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The City of Alexandria seeks public feedback to help guide the update to the City's Energy and Climate Change Action Plan. Feedback received will be taken by City staff and the Energy and Climate Change Task Force through the update process and may be shared publicly. 

Updating the Action Plan will help the City respond to climate change impacts and environmental emergencies and align with the 2019 updated Environmental Action Plan 2040 (EAP2040) and build upon existing City energy, greenhouse gas reduction, and climate action efforts. The EAP2040's targets include reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and 80 to 100% by 2050, supported by significant state and federal contributions. The City’s update of the Energy and Climate Change Action Plan will leverage regional priority actions identified in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) 2030 Climate and Energy Action Plan, as well as the climate action planning efforts underway or completed by the City’s regional and national peers.

Learn more about the Energy and Climate Change Action Plan update process here.

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* 1. Please provide us your contact information.

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* 2. The City is considering options to implement the following high-impact grid decarbonization actions:
  • Expand solar photovoltaics on existing buildings
    • Solarize Alexandria for residential and commercial
    • Accelerate City/ACPS/ARHA solar initiatives
  • Expand solar photovoltaics for new construction
  • Expand microgrids for critical infrastructure
  • Support Aggressive State-level Renewable Portfolio Standard
  • Advocate for Community Choice Aggregation
What, if any, additional grid decarbonization actions should the City consider?

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* 3. The City is considering options to implement the following high-impact transportation greenhouse gas reduction actions:

  • Alexandria Mobility Plan (AMP)  and Vision Zero Implementation
  • GoAlex Commuter Programs
  • Environmental Action Plan 2040 –Transportation Actions
  • DASH/ACPS/fleet electric vehicles
  • Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Readiness Strategy (EVRS) Implementation
  • Transportation Planning Board (TPB) Climate Mitigation Study actions, as applicable

What, if any, additional transportation greenhouse gas emission reduction actions should the City consider?

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* 4. The City is considering options to implement the following high-impact residential and commercial building greenhouse gas emission reduction actions:
  • Green Building Policy (development only, public buildings net-zero energy)
  • Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) financing program
  • Improved energy efficiency in Virginia building code
  • Environmental Action Plan 2040 implementation
    • Building benchmarking/building performance standards (*not currently enabled in Virginia)
    • Increasing existing building energy efficiency
    • Support electrifying new and existing buildings
  • Reduce use plus capture of high global warming potential refrigerants
  • Potential impacts of a green bank
What, if any, additional residential and commercial building greenhouse gas emission reduction actions should the City consider?

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* 5. As part of the ECCAP's ongoing community engagement process, what questions do you think important to ask the Alexandria community about the ECCAP and greenhouse gas emission reduction actions from grid decarbonization, transportation, and residential & commercial buildings?

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* 6. Additional feedback (if applicable).

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