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Council members support clean energy push.
Jill Sheridan/WFYI
The Indianapolis City-County Council introduced a special resolution that encourages Indianapolis Power and Light company, IPL, to go further on a recent plan to stop burning coal.
A majority of members stood in support of the resolution. Councilman Zach Adamson says it calls for the Petersburg Plant to quit coal by 2028, instead of its stated 2042.
"And replace any needed capacity with clean renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy storage," says Adamson.
IPL gets more than half of its energy from this coal plant. Democratic Councilman Keith Potts says the city has already committed to clean energy and it needs IPL’s help.
"The City-County Council passed a resolution that initiated a process to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency and renewable energy use and create a climate change resilient city that will protect future generations," says Potts.
Indianapolis’s Thrive Plan approved last year gives the city of goal of 100 percent renewable energy use by 2050.
The council also moved along proposals to address tenant rights and study violence reduction efforts.
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