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From YouTube: Bill Signing for Power Purchase Agreement 12-18-2018
Description
Bill signing for the Power Purchase Agreement, a key project ensuring Philadelphia commits to using 100% renewable energy by 2030.
The bill was introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large)
Read the bill: http://bit.ly/2QKuJEn
A
Thank
you
good
morning,
good
morning.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
coming,
I'm
Christina
I'm,
the
director
of
the
Office
of
Sustainability
I'm,
really
proud
to
be
here
with
you
this
morning
to
celebrate
this
important
step
in
the
city's
efforts
to
fight
climate
change.
To
kick
us
off
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
the
mastermind
behind
this
project.
Adam
a
gallico,
the
energy
manager
within
the
city's
office
of
sustainability.
B
Thanks
Christine
and
get
Nora
good
morning.
Everyone
thanks
for
coming
I'm,
really
happy
to
be
here
to
celebrate
this
important
project:
Mayor
Kenny,
councilman,
Reynolds
round
councilman,
green
and
other
speakers
and
all
the
folks
here
are
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
different
aspects
of
this
project
and
and
kind
of
how
it
will
benefit
Philadelphia.
As
the
city's
energy
manager,
I
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
for
me
to
explain
a
little
bit
about
how
we
got
here
and
really
what
this
means
for
city,
government
and
I'll
be
as
brief
as
possible.
B
City
has
been
purchasing
electricity
in
a
strategic
way
for
a
number
of
years,
and
during
that
time
we
really
focused
on
two
main
major
pillars,
making
sure
we're
getting
a
competitive
and
a
low
cost
and
that
we're
paying
a
kind
of
a
transparent
price
a
little
over
a
year
ago
and
the
city's
art
museum
steps.
We
added
to
that
when
we
committed
to
moving
toward
100%,
clean
electricity
and
so
with
that
kind
of
third
pillar
sort
of
what
brought
us
here
today.
B
B
770
megawatts
of
solar
panels
is
about
700
acres,
its
530
football
fields,
100
Rittenhouse
squares
or
roughly
the
size
of
FDR
park
and
providing
70
megawatts
of
electricity
is
enough
to
power.
22
percent
of
city
government
buildings
and
our
assets,
but
also
could
be
enough
to
power,
18,000
Philadelphia
homes
and
it's
equal
to
about
1%
of
citywide
electricity
use.
So
this
is
is
big
and
we're
doing
all
this
in
a
budget
neutral,
cost
neutral
way
with
our
partner
screen
the
energy.
B
With
this
project
and
and
with
all
things
that
are
big
in
city
government,
you
really
can't
do
it
without
really
strong
partners
and
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
that
played
a
big
part
in
us
getting
here
today.
I
wanted
to
recognize
just
a
couple
of
those
folks
individually
and
then,
as
a
group
kind
of
leading
off
with
the
energy
office,
the
team
that
I
work
with
Marty
Dietz
and
Amanda
warwood
and
I'm
gonna
come
across
a
few
guys
can
stand
up
for
a
little
bit.
I
just
want
to
thank
them.
B
You
don't
see
these
three
people
very
often
but
they're,
the
ones
that
are
out
there
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
kind
of
keeping
the
city
paying
its
bills
and
and
keeping
everything
organized
and
developing
projects
like
this.
So
thank
you
guys,
one
to
also
recognize
community
energy
and
and
that
the
great
partner
that
they've
been
throughout
the
the
RFP
process,
Jake
Arliss,
Brent,
Otto
fir
and
the
whole
community
energy
team.
B
We
had
a
lot
of
folks
that
I'm
not
sure,
if
anybody's
here
but
emerald,
energy,
consulting
and
NLX
that
really
helped
us
folks
in
the
office
of
sustainability,
the
Philadelphia,
Energy,
Authority
and
I
know
Emily.
It's
gonna
say
a
couple
of
words,
but
both
Emily
as
well
as
the
board
is
here
today.
There
are
a
couple
members
of
the
board.
B
Thank
you
guys
for
for
supporting
this
project
and
then
kind
of
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
city
government,
the
Philadelphia
law
department,
Barry,
Davis
and
Kevin
Burrell
Michelle
flamer,
the
city's
finance
group,
particularly
palin,
chen
and
christian
Dunbar
and
I
noticed
it's
like
an
Academy
Awards
thing.
But
I
I
can't
tell
you
that
a
lot
of
these
folks
really
did
a
lot
of
work.
B
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody's
recognized
the
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity,
especially
Joseph
weenie
and
Isla
Harper,
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
mayor's
office
for
labor,
and
then
our
city,
leadership,
mayor,
Kenny
city,
council,
council
and
Reynolds
Brown,
in
particular,
for
for
sponsoring
this
and
co-sponsor
councilman
green.
It's.
