The Philadelphia Energy Campaign — launched in 2016 through a partnership between the Philadelphia Energy Authority and City Council — has blown past the ambitious targets it set for itself, generating more than $1.3 billion in clean energy investments and creating over 11,000 jobs across the city, writes Pat Loeb for KYW Newsradio.
The original goals were bold enough on their own: $1 billion in investments and 10,000 jobs through energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
Former Council President Darrell Clarke openly admitted those numbers felt like “a bit of a ‘Hail Mary’” at the time. Turns out, the city shot and scored.
Over the past decade, the campaign has quietly transformed the way Philadelphia uses energy — weatherizing homes in underserved neighborhoods, modernizing municipal buildings, expanding solar installations, and swapping out roughly 130,000 streetlights for LED technology.
The cumulative effect? More than $1.4 billion in energy savings and a measurable reduction in citywide carbon emissions.
Philadelphia Energy Authority President Emily Schapira pointed to the power of strategic public investment to explain the results, noting that each dollar of city funding unlocked far larger returns through private and public-sector partnerships.
Read the full story of how Philadelphia’s energy campaign has impacted the city at KYW Newsradio.
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