| REGENERATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Key Principles: Renewable (source), De-commodified (use v. exchange), Sustainable (eco-focused), Resilient (distributed), Shared (commons/ownership) |
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| Category | Data Source | Extractive (0) | Transactional (1) | Transitional (2) | Energy Democracy (3) | |
| Renewable Energy Generation System | Ask to see your City’s Energy Portfolio | Achieved by buying and selling RECs, control maintained by utilities | 80% of renewable energy on grid is through RECs, with 20% coming from local generation, mostly utility-scale | 50% of renewable energy on grid is through RECs, with 30% coming from community-owned local generation, 20% utility | Over 80% is coming from community-owned local generation | |
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| Energy Resilience | Centralized | Centralized, with less than 5% distributed energy projects | Utility Scale Renewable Energy with 20% Distributed energy | Majority Distributed/Decentralized | ||
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| Electricity consumption/Energy Efficiency | 12,071 kWh/person/year
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<10,000 kWH/capita | 4,795 kWh/capita
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<2,000 kWh/capita | ||
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| Energy Source (% of Fossil vs. Renewable/% of extreme attraction)
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Fracking, Tar Sands, Nuclear, Mount Top Coal, Offshore Drilling)
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EE as First Fuel
<25-50% RE Gas as Bridge Fuel Appliance Standards Auto Standards Public Transit Policy |
50-90% renewables | 100% Renewable Energy | ||
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| Carbon Pricing Policy | Cap and Trade | Cap and Dividend | Pollution Fee to reinvest money into frontline communities for energy democracy with 5-year phase out of fossil fuels | Ban on Fossil Fuel extraction, refinement, and generation | ||
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