Are you an Energy Future Ready Community? Here’s a list of ways to prepare your community for clean energy opportunities:

• Join Power a Clean Future Ohio!

• Commit to a carbon reduction goal 

• Develop a sustainability plan, climate action plan, or clean energy jobs plan for your city or county

• Establish a Sustainability Committee for City Council and engage directly with residents and local advocacy organizations to identify opportunities and goals

• Create intergovernmental task forces for energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles, green space conservation and appoint an equity officer

• Conduct a GHG inventory through PCFO to benchmark your emissions and help establish your emission reduction plan

• Conduct fleet analysis through PCFO, committing to 100% EV purchasing for light duty city fleet vehicles

• Receive an EVSE assessment through PCFO to plan for future EV charging installations

• Receive a tree canopy assessment through PCFO to help inform your investments in tree planting 

• Create your top ten list of capital infrastructure projects that can incorporate clean energy and clean transportations solutions and investments

• Incorporate EV charging into building codes and economic development plans

• Assess and understand how energy burden impacts your residents

• Host a regional convening with other nearby municipalities, elected officials, and your metropolitan planning organization to discuss top infrastructure priorities for the communities represented and where collaboration for grant applications would be advantageous

• Host a convening for area school districts, transit representatives, and your local distribution utility to discuss the adoption of electric buses