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Last Updated December 11, 2024

Program Overview

Category:

Regulatory Policy

State:

Texas

Incentive Type:

Green Power Purchasing

Administrator:

Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability

Start Date:

N/A

Expiration Date:

N/A

Web Site:

https://dallascityhall.com/departments/OEQ/green-dallas/Pages/default.aspx

Applicable Sectors:

N/A

Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:

N/A

Summary

Comprehensive Environmental & Climate Action Plan (CECAP)

The CECAP aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission, enhance resilience to extreme weather events, and promote sustainability throughout the City of Dallas. See here for details. The first CECAP was released on April 22, 2020. 


History

In October of 2015, the City of Dallas began purchasing enough renewable energy credits from wind power to cover 100% of the electricity used by City facilities. The City of Dallas uses over 720 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, and utilizing wind power prevents over 550,000 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the air.

The City has implemented numerous programs that improve the energy efficiency of municipal operations and buildings throughout its community.