setting ambitious and achievable goals

Interim targets for achieving clean energy were set at . . .

10%

clean energy by 2020

30%

clean energy by 2025

 

50%

clean energy by 2030

Clean Energy Atlanta was created based on the Atlanta City Council’s Clean Energy Resolution that set the goals of achieving a 100 percent clean energy transition for municipal operations by 2025 and community-wide by 2035. Thus, all of the scenarios, analyses, and policies outlined in this Plan reflect those goals. However, there are concerns among city leadership that achieving these goals within the 2025/2035 timeframes under current state and federal policy would result in the City simply purchasing large amounts of renewable energy credits rather than achieving the goal through energy efficiency and in-state renewable generation.

Therefore, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience made a recommendation to the Atlanta City Council to adjust the targets for attaining 100 percent clean energy by 2035 for municipal operations and community-wide. This adjustment of target dates does not impact the short-term strategies and approaches referenced in this Plan; it gives City departments, partners, and stakeholders a more realistic timeline to not only achieve these goals, but to achieve them in a truly equitable, beneficial manner.