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Submit Public Comments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission Concerning Duke Energy's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan.
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Staff:
Department:
Maurice Jones, Town Manager
Manager's Office
John Richardson, Community Resilience Officer
Overview: Duke Energy has submitted an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for the North Carolina Utilities Commission's (NCUC) review and approval. The 2020 IRP communicates strategies for providing reliable electricity at the lowest cost over a 15-year time period. This review process is an opportunity for the Town of Chapel Hill to join with other North Carolina communities to share our climate action goals and communicate how the IRP can best support them. The comments in the attached letter were drafted alongside other North Carolina local governments in addition to those that are listed by name as possible signatories. As proposed, the joint letter is a collective effort to advance our governments' renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Recommendation(s):
That the Mayor, on behalf of the Town Council, signs the attached letter to submit public comments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission concerning Duke Energy's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan.
Background:
* Duke Energy submits an IRP every two years. This is the first IRP that has been published since the Town adopted a 100% clean, renewable energy goal in 2019. The IRP presents a variety of potential pathways to "greening the grid", which is one of the key carbon reduction action categories in the Town's draft Climate Action and Response Plan.
* By commenting on the IRP, the Town has an opportunity to advocate for bringing more renewable energy to our electricity grid. We also have the chance to highlight the need for more support with local energy efficiency programming and electric vehicle infrastructure - two other important action categories identified within the draft plan.
* Because this is a shared interest among cities and counties ...
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