Daily edition | Nov. 21, 2019 Note from the editor More U.S. cities and states are targeting carbon-free power, but few have achieved it. Earlier this month, I took a 2,800 mile road trip through four of the six cities able to claim 100% of their electricity comes from renewable energy.
First stop: Rock Port, Missouri. In 2008, it became the first city that could claim to get all its power from wind.
The man who started it all, Eric Chamberlain, met me at a McDonald's off I-29 one Sunday morning and Rock Port was just the beginning. Over the past decade, the county has added 251 turbines, providing $6 million annually in tax benefits for an agricultural community rocked by unprecedented floods and severe weather.
This is the first of a four part series. Keep watching your inbox for the next installments from Greensburg, Kansas; Georgetown, Texas; and Aspen, Colorado.
Thanks for reading,
 Catherine Morehouse
Associate Editor, Utility Dive
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