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Community Energy Plan (CEP)

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Arlington’s award-winning Community Energy Plan (CEP) is a long-term vision for transforming how we generate, use, and distribute energy. Residents and businesses can expect a variety of benefits as we work to realize this long-term plan:

  1. Reducing energy costs that will save residents and businesses money
  2. Generating energy locally with the use of renewawbles and other technologies
  3. Reaching our goal of a 75% lower carbon footprint by 2050.
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Georgetown University Energy Prize

Arlington County is a semi-finalist in Georgetown University Energy Prize. We’re competing against communities across the country to save the most energy and take home the five million dollar prize.

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Leading By Example

Arlington County believes in “leading by example” when it comes to saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In 2012 we exceeded our goal of reducing government-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, using 2000 as a baseline.

Now we’re committed to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge to reduce municipal energy intensity by 20 percent by 2022. Stay tuned to learn about our progress.