Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan
The City of Oakland is committed to becoming a model sustainable city. Optimizing our use of energy and minimizing associated energy costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are important components of this vision. The City is currently developing an Energy and Climate Action Plan to identify, evaluate and prioritize opportunities to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions in its own government operations and throughout the Oakland community.
City Council Special Workshop on Energy and Climate Action Planning and Community Choice Energy
The Oakland City Council will hold a Special Workshop from 5.30pm-8.30pm on March 30, 2010 , at which City staff will provide a presentation to the City Council on Oakland’s energy and climate action planning efforts. In July 2009, the City Council directed staff to develop a draft Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan (ECAP) using a preliminary planning greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal of 36% below 2005 GHG emissions by 2020. At this Special Workshop, Staff will provide an update on the ECAP development process and preliminary findings. A draft ECAP is scheduled to be released for public review within the next two months. Community workshops will be held shortly thereafter to receive public input on the draft ECAP. Input will also be accepted through the City’s website. A revised draft of the ECAP will then be prepared and brought to the City Council for consideration. Check back here for more information on when the draft ECAP will be released and how you can provide input.
Approval of Preliminary Planning Targets for Development of the Draft ECAP
On July 7, 2009, the Oakland City Council directed staff to develop the draft Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan using a preliminary planning GHG reduction target equivalent to 36% below 2005 GHG emissions by 2020, and annual benchmarks for meeting the target. The Staff recommendation and accompanying report for this Council item are available on the City’s website.
Second-Round Public Workshops
The City held two second-round public workshops on April 30, 2009 to gather input on potential Oakland energy and climate goals as well as potential actions the City could consider to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. View a copy of the presentation given by City staff at these workshops. City staff continued to take public input on the same topics covered at the April 30th workshops through Friday, May 8, 2009. Below are links to the worksheets used to gather feedback at the April 30th workshops.
Potential Actions Worksheet – Transportation and Land Use
Potential Actions Worksheet – Building Energy Use
Potential Actions Worksheet – Material Consumption and Waste Reduction
Potential Actions Worksheet – Community Engagement & Advocacy
First-Round Public Workshops
The City held two first-round public workshops to provide an overview of the planned ECAP development process and to gather initial input on potential ways of reducing GHG emissions and issues to consider in the process of developing the ECAP. Use the links below to view copies of the presentations given by City staff at these workshops as well as workshop summaries.
December 11, 2008 Public Workshop: Presentation Workshop Summary
January 28, 2009 Public Workshop: Presentation Workshop Summary
Links to Relevant Adopted City Policy Documents
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy
Civic Green Building Ordinance
Links to Select Other Relevant Documents
2005 Oakland Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Oil Independent Oakland Task Force 2020 Plan