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CLEAN Cities

A municipal financing option for supporting local renewable energy

CLEAN Cities

Published Jan. 25, 2012

By Tim Weis, Benjamin Thibault

Many cities across North America are in a unique position to support local renewable energy development and recover the costs from energy consumption. Utility franchise fees can be used to enable cities to develop local CLEAN contracts, the world’s most successful renewable energy policies.

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