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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Baltimore City’s Current and Future Solar and Other Renewable Energy Plans
FOR the purpose of reiterating the Council’s support for the City’s stated policy of promoting the use of solar and other renewable energy, and inviting representatives from the agencies best positioned to implement that policy to appear before it to discuss Baltimore’s current and future solar and other renewable energy plans.
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As part of the Sustainability Plan adopted by the Council in March of 2009, Baltimore City has a stated policy of promoting the use of solar and other renewable energy sources. However, it is not clear what steps the City is currently taking to put this policy into effect to maximize the generation of renewable energy within Baltimore.
The time is ripe to comprehensively review the City’s approach to renewable energy because changing technology, together with a number of once-in-a-lifetime efforts currently underway in seemingly unrelated areas, present opportunities to significantly increase renewable energy generation in Baltimore. It is important that we don’t miss out on these opportunities to reshape Baltimore’s energy landscape for the better.
The current comprehensive rewrite of the City’s Zoning Code represents a once-in-a-generation chance to examine how well the City’s current la...
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