FY26 Energy Usage Review
At a glance
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- What: committee review of the city's FY26 electricity and fuel usage, presented by David Ingram.
- Where it stands: electricity fell slightly (22.78 million kWh in FY25 to 21.54 million in FY26). Fuel data is incomplete because the fire department has not reported.
- Next: Ingram will bring an energy-intensity (per square foot) comparison to the next meeting, a fleet cost-savings slide, and the completed fuel data.
Electricity
- