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Climate Action Committee

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Aug 20, 2026

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Climate plan priorities move toward further review

Published Aug 20, 2026

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Briefing

May 20, 2026

Committee backs Vision Zero policy letter

The Climate Action Committee voted 6-0 to assign its chair to draft a letter supporting adoption of Vision Zero as a Concord policy, including the staffing needed to implement it.

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Briefing

Apr 15, 2026

Committee Backs Solar Policy Change

The committee unanimously supported an amended Annual Town Meeting article that would encourage the Select Board to adopt a municipal solar policy rather than create a bylaw, by a 5-0 vote.

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Briefing

Apr 6, 2026

Climate plan priorities move toward further review

The committee advanced several ideas for the Climate Action and Resilience Plan update, including formal carbon budgeting, consumption-based emissions tracking, a stronger role for CMLP in electrification, and forest resilience goals. Consumption-based emissions and greenhouse gas reduction goals were scheduled for further discussion at the next meeting.

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Briefing

Mar 18, 2026

Committee backs composting proposal

The Climate Action Committee endorsed Annual Town Meeting Article 42, a proposed ratepayer-based composting system intended to help reduce Concord’s organic waste.

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Briefing

Feb 11, 2026

Time-of-Day Electricity Rates Roll Out April 1

CMLP plans to begin time-of-day electricity rates on April 1, 2026, replacing uniform pricing with prices that vary by hour. The committee also continued work on updating the Climate Action and Resilience Plan and began organizing stakeholder input.

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Briefing

Jan 21, 2026

Committee Endorses Municipal Solar Bylaw

The Climate Action Committee unanimously endorsed a proposed bylaw requiring integrated rooftop solar in newly constructed Concord public buildings, including schools, where electrified buildings can support solar capacity of 7,500 kW or greater.

2 min readMunicipal coverage