B
So
with
that,
you
know,
I
feel
fortunate
to
have
played
a
part
in
this
work
and
I'm
excited
for
what's
what's
to
come,
but
more
than
that
I'm
excited
to
see
Philadelphia
institutions
and
companies,
as
well
as
other
municipalities
around
the
country,
replicate
this
work
and
we're
looking
forward
to
continuing
this
work
and
and
continuing
the
implementation
of
our
new
energy
master
plan
and
all
the
good
work
to
mitigate
climate
change
here
in
Philadelphia.
Thank
you.
C
C
It
tracks
the
Sun
like
a
sunflower
from
morning
to
night,
all
hundreds
of
acres
of
it
tracking,
like
a
like,
like
it,
should
to
bring
more
energy
into
Philadelphia
when
the
air
conditioners
are
on
later
in
the
afternoon,
as
it
follows
the
Sun,
but
we've
had
the
technology
to
take
on
climate
change.
We've
been
in
this
business
for
almost
20
years.
Well,
we
haven't
has
the
leadership,
so
we
are
really
pleased
to
be
part
of
this
event
today
to
honor
Mayor
Jim
Kenny,
Councilwoman,
Reynolds
Braun,
the
energy
office,
the
sustainability
office
Philadelphia
Energy
Authority.
C
There
are
not
many
cities
that
have
stepped
into
the
major
leagues
on
climate
change,
even
with
all
the
opportunity
it
offers
jobs,
a
future,
a
sustainable
future,
a
safe
energy
future
Philadelphia
is
now
in
the
lead
on
that,
and
we
encourage
other
cities
to
take
a
look.
So
thanks
for
being
giving
the
opportunity
to
us
to
be
your
partner
and
we
honor
the
leadership
today.
Thank
you.
A
D
Good
morning,
good
morning,
hello,
we
have
a
great
reason
for
celebration.
This
morning,
president
John
F
Kennedy
said
it
best
were,
and
he
stated
the
supreme
reality
of
our
time
is
the
vulnerability
of
our
planet,
and
today
is
just
another
example
of
how
this
measure
certainly
addresses
the
vulnerability
of
our
planet.
D
Its
context
in
history
is
very,
very
important,
I'd
like
to
remind
people
that
I
serve
as
the
second
chair
of
the
Committee
on
the
environment
and
sustainability,
but
it
was
then
councilman,
James
Kenney,
who
went
to
then-president
a
novena
to
say
that
we
needed
to
keep
up
with
this
new
world
to
broader.
We
were
moving
into
and
a
way
for
us
to
keep
up
is
to
create
a
new
committee,
so
we
must
always
be
reminded
of
where
history
started.
D
I
also
want
to
especially
thank
councilman,
Don
and
Councilman
o,
who
raised
a
number
of
important
questions
at
that
hearing,
a
very,
very
important
questions,
and
while
they
were
comfortable
to
vote,
the
matter
out
of
committee
I
a
committed
to
subsequent
meetings
where
we
could
meet
around
the
table
to
address
more
intimately
of
the
questions
that
they
raised.
So
I
want
to
thank
them
in
their
absence
for
the
subsequent
questions
they
raised,
two
of
which
really
really
matter
to
me,
one,
how
serious
we
were
going
to
be
with
regards
to
MBE
WBE
participation
and
two.
D
Where
could
the
city
be
a
better
and
bigger
beneficiary
of
this
effort?
We
came
to
answers
that
we
could
all
live
with
and
we
were
able
to
move
this
out
of
committee
and
to
the
mayor's
desk.
So
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
indeed
set
a
goal
for
all
city
buildings
to
be
powered
through
renewable
energy
2030.
In
order
to
achieve
this
goal,
we
for
sure
must
analyze
the
need,
investigate
the
options,
create
a
strategic
plan
and
then
implement
the
strategic
plan.
D
The
power
purchase
agreement
is
a
part
of
that
plan
and
is
the
result
of
a
thorough
procurement
process.
That
needs
to
be
underscored
and
bold
letters
with
three
exclamation
points,
because
Adam
and
his
team
were
phenomenal
and
addressing
those
questions
raised
at
that
subsequent
meeting
we
had
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
those
who
were
involved
and
too
often
we
don't
hear
and
no
other
personalities
behind
measures.
D
So
to
that
end,
I
want
to
ask
to
stand
and
recognize
the
chair
of
the
Philadelphia
Energy
Authority
Chris
Lewis,
please
who's
also
a
partner
and
she's
office
of
diversity
and
inclusion
at
blank
Rome.
The
folks
who
give
their
time
in
their
talent
to
this
type
of
measure
and
our
city
is
is
should
be
pleased
to
know
that
we
actually
has
an
MBE
WBE
who's
already
in
the
business
of
training
young
people
in
this
new
trade,
this
new
future
expensive
right.
