Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: 2025 ENERGY MASTER PLAN
Action
ACTION: ADOPT METRO'S ENERGY MASTER PLAN
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ADOPT the Energy Master Plan recommendations (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
Metro's energy supply is fundamental to sustaining operations, advancing clean energy and environmental goals, and ensuring system resiliency. Yet the external energy landscape is marked by increasing supply constraints, rising costs, and heightened vulnerability to climate-driven disruptions. At the same time, Metro's expanding portfolio of energy assets-such as electric vehicle charging infrastructure, solar panels, and energy storage systems-requires not only capital investment, but also ongoing integration through software platforms, cybersecurity protections, and a skilled workforce capable of managing and optimizing these technologies.
In this context, Metro's 2025 Energy Master Plan (EMP) provides the agency with a timely opportunity to proactively design a comprehensive energy ecosystem plan. The EMP addresses projected energy needs, identifies cost-effective strategies for clean energy generation, and recommends targeted investments in energy management technologies and resiliency projects that will enable Metro to meet future demand while controlling costs and strengthening system reliability.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Metro 2025 EMP represents the agency's first formal energy master planning update since the Energy Conservation and Management Plan (ECMP) was developed and adopted in 2011. Since that time, Metro has implemented numerous energy-related initiatives, established and made progress toward ambitious energy and climate goals, and deployed on-site renewable energy and electric vehicle charging systems across its operations.
Changing external conditions now requires a more proactive and integrated approach. Macroeconomic realities-including energy supply constraints driven b...
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