

100% Renewable Truckee
Moving Truckee Towards A Renewable and Sustainable Future
100% Renewable Truckee's dedicated team of volunteers works with the Town of Truckee, the Truckee Donner PUD and other stakeholders to implement the following sustainability initiatives within the town of Truckee:
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transition to 100% renewable electricity town-wide by 2030
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transition to 100% renewable energy in all sectors town-wide by 2050
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80% reduction in carbon emissions from the 2019 baseline by 2040.
Latest News

December 9, 2022
Induction Cooktop Webinar with Chef Galarza 12/8
Professional Chef Galarza discusses induction cooktops

July 1, 2021
Rewiring Communities Report
Rewiring America's plan to accelerate climate action and environmental justice by investing in household electrification at the local level.

May 11, 2021
Utilities at the Forefront
Canary Media: What's different about the utilities at the forefront of the energy transition?

April 5, 2021
RMI Building Electrification
Rocky Mountain Institute has a whole collection of great articles on building electrification

May 2, 2022
How #ElectrifyEverything meshes with Carbon Pricing
A price on carbon would improve the cost competitiveness of electric solutions relative to their fossil fuel counterparts. So enacting a price on carbon would speed the adoption of this crucial piece of the climate solutions puzzle.

June 3, 2021
The case for upfront incentives to electrify everything in US homes
A report from Rewiring America and the Center for American Progress asks policymakers to make the replacement of electric appliances as cheap and easy as possible.

May 7, 2021
California's Proposed Building Codes
Canary Media: California's proposed building code boosts all-electric, but it doesn’t stop natural gas

April 1, 2021
Eight Benefits of Building Electrification
Rocky Mountain Institute list of reasons to electrify our buildings makes a powerful case.

July 19, 2021
How Rural Electric Cooperatives Can Power Through California Outages with Microgrids
Rural electric cooperatives often don’t own their own power resources and usually rely on other utilities’ lines for importing power, which can create challenges during public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) or grid outages. Microgrids can help solve these problems.

May 28, 2021
Distributed energy is not an alternative to big power plants — it's a complement
Why rooftop solar and home batteries make a clean grid vastly more affordable

May 5, 2021
Electrification Futures Study
Through the Electrification Futures Study (EFS), NREL explored the impacts of widespread electrification in all U.S. economic sectors.

January 7, 2021
How 100% clean energy could power our cities and towns
Grist has produced a 6min video explaining how we can get to 100% clean energy