Energy Programs
- Focus on Energy
- Offers rebates for cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy projects statewide
- MadiSUN Solar
- Uses collective buying power for great deals on rooftop solar and offers financing
- Green Madison
- Effort to reduce energy consumption to make Madison become more sustainable
- Sustain Dane MPower Business Champion
- One year, fully-customizable program for business and organizations to reduce environmental impact while saving costs
- Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP)
- Assistance for heating costs, electric costs, and energy crisis situations to lower burden of monthly energy costs for low-income households
- Project Home
- Provides insulation for low-income households
- If you live outside of Dane County, visit Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program
Greenhouse Gas Reports
Madison and Dane Co. have various reports on Greenhouse Gas emissions performed over multiple years.
- Madison Measures – published by the mayor’s office as a benchmarking system for the City of Madison to help frame policy discussions, make budget decisions, and illustrate the success of city programs
- Madison Greenhouse Gas Inventories – reports that track Madison’s greenhouse gas emissions with research done by multiple organizations including the University of Wisconsin
- 2015 Madison City Operations Tracking Framework
- 2014 Madison Community Operations Carbon Emissions Inventory
- 2012 Madison Community Operations Carbon Inventory
- 2012 Inventory of City of Madison Local Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- 2010 City of Madison Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory: A Baseline
- 2010 City of Madison Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
- 2007 City of Madison Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
- U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Local Government Operations Protocol for Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Dane County Environmental Health Report Card Series – 2014
- Dane County Air Emissions Inventory – August, 2016
- Presentation on the report
Energy Plans
- 2017 – Madison 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goal
- Sustainable Engineering Group, LLC and Navigant have been selected by the City of Madison as the consultants to help the city develop a 100 percent renewable energy plan
- 2016 – City of Madison Energy Work Plan
- 2016 – Sustainability Plan: For Review and Update
- 2012 – City of Madison Sustainability Plan
- 2011 – Solar in Action
- 2011 – Madison Sustainability Plan
- 2004 – Building a Green Capital City
- 2002 – Madison Climate Protection Plan
Other Reports
- 2017 – Request for Proposal: Sustainability Consulting Services – to develop a plan for the 100 percent renewable energy goal
- 2016 – Madison City Snapshot published by Imagine Madison
- 2016 – Progress Report Regarding Collaboration between City of Madison and MGE
- 2015 – Framework for Change Report: Trial Indicators for a Healthy and Flourishing Place for All published by the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission
- 2014 – City of Madison Memo on MGE Rate Case
- 2010 – Sustainability Baselines and Resources: Environment, Economic Prosperity, and Social Capital and Community Health
- 2007 – A Natural Step Case Study Madison, Wisconsin: A Sustainability Umbrella for All
Aware of other important energy files that you don’t see above? Email Mitch@RePowerMadison.org!