Daily edition | Nov. 25, 2019 Note from the editor Today, Utility Dive is running part two of a four-part series on cities able to claim they run on 100% renewable energy.
In 2017, Georgetown, Texas, became the largest city in the U.S. able to make this claim. The conservative town and its outgoing mayor were heralded by major environmentalists, including Al Gore and Bernie Sanders. But after power bills spiked last year, the city has faced some tough questions.
The first installment of our four-part series, on Rock Port, Missouri, can be found here. Watch your inbox next week for the last two installments from Greensburg, Kansas, and Aspen, Colorado.
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