The 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard David Ribeiro, Stefen Samarripas, Kate Tanabe, Alexander Jarrah, Hannah Bastian, Ariel Drehobl, Shruti Vaidyanathan, Emma Cooper, Ben Jennings, and Nick Henner October 2020 I Report U2008 529 14th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20045 (202) 507-4000 I @ACEEEDC I @myACEEE I aceee.org Contents About the Authors .................................................................................................................................................iv Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................................vi Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................8 Chapter 1. Methodology and Results ....................................................................................................................9 Goals and Approach ................................................................................................................................................9 Selection of Cities .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Scoring Method ......................................................................................................................................................11 Data Collection and Review ................................................................................................................................. 14 Data Limitations .................................................................................................................................................... 15 2020 Results ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 Strategies for Advancing Clean Energy ............................................................................................................30 Chapter 2. Local Government Operations .......................................................................................................... 32 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................32 Scoring..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Results ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Local Government Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Goals ..............................................................36 Procurement and Construction Policies ...........................................................................................................39 Asset Management ...............................................................................................................................................42 Chapter 3. Community-Wide Initiatives ............................................................................................................45 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................45 Scoring.....................................................................................................................................................................45 Results .................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Community-Wide Climate Mitigation and Energy Goals .............................................................................50 Comprehensive Energy Data ..............................................................................................................................53 Equity-Driven Approaches to Clean Energy Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation ....................54 Clean Distributed Energy Resources .................................................................................................................56 Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands ......................................................................................................................58 Chapter 4. Buildings Policies.............................................................................................................................. 60 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Scoring.................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Results ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 I ii I THE 2020 CITY CLEAN ENERGY SCORECARD Building Energy Code Adoption .........................................................................................................................65 Building Energy Code Compliance and Enforcement ................................................................................... 68 Policies Targeting Existing Buildings ...............................................................................................................70 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Workforce Development ..........................................................75 Chapter 5. Energy and Water Utilities ................................................................................................................77 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................77 Scoring.....................................................................................................................................................................77 Results .....................................................................................................................................................................78 Efficiency Efforts of Energy Utilities ................................................................................................................82 Renewable Energy Efforts of Energy Utilities ................................................................................................ 86 Efficiency Efforts in Water Services ..................................................................................................................88 Chapter 6. Transportation Policies .....................................................................................................................92 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................92 Scoring.....................................................................................................................................................................92 Results .....................................................................................................................................................................93 Sustainable Transportation Plans and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Targets .......................................97 Location Efficiency .............................................................................................................................................. 99 Mode Shift .............................................................................................................................................................101 Public Transit .......................................................................................................................................................104 Efficient Vehicles .................................................................................................................................................105 Freight System Efficiency .................................................................................................................................107 Clean, Efficient Transportation for Low-Income Communities ..............................................................109 Congestion Pricing ...............................................................................................................................................110 Conclusions.......................................................................................................................................................... 111 References ............................................................................................................................................................112 Appendix A. Metric Categorization ....................................................................................................................114