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!
Stop by the GEC booth at Glendale’s 2025 Earth Day Fair on Saturday, April 26 from 11 am – 3 pm at Verdugo Park!
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!
City Council, 6 PM: Proclamation Designating April 22, 2025, as Earth Day; Commission Appointments; Comprehensive Analysis on all Dedicated Irrigation Meters and Mixed-Use Meters PSA; Artificial Turf Field Replacement at Pacific Park/Edison Elementary
City Council, 6 PM: Verdugo Wash Grant Funds Acceptance & Consultant
City Council, 3 PM: Electric Police Car Procurement; Fleet Electrification Plan Update; study of the feasibility of opening the Scholl Canyon Landfill (SCLF) wasteshed & 6 PM: Prohibitions on the Use of Polystyrene Products and Single Use Plastics (Ordinance Expansion and Motions to Support Restaurants)
City Council, 6 PM: Verdugo Wash Grant Funds Acceptance & Consultant; 1 PM: Fleet Electrification Plan Update
City Council, 6 PM: 2023 Power Content Label; Glendale Water and Power, re: Plan to Increase Glendale Water and Power (GWP) Customer Solar Adoption and Develop Additional Distributed Energy Resources (E3 Study)
City Council, 6 PM: Assm. Friedman Legislative Update; Various PSA and PSA updates for Water Conservation Compliance Efforts, Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, Recycling Center Master Plan, Grayson Unit 9 Chiller Maintenance.
GEC voted to endorse Measure GCC as the improvements to the Glendale Community College campuses are significant and include many alignments with GEC’s values and objectives.
City Council, 6 PM: GWP Public Benefits Charge accidental overcharge and us of surplus revenue to increase rebates.
324 schools in California, including Glenoaks Elementary and Fremont Elementary in GUSD, will be installing dishwashers thanks to funding acquired by Senator Portantino, inspired by advocacy by GEC and GREEN LUNCHROOM and the original pilot at Franklin Elementary!
GEC Endorses Climate Leaders: Assemblymember Laura Friedman, Nick Schultz and Sasha Renée Pérez in our next election!
The proposed solar project at the Sports Complex is one of six, phase-one City Owned Solar projects that will help generate local clean energy in Glendale. The canopy solar at the Sports Complex parking lot will have a 1,343 kW capacity, generating over 2 million kWh of clean solar energy annually and provide shade (a bonus!) for parked cars.
City Council, 6 PM: Verdugo Wash Project Phase-Two Study