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The purpose of Garfield Clean Energy is to help residents, businesses and governments throughout Garfield County, Colo., become more energy efficient and tap clean energy as a means to creating a stronger, more resilient economy.
Speeding the transition to a clean energy economy creates measurable economic benefits:
- Diversify the economy
- Create and expand new business opportunities
- Lower energy costs for families, businesses, and
governments, freeing up funds for other priorities - Grow the local economy
- Create new jobs
- Lower business operating expenses
- Create competitive advantages
- Stabilize energy costs
- Use Colorado-produced natural gas and electricity for
alternative transportation fuels
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Energy efficiency, local power, and clean transportation add up to measurable economic and environmental benefits.
CUMULATIVE RESULTS 2010-20 (except where noted):
Households
1,400 Household projects
$545,000 Annual energy savings
Commercial
383 Businesses, churches, nonprofit projects
$1.1 million Annual energy savings
$5.2 million Investment stimulated
Government
41 Government facility energy efficiency upgrades
$2.8 million Investment stimulated
90 buildings Using Navigator data to cut costs
$128,000 Annual energy savings
41 Government buildings, facilities, schools and libraries powered by solar energy, totaling 2.17 megawatts
6 Community solar gardens, totaling 7.0 megawatts
TOTAL of all government and solar gardens produces enough to power 2,400 homes
50 (97 plugs) Public EV charging stations
3 Compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations
8 RFTA fleet electric buses
34 RFTA fleet CNG buses
146 Electric vehicles (EV) sold during GCE's group-sales events
120,000 Bicycle miles ridden
353 Participating contractors and distributors
$7.04 million Cumulative energy savings
$43.5 million stimulated including all solar, CNG stations and efficiency upgrades
49,120 metric tons of carbon avoided from energy efficiency projects alone – equivalent to annual carbon emissions from 5,300 homes or 10,500 vehicles
March 2021 Update