The 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard analyzes the efforts of 100 major U.S. cities to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable energy—and do so equitably. It provides a comprehensive national measuring stick for climate progress in cities, from the leaders to those with ample room for progress.
Moving forward, all cities can improve their scores by increasing their commitment to racial and social equity, adopting more mandatory policies designed to improve the energy performance of existing buildings, and setting and tracking progress toward stringent community-wide goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
How does your city score?
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Highlights of each city’s progress are included in the fact sheets linked below, drawn from the report. To find extended details on each city’s clean energy efforts, visit our state and local policy database.
Data Visualizations
Fact Sheets
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Akron Albuquerque Allentown Atlanta Augusta Aurora Austin
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Bakersfield Baltimore Baton Rouge Birmingham Boise Boston Bridgeport Buffalo
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Cape Coral Charleston Charlotte Chicago Chula Vista Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Columbia Columbus
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Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit
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Hartford Henderson Honolulu Houston
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Lakeland Las Vegas Little Rock Long Beach Los Angeles Louisville
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Madison McAllen Memphis Mesa Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis
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Nashville Newark New Haven New Orleans New York City
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Oakland Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Oxnard
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Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Providence Provo
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Raleigh Reno Richmond Riverside Rochester
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Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San José San Juan Seattle Springfield St. Louis Stockton Saint Paul St. Petersburg Syracuse
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Washington, DC Wichita Winston-Salem Worcester
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Previous Publications
2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard 2020 Press Release
2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard 2019 Press Release
2017 City Clean Energy Scorecard 2017 Press Release