Historic goals are moving forward for the City of Madison! Over the next month, goals for 100% renewable energy for the city of Madison will be moving through three committees and on to the Common Council for a vote. By attending the following meetings, we can show overwhelming support for ambitious, but necessary clean energy goals for Madison.
Committee Meetings
There will be three committee meetings before the Common Council votes. Each committee meeting is open to the public and allows for 3 minutes of public comments at the start of the meeting. If you attend, we encourage you to voice your support for the community-wide 100% clean energy goals that are laid out.
- Sustainable Madison Committee: 4:30 pm on Monday, January 23 in the City County Building. (note: this set of goals has already passed this committee, so this is not a high priority meeting).
- Committee on the Environment: 4:30 pm on Monday, January 30 in Room 108 of the City County Building
- Board of Estimates Committee: 4:30 pm on Monday, March 13 in Room 354 of the City County Building
Pack the Room! Common Council Meeting
Once the goals pass the three committees above, it will move to the Common Council. We hope to pack the room with clean energy supporters!
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm to attend the Common Council meeting and demonstrate support for 100% clean energy in Madison. The meeting will be in Room 201 of the City County Building.
Attending these meetings, especially the Common Council meeting, is a powerful way to take action, engage with your local government and advocate for a clean energy future. As Sustainable Madison Committee Member Bradley Campbell said in his recent Op-Ed, "We have two choices: The first is to tell MGE that it is acceptable to continue to charge us high rates, to send that money to buy coal and gas out of state, and burn those fossil fuels to pollute the air that we breathe and warm the planet that we live on. Or, we can replace dirty fossil fuels with renewable sources, keep dollars and jobs in our community, and protect our air and our global climate."