D
We
know
that
this
new
effort
will
reduce
regional
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
and
we
also
know
that
it's
going
to
be
a
model,
as
has
already
been
stated,
for
institutions
other
businesses
to
purchase
clean
energy,
we're
always
thrilled
to
be
the
leader
and
new
efforts.
This
was
for
sure
will
mitigate
risk
associated
with
the
city's
electricity
cost
by
providing
a
stable,
long
term
energy
prices
for
our
city,
government
and
I'm
pleased
to
say
also
most
importantly
and
I'm
being
redundant.
But
you
know
one
of
the
principles
or
tenets
of
Education.
D
But
young
people
are
a
part
of
this
equation.
Young
people
are
a
part
of
this
new
sustainable
future
and
that
really
does
matter.
The
office
of
sustainability
worked
very
very
closely
with
the
Office
of
Economic
Opportunity.
We
became
convinced
of
that
in
that
subsequent
meeting
of
councilman
Thom
and
Councilman
oh,
and
we
were
assured
that
community
energy
is
committed
to
our
Economic
Opportunity
plan
that
promotes
women,
people
of
color
and
disabled
businesses,
with
their
participation
in
Adams,
solar,
LLC,
seeking
to
meet
those
very
very
strident
goals
and
requirements.
D
So
we
have
reason
to
be
excited
of
Philadelphia
again,
has
a
checked
off
and
being
a
leader
in
this
new
way
with
other
cities
to
follow
and
that's
a
big
deal
and
something
much
to
be
Saburo
celebrated
so
to
all
of
those
again
who
made
this
happen
to
officers,
sustainability,
Adam
with
your
exquisite
brilliance
around
the
table
and
that
subsequent
meeting
Emily
and
all
of
us
who
care
about
growing
in
a
sustainable
future.
Thank
you
very
much.
E
Thanks
for
seeing
my
name's
Emily
Shapiro
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Philadelphia
Energy
Authority
I'm,
very
excited
to
be
here
today
with
Julia,
and
this
amazing
group
of
leaders
who
have
made
this
project
a
reality.
The
Philadelphia
Energy
Authority
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know,
is
an
independent
municipal
authority
created
to
support
the
city
on
issues
of
energy,
affordability
and
sustainability.
E
We
run
an
initiative
that
was
really
spearheaded
by
council
president
Clark,
we
launched
in
2016
called
the
Philadelphia
energy
campaign.
It's
a
billion
dollar
investment
over
ten
years
in
energy
efficiency
and
clean
energy
projects,
particularly
focused
on
four
sectors:
city
buildings,
schools,
low
and
moderate
income,
housing
and
small
businesses.
Our
goal
is
to
create
10,000
jobs.
Since
we've
started,
we've
launched
a
ton
of
project,
we've
created
hundreds
of
jobs
and
one
of
those
programs
is
solarized.
E
Philly,
the
largest
residential
rooftop
solar
program
in
the
country
we've
had
over
350
households
go
forward
with
solar,
making
Philadelphia
the
fourth
fastest
growing
solar
market
in
the
country
in
2017.
We
know
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
young
people
are
trained
for
these
positions
in
this
growing
field
and
we're
really
excited
about
this
power
purchase
agreement
and
the
solar
project,
because
it
creates
a
huge
opportunity
for
our
trainees
to
be
able
to
participate.
E
Shalyah
actually
graduated
from
one
of
the
training
programs
in
the
city
from
youth,
build
that
teaches
folks
about
solar
and
laura
rijaal
from
my
office.
Our
solar
manager,
wave
Laura,
also
helps
run
another
program
that
until
now
has
been
called
finder
power
where
we've
trained
over
50
high
school
students
in
the
basics
of
solar
and
energy
efficiency,
and
now
we've
received
one
point:
two:
five
million
dollar
grant
from
the
Department
of
Energy
over
the
next
three
years
to
expand
that
program.
E
It
is
now
rebranded,
bright,
solar
futures
and
that
will
create
the
nation's
first
three
year,
career
and
technical
education
program
of
study.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that,
and
this
project
is
a
real
opportunity
for
those
kids
to
engage
on
a
real
on-the-ground
solar
project.
We're
excited
for
our
high
school
students
to
be
able
to
take
a
field
trip
out
there
and
see.
What's
going
on
with
this
project,
we're
also
really
excited
that
our
youth
build
trainees
will
have
a
chance
to
apprentice
on
this
project
as
well.
E
We're
working
with
community
energy
to
hopefully
place
15
students
in
this
project
in
the
field,
so
we're
extremely
excited
for
the
commitment
from
community
energy
and
I
want
to
highlight
one
other
thing.
You
know
it's
very
unusual
for
a
city,
even
a
city
of
our
size,
to
have
such
a
world-class
Energy
Office
we're
per
cuit
procuring
energy
in
a
really
sophisticated
way
in
this
city,
really
akin
to
what
you
know.
