CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-36 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Patrick Davis and Isaac Benton
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Establishing A Goal Of Generating Twenty Five Percent Of The Energy Consumed By City Of Albuquerque Facilities From
Solar Energy By 2025 (Davis, Benton)
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ESTABLISHING A GOAL OF GENERATING TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE ENERGY CONSUMED BY CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FACILITIES FROM
SOLAR ENERGY BY 2025.
WHEREAS, as of 2010 the State of New Mexico emits nearly 55 million metric tons of carbon pollution a year from fossil fuel combustion; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported with 95 percent certainty that anthropogenic carbon pollution is causing global temperatures to rise, exacerbating extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and wildfires; and
WHEREAS, fossil fuel-burning power plants frequently release toxic pollutants, including mercury, acid gases, and particulate matter, that directly damage nearby residents' health; and
WHEREAS, the market price of fossil fuels does not factor in the external environmental and health costs caused by burning fossil fuels; and
WHEREAS,
solar power is one of the cleanest sources of energy with which the people of Albuquerque can heat, cool, and power homes, businesses, and transportation to achieve better air quality and reduce carbon pollution; and
WHEREAS, producing one kilowatt-hour of energy via
solar photovoltaic (PV) systems requires approximately one-ninth as much water as producing one kilowatt-hour from a combined cycle fossil gas plant, and one seventeenth as much as from a coal-fired plant; and
WHEREAS, the State of New Mexico receives more than 300 days of sunshine per year, thereby granting it the second greatest
solar potential of the fifty states in the country; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque, was ranked 12th in the country of major cities for instal...
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