City Energy Program Duties and Goals

(a) The office shall establish and manage an energy program to coordinate actions and policies of city departments and agencies related to: (1) Greenhouse gas emissions reduction; (2) On-site renewable energy generation and storage; (3) Energy efficiency and conservation; and (4) Renewable-fueled transportation, in accordance with implementation of the objectives in the city's climate action plan specified in § 2-10.12 . (b) As set forth in subsection (a), the office shall develop or coordinate actions with city departments and agencies to implement the following: (1) The maintenance and monitoring of all information related to city energy use and energy-related billing; (2) City energy efficiency, conservation, and savings projects, to ensure consistency and alignment with city policies, including the monitoring of energy savings performance contracts and energy benchmarking programs; (3) The conversion of the city fleet, which must transition to 100 percent electric or renewable technology by 2035, excepting first responder vehicles, until available electric or renewable technology is able to support the needs deemed necessary for supporting emergency response, including securing additional federal funds for these purposes; (4) Electric or renewable fuel vehicle infrastructure, including revenue collection associated with electric vehicle charging at city facilities; (5) The development and annual update of a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, that captures greenhouse gas emissions related to activities within the city; (6) The development and implementation of the objectives in the city's climate action plan specified in § 2-10.12 , which will facilitate the integration of the climate action plan's components into all city operations, projects, plans, procedures, and other decision-making processes, and the monitoring of the city's progress in achieving emissions reductions targets set forth in the climate action plan; (7) The provision of technical assistance to city departments and agencies and other partners in the development of programs, projects, external partnerships, and federal, state, and private funding proposals to attract resources to the city related to energy; and (8) The use of collected city energy use data to educate city departmental and agency staff on opportunities and pathways for reducing energy consumption in city facilities.