Current reporting period: calendar year 2025 · Updated 2026-07-15
Greensboro made 21 department-level energy commitments. Six appeared in the latest report.
This independent dashboard tracks what the City committed to, what it reports has happened, what remains unverified, and which goals disappeared from annual reporting.
City-reported progress and independently verified findings are kept visibly distinct.
The City says it cut its own climate pollution over 40% compared to 2007 — and reached that goal a year early, though the number isn't independently confirmed yet. Its next goal, running entirely on clean energy by 2040, has barely started. New to this site? Start with the two-minute plain-language guide →
SEP at a glance
The reporting record, generated from source data
Most department goals were absent from 2025 reporting; absence is a reporting gap, not proof that work stopped.
1 · The commitment
A 20-year plan links renewable energy, efficiency, emissions, and equitable transition.
Council’s 2019 resolution called for a Strategic Energy Plan, a 40% operational greenhouse-gas reduction, 100% renewable City operations by 2040, biennial inventories, and annual public progress reports.
Read the commitment timeline2 · Latest reported progress
Six of 21 department goals received a goal-specific 2025 update.
Reported means the annual report addresses the goal. It does not mean a target was independently verified or completed.
Inspect reported goals and their evidence3 · Missing or unverifiable
Fifteen goals had no goal-specific update in the latest report.
The dashboard says “not reported,” not “inactive.” Where source data cannot support a conclusion, the honest state is unknown.
See goals absent from reporting4 · Disappeared from reporting
Three previously reported goals went silent in 2025.
Transportation gasoline, Field Operations diesel, and Community Incentives appeared in both earlier annual reports and then received no 2025 goal-specific update.
Trace their year-by-year record5 · Funding and reporting
Funded goals were reported more often in this 21-goal dataset.
Four of five funded goals were reported, compared with two of 16 goals without linked active funding. This is an association in a small descriptive dataset; it does not establish that funding caused reporting or progress.
Explore funding and denominatorsReporting matrix preview
Compare every goal across 2023, 2024, and 2025, then open any cell’s supporting source.
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