Large
corporations
have-
and
it's
very
unusual
for
city
government,
so
I
want
to
just
give
a
huge
thanks
to
Adam
at
Galco
and
your
team.
E
You
guys
are
doing
incredible
work
and
that's
saving
the
city,
a
ton
of
money.
It's
getting
us
really
far
on
climate
change.
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
work
left
to
do,
but
22%
of
our
electricity
consumption
is
a
big
deal.
So
thank
you
guys
for
all
of
your
work
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
leadership
of
Mayor
Kenny
councilman
Reynolds
brown,
councilman
green
councilman
scuola.
Thank
you
for
being
here
all
of
you
and
thank
you
for
the
work.
F
Good
morning
everyone
hi
I'm
Shelly
I'm,
21
years
old
and
I
started
off
as
a
19
year.
Old
dropout
I
was
not
worried
about
going
to
school
or
finishing
anything
like
that,
but
I
was
just
usually
working,
so
I
feel,
like
I
realized
that
I
really
wanted
more
for
myself,
so
I
I
got
recommended
to
school
core.
You
fill
it
up
for
your
charter
school
and
as
I
went
the
youthful
I
learned
a
lot.
I
learned
a
lot
about
solar
states.
F
That's
where
I
work
now
pretty
much
I
learned
about
solar
panels,
this
module
right
here.
It's
really
a
whole
lot.
Like
usually
most
of
us
I
know.
Some
of
us
don't
have
solar
panels.
So
I
know
that
most
of
us
paid
Pico
for
electricity
when
you
really
get
it
free
from
the
Sun.
Like
all
that's
here
most
of
here
right
now
is
so
much
fine,
headband
asthma.
If
you
know
that
we
don't
have
clean
air
out
there
or
a
pretty
much
fresh
water
and
we
need
it
like
the
breathe
air.
F
F
I
graduated
early,
it's
from
August
to
August
I
graduated
in
June,
when
I
graduated
in
June
argue
early
Michael,
my
boss,
he
hired
me
when
I,
say
I
got
this
position
because
I
was
willing
to
work
and
I
was
speaking
and
going
to
class
every
day.
Doing
everything
I
needed
to
do
take
knows
to
learn
more
about
what
I
needed
to
know
about
the
solar
industry.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today,
because
I
didn't
ever
see
myself
for
something
like
this.
G
Thank
you
and
good
morning
to
everyone,
it's
great
to
be
here
with
you
today
for
this
bill
signing.
As
you
know,
we've
committed
Philadelphia
to
keep
working
towards
meeting
the
goals
of
the
Paris
climate
agreement,
and
we
know
climate
change
is
already
having
devastating
effects
around
the
world
and
we
are
feeling
it
here
in
Philadelphia
of
one
of
the
rainiest
years
on
record.
We
know
fighting
climate
change
is
the
right
thing
to
do,
for
our
health,
our
safety
and
for
our
economy.
G
Thankfully,
the
solutions
within
our
is
within
our
reach
and
we're
already
acting
on
them
on
them.
We
need
to
use
less
energy,
which
we
are
doing
through
a
variety
of
programs
to
cut
energy
use
in
our
city
buildings.
We
also
need
to
use
cleaner
energy
from
sources
like
wind
and
solar.
Today,
we're
proud
to
be
signing
a
bill
of
this
bill
which
will
allow
Philadelphia
that
purchase
22%
of
its
of
our
electricity
from
a
new
solar
facility,
which
will
be
the
largest
in
Pennsylvania.
G
This
project
is
also
a
smart
economic
move,
we'll
lock
in
today's
cost
to
the
life
of
the
20-year
contract,
which
will
likely
help
us
save
money
as
energy
prices
increase
in
the
future,
and
the
solar
development
will
boost
job
growth,
creating
economic
opportunities
here
in
Philadelphia
and
in
the
larger
region,
with
existing
solar
training
programs
in
Philadelphia,
led
by
the
Philadelphia,
Energy,
Authority
and
others.
We
know
we
have
Philadelphia
residents
ready
to
lead
to
lead
in
these
jobs.
G
So
I
want
to
thank
council,
Councilwoman,
Reynolds,
Brown,
councilman
green
council
squad
for
being
here
today
and
I
want
to
thank
the
Office
of
Sustainability
and
the
filling
out
the
Energy
Authority
for
all
their
work
over
the
last
two
years
and
making
this
concept
of
reality,
and
thank
you
to
community
energy
for
being
a
strong
partner
and
making
commitments
to
provide
economic
opportunities
for
Philadelphia.
So
we
look
forward
to
flipping
the
switch
after
I
sign
the
bill.
I
think
I'm
supposed
to
be.