Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify existing subrecipient service contracts for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant with Power a Clean Future Ohio and Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to add additional funding. The total modification amount being authorized by this ordinance is $85,000.00.
ORD 2503-2023 authorized acceptance of the award for the Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 66.046. The grant project period is from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2027. The City’s grant number is G602301.
The Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant provides funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the City of Columbus to develop regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and co-pollutants and reduction measures throughout the entire metropolitan area and to conduct meaningful engagement with low- income and disadvantaged communities and coordinate with geographically proximate tribes as appropriate. Three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period: a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), and a status report. The City’s inaugural Climate Action Plan published in 2021 will serve as the baseline for the PCAP and CCAP.
Work with the sub-recipients will support initiatives to benefit residents of Columbus and the surrounding areas. Expected outcomes over the course of the grant include pollution reductions measured in tons of pollution reduced over the lifetime of the measures; tons of pollution reduced annually; and tons of pollution reduced with respect to low-income and disadvantaged communities.
The sub-recipient agreement for Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO) covers the co-pollutants analysis necessary for the Central Ohio Climate Action Plan under the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. PCFO will translate dat...
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