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Santa Barbara, CA, Climate Action Plan
Adopted September 2012The city's climate action plan calls for solar energy system installations and adoption of a solar access ordinance and solar design guidelines.Santa Barbara, CA -
Boulder County, CO, Environmental Sustainability Plan
Updated August 2018This functional plan supports expanding solar use on all county buildings and describes the county's existing solar energy installations. -
Cape May County, NJ, Energy Plan
Adopted October 2008by: Cape May County Planning BoardThis functional plan sets a goal of actively pursuing and developing solar PV along with other renewable energy sources. -
Cedar Hills, TX, 2011-2016 Sustainability Action Plan
Adopted 2011by: City Of Cedar Hills, TXThis functional plan includes several objectives that support the use of renewable energy. -
Arlington County, VA, Community Energy Plan
Adopted June 2013This functional plan, adopted as an element of the comprehensive plan, sets goals and policies of increasing the use of renewable energy. -
Arlington Sustainability Action Plan Volume I: Climate Action Plan
Adopted May 2005by: City of Arlington Plng & CmtyThis functional plan lists installation of renewable energy technologies on both municipal and private buildings as an important strategy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. -
Tompkins County, NY, Energy Roadmap: Evaluating our Energy Resources
Adopted March 2016This functional plan analyzes local resources and sets technology-specific goals for meeting renewable energy generation targets set by the county’s comprehensive plan. -
Minneapolis, MN, Energy Pathways: A Framework for Local Energy Action
February 2014by: Center for Energy and EnvironmentThis functional plan presents a vision for the city's future energy use and a strategy to achieve that vision. -
Holland, MI, Community Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
September 2011This functional plan discusses the city’s future energy goals and analyzes alternative energy pathways. -
Farmington Hills, MI, Vision 2020: Recommended Transportation and Energy Policies
October 2011The city's Sustainability Vision for Energy and Transportation includes a number of suggestions for promoting solar energy use. -
Northbridge, MA, Green Communities Action Plan
September 2010This functional plan contains a set of actions, including several related to solar, needed to meet each of the five criteria to achieve the Green Community designation. -
Carbondale, CO, Climate and Energy Action Plan
Adopted June 2017This functional plan describes the town's existing solar market and includes multiple strategies to further promote solar energy use. -
Easton, MA, Energy Use Reduction Plan
October 2010This functional plan suggests pursuing additional solar energy installations to increase clean energy use. -
Tacoma, WA, Environmental Action Plan
Adopted April 2016This functional plan encourages the city's utility to pursue community-owned solar projects. -
Reading, MA, RMLD Four-Town Local Energy Action Plan
Adopted May 2013This multijurisdictional functional plan details goals and strategies to promote clean energy development and use. -
Southampton, NY, Southampton 400+: Sustainability Element Addendum
Adopted December 2013This functional plan includes a number of specific recommendations related to supporting solar energy use on public and private property. -
San Antonio, TX, Solar Development Plan
April 2012This functional plan identifies stakeholder-recommended strategies, concepts, goals, and action steps to guide the region in deploying solar technologies and growing the solar industry. -
Davis, CA, Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
Adopted June 2010This functional plan identifies solar energy production as a main objective and provides several solar-supportive action items. -
Napa, CA, Sustainability Plan
Adopted 2011The city's sustainability plan discusses strategies for increasing the production of solar energy within the city. -
Fayetteville, NC, Sustainability Master Plan
Adopted October 2009The city's sustainability plan includes solar farm development as a long-term sustainability initiative. -
Gloucester Township, NJ, Energy Master Plan
Adopted 2012This functional plan details a number of opportunities to pursue solar energy projects on public land and facilities. -
Sammamish, WA, Sustainability Strategy: Envisioning a Sustainable Sammamish
Adopted March 2011The city's sustainability strategy includes strategies that promote solar energy development. -
Kansas City, MO, Climate Protection Plan
The city's Climate Protection Plan offers multiple recommendations for two phases of solar energy implementation.Kansas City, MO -
Orange County, FL, Climate Change Plan
The county's climate change plan sets a goal of establishing and implementing a renewable energy initiative with several solar-related objectives.Orange County, FL -
Novato, CA, Climate Change Action Plan
The city's climate change action plan supports removing barriers to small-scale renewable energy production and discusses current solar initiatives.Novato, CA -
Burlington, VT, Climate Action Plan
The city's Climate Action Plan includes goals and strategies to increase the use of renewable energy sources, including solar.Burlington city, VT -
Paso Robles, CA, Climate Action Plan
This climate action plan includes a measure to pursue renewable energy installations on city property, including installing solar systems on city property when feasible.El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA -
San Luis Obispo, CA, Climate Action Plan
This Climate Action Plan calls for solar siting development standards and solar ready homes in new developments and for an increase in solar access to be included in General Plan updates.San Luis Obispo, CA -
San Diego, CA, Climate Action Plan
The city's climate action plan includes a renewable energy strategy area encouraging solar-ready housing.San Diego, CA -
Claremont, CA, Sustainable City Plan
The city's Sustainability Plan includes renewable energy-related goals in its Resource Conservation goal area.Claremont, CA -
Piedmont, CA, Climate Action Plan
The city's climate action plan addresses solar throughout; several objectives and strategies address solar energy use and the plan establishes indicators and targets for percentage of building with solar energy systems.Piedmont, CA -
Broward County, FL, Climate Change Action Plan
This Climate Change Action Plan includes goals and actions that support the expansion of renewable energy and solar power use within the county.Broward County, FL -
Lake Oswego, OR, Sustainability Plan
The city's sustainability plan includes a recommendation addressing solar access protections.Lake Oswego, OR -
Escondido, CA, Climate Action Plan
The Energy section of the city's Climate Action Plan recommends several measures promoting use of solar PV and water heating systems.Escondido, CA -
Solano County, CA, Climate Action Plan
The county's climate action plan identifies renewable energy generation as a primary strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and includes a range of strategies and action items relating to solar energy use.Solano County, CA -
Tacoma, WA, Historic Preservation Plan
The Historic Preservation Element in the city's comprehensive plan encourages sustainability objectives, including solar panel installations and solar access.Tacoma, WA -
Pleasanton, CA, Energy Plan
The city's Energy Plan includes several action items that encourage solar energy use.Pleasanton, CA -
South San Francisco, CA, Climate Action Plan
The city's climate action plan identifies solar and renewable energy resources as a major strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and includes a goal and related measures promoting solar energy system installations.South San Francisco, CA -
Cleveland Heights, OH, Strategic Development Plan 2011
The city's Strategic Development Plan includes a goal for sustainable practices for development activities that addresses solar energy.Cleveland Heights, OH -
Martinez, CA, Climate Action Plan
The city's Climate Action Plan offers several strategies and implementation considerations for reducing energy use that address solar.Martinez, CA -
Ypsilanti, MI, Climate Action Plan
The city's climate action plan includes solar energy use as an emissions reductions strategy for buildings.Ypsilanti, MI -
Palo Alto, CA, Climate Protection Plan
The Utilities chapter in the city's climate protection span sets a goal of expanding the use of solar energy.Palo Alto, CA -
Climate Action Plan for San Francisco
The city's climate action plan describes current solar energy development initiatives and provides implementation recommendations that support solar energy projects.San Francisco, CA -
Mission Viejo, CA, Sustainability Action Plan
This plan focuses on implementing energy efficiency retrofits and renewable energy generation as an important strategy in reducing community-wide GHG emissions, and lists a number of specific goals for solar hot water heater and PV installations on residential units as progress indicators.Mission Viejo, CA -
New Rochelle, NY, greeNR: The New Rochelle Sustainability Plan 2010-2030
The city's sustainability plan promotes solar energy use in its recommendations for pursuing green building standards and renewable energy generation, and offers short-term, medium-term, and long-term action items ranging from updating building and zoning codes to identifying municipal sites for potential renewable energy projects.New Rochelle, NY -
Greater Tucson, AZ, Solar Development Plan: Strategies for Sustainable Solar Power Development in the Tucson Region
This plan offers 12 strategies for solar deployment in the region and discusses risks and opportunities, strategic partners, performance indicators, regional solar market opportunities, prioritizing opportunities, and action steps.Tucson, AZ -
North Las Vegas, NV, greeNLV
The city's Sustainability Plan lists several initiatives for use of solar panels to power traffic signals and to cover parking areas.North Las Vegas, NV -
Melrose, MA, Energy Reduction Action Plan
The city's energy reduction action plan describes solar energy installations and estimates the resulting cost savings for school buildings.Melrose, MA -
Lenox, MA, Energy Reduction Baseline Survey and Action Plan
The town's energy plan includes a goal to encourage solar installations on municipal facilities.Lenox, MA -
Evanston, IL, Climate Action Plan
This plan includes renewable energy resources as a "cornerstone" of the plan and offers a number of strategies encouraging solar energy use.Evanston, IL
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