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City Council Watch – November 18, 2025

Review of 2024 GWP Power Content Label; Adoption of AC to Heat Pump (AC2HP) Ordinance

City Council Watch – October 28, 2025

On the Agenda: Central Park Block Improvements Project bids; Zone ZERO Update

City Council Recap – September 9, 2025

Public Benefits Budget approval (GWP); vote to bring back AC to Heat Pump (AC2HP) Reach Code Ordinance in December; funding for “Vehicle to Everything” (V2X) study

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GEC – AC to Heat Pump Webinar

GEC & U.S. Green Building Council California are hosting a free webinar Friday Dec 8 on Zoom to help educate residents on Glendale, California’s newly-passed Air Conditioning to Heat Pump (AC2HP) ordinance.

GEC helps plant an entire block of Oaks in South Glendale!

GEC helped plant a new block of Engelmann Oaks in South Glendale in front of GUSD HQ in collaboration with GUSD, Glendale Open Space & Parks Foundation, North East Trees!

GEC Joins Glendale Public Works at Cruise Night!

GEC Board members Elise Kalfayan, Monica Campagna, and Nick Dadizokian were happy to join Glendale Public Works staff at their Cruise Night display of three new heavy duty zero-emission vehicles!

The Eland Solar & Battery Project is delivering to Glendale

The Eland Solar & Battery Project (Kern County, CA) is now delivering peak-demand energy to Glendale, and GWP announces new solar on the way from the Milford Solar Project (Utah) + A review of our current Power Content Labels and clean energy goals. How is Glendale doing?

2025 Earth Day Festivities & Glendale’s First Electric Bus!

GEC had a blast at Glendale’s 2025 Earth Day Fair and GCC’s 2025 Earth Day Event + Glendale’s first Electric Beeline Bus Unveiled!

City Owned Solar Development Program Update

The GWP Perkins 184 kW Solar Array is connected! The Perkins Building Rooftop Solar Project is the first initiative of Phase 1 of the Community Solar: City-Owned Program. Phase 1 will provide approximately 4.9 megawatts of clean, locally-generated solar power to Glendale’s grid. GEC congratulates GWP on this milestone!

“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our movement to stop it.”

—Bill McKibben

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Use of Gas Powered Leaf Blowers is Banned in Glendale

Skip the Stuff means No Utensils etc without asking!

Enforcement of Gas Leafblower Ban Begins Sept 1

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4 days ago

Lots of policies that affect Glendale start at the state level. What did you think about what you heard from the lead candidates for Governor of the State of California after watching this forum (broadcast Jan 28, 2026) on energy policy and our move away from fossil fuels? Let us know in comments. We are curious!Want to hear what former Climate and Energy Policy LA Times reporter Sammy Roth has to say? Subscribe to his new newsletter, Climate Colored Goggles on Substack ( www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/ )www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsLcWGl_BII ... See MoreSee Less

Our Climate Future: A Forum with California's Next Governor

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Californians are facing an affordability crisis driven by the climate crisis—and voters are hungry for leadership that will protect communities and make our ...

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Glendale Environmental Coalition

4 days ago

Please help us get this bill passed in CA! It will help renters and multi-family residents have access to the free power from the sun to help lower their electricity bills, without a bunch of red tape. Ask your CA REP to support! You can send a quick form letter here: solarrights.org/plug-in-1/"Earlier this year, Utah became the first state in the US to pass legislation allowing people to purchase balcony solar equipment. In other states, there are laws on the books that make balcony solar illegal, but according to The Guardian that is about to change. Bills have been introduced in the legislatures in New York and Pennsylvania that would allow people to add balcony solar to their homes. Vermont, Maryland, and New Hampshire are expected to follow soon as well.“Plug-in solar is a powerful tool to deliver enhanced energy independence and affordability to millions of New Yorkers who are currently shut out of the solar economy,” said Liz Krueger, a New York state senator who has sponsored a bill to allow balcony solar. She said her tweak to state law will be “a game changer for renters, low-income New Yorkers, and many others who can’t install rooftop solar.”According to Kevin Chou, executive director of Bright Saver, a nonprofit that champions the adoption of balcony solar panels, “There’s now so much interest in this. The federal administration has been so negative to clean energy that people have thought ‘OK what can we do at the state level?’ and this has been one of those things. There’s real momentum behind this now. In states where electricity is more expensive, in particular, I think we will see market forces really carry this far."(reference: cleantechnica.com/2025/12/01/more-us-states-are-promoting-balcony-solar/ ) ... See MoreSee Less

Help bring Plug-In Solar to California

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Ask your state legislator to support SB 868 (Wiener), the Plug Into the Sun Act. Let's bring Plug-In Solar, aka Balcony Solar to California!

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Glendale Environmental Coalition

5 days ago

GEC supports this legislation to put the power of solar, without red tape and fees, into the hands of renters and multi-family residents. Let’s get this common sense bill passed! Ask your representative to support. For us, that’s Assm Nick Schultz, Senator Sasha Perez and Senator Jessica Caloza. Send them an email or call them, to let them know you want them to support SB 868! #yesonsb868 ... See MoreSee Less

Portable solar panels can now be hung from a balcony, set out on a patio, or placed in your yard, and then simply plugged into a wall outlet just like a toaster. This new technology is taking off in places like Germany but has yet to truly arrive in the United States. Let’s change that. Take action now to help pass the “Plug Into the Sun Act” at the link in bio! #pluginsolar #pluginPV #balconysolar #plugintothesun #rooftopsolar

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