Make Louisville a 100% Clean Energy City

The members of 100% Renewable Energy Alliance of Louisville (100% REAL) welcome you to our new website (a work in progress). Our goal is a fast, fair, and just transition to 100% clean renewable energy for Metro operations by 2035 and community-wide by 2040.

On February 6, 2020, after a 17-month campaign by a group of citizen leaders, Louisville Metro Council passed A RESOLUTION FOR 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FOR METRO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BY 2030, 100% CLEAN ENERGY FOR METRO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS BY 2035 AND 100% CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY-WIDE BY 2040. Immediately following the vote, Mayor Fischer expressed his support for the Resolution.

The group of citizen leaders that drafted and advocated for the resolution were all affiliated with 100% REAL (or sometimes just “REAL”). The passage of the Resolution was a cause of great celebration for REAL, but now the real work begins, that is, realizing the Resolution’s goals. 100% REAL took no break after the Resolution passed, but immediately reached out to its most important partner, Louisville Metro government (LMG), to discuss first steps. Here is summary of LMG past and proposed actions in regards to climate change:

• Metro efforts to date: In 2016, the mayor signed the U.N.-sponsored Global Covenant of Mayors, committing the city to take a series of steps to combat climate change. Since 2017, the city has created a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, GHG emissions reduction target, GHG emissions reduction plan, and resilience plan. Also, as of February 1, 2021, LMG hired its first-ever energy manager. This is a big step forward for the city!


• Metro next steps: Contract for an energy audit; work to decrease fossil fuel use by improving efficiency; and begin financial work to build Metro renewable energy generation.


• 100% REAL efforts and next steps: (1) In August 2020, created a planning proposal entitled "Louisville's Energy Future" and distributed it to all Metro Council in January 2021. (2) Now working to create a climate stakeholder advisory council, a solar demonstration project, a Green Bank, and ideas for reducing energy consumption. (3) Work with Metro. (4) Call for closing LG&E's huge Mill Creek coal plant as utility-scale renewable energy becomes available.


• Actions you can take: (1) Urge your Metro Councilperson (502-574-1100) to advocate for 100% renewable energy; (2) reduce your own carbon footprint any way you can (louisvillecan.org); (3) write letters to the editor; (4) contact 100% REAL (percentreal926@gmail.com) for questions or to become involved in our advocacy.