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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 local economy
- Create and expand new business opportunities and jobs
- Lower energy costs for families, businesses and governments, freeing up funds for other priorities
- Create competitive advantages
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Energy efficiency, local power and clean transportation add up to measurable economic and environmental benefits.
CUMULATIVE RESULTS 2010-23 (except where noted):
Households
1,737 Household projects
$730,000 Energy cost savings
$7.8 million Investment stimulated
Commercial
417 Business, church & nonprofit projects
$1.3 million Energy cost savings
$6.0 million Investment stimulated
Government
51 Government facility energy efficiency upgrades
$3.2 million Investment stimulated
90 buildings Using AEM data to cut costs
$183,000 Energy cost savings
4.8 MW Installed capacity in government & institutional buildings (2022 estimate)
19.6 MW Installed capacity in community solar gardens (2022 estimate)
3.5 MW Installed capacity in residences & businesses (2022 estimate)
TOTAL of all government and solar gardens produces enough to power 5,990 average homes
120 Public EV charging ports (48 of them fast-chargers) (2024)
900 Electric vehicles (EV) and 350 plug-in hybrids registered countywide (2024)
8 RFTA fleet electric buses
398 Participating contractors and distributors
$2.6 million Energy cost savings
$40.3 million stimulated including all energy efficiency, solar and clean transportation infrastructure projects
43,660 metric tons of carbon avoided from energy efficiency projects alone – equivalent to annual emissions from 3,970 average homes or 7,800 vehicles
Figures updated October 2024