched the Clean Energy Advisory Board. The Clean Energy Advisory Board will help build public support for the Clean Energy Atlanta Plan from a diverse group of stakeholders and leverage local expertise on clean energy issues.
The Clean Energy Advisory Board was originally launched in 2020 following a recommendation in the Clean Energy Plan. In March of 2019, the Atlanta City Council unanimously passed Resolution No. 17-R3510, adopting Clean Energy Atlanta. The Plan charts a path to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2035. With a focus on energy equity, Clean Energy Atlanta stated that “100 percent of Atlantans should have access to 100 percent clean energy.”
“The nation’s climate crisis has created an urgent need for equitable solutions that accelerate a transition to clean energy,” said Mayor Dickens. “Like many of our efforts in Atlanta, reaching these clean energy milestones is a group project, which is why the community-led Clean Energy Advisory Board will play a pivotal role in reducing carbon emissions and building more sustainable and climate resilient communities.”
The Clean Energy Advisory Board will include 25 civic leaders from the public, nonprofit and private sectors—each of whom can serve two-year terms. Six seats on the board are allocated for community leaders from the city’s six most energy burdened NPU’s. Residents in these southwest Atlanta neighborhoods experience energy burdens that are three to four times higher than national averages, based on data provided by Greenlink.
The Board will provide recommendations that will help the City of Atlanta reach 100 percent clean energy by 2035 and ensure that clean energy plans and policies are centered in equity, advance environmental justice and support data transparency. Working groups will be established to address climate impacts, affordable housing, energy affordability, sustainable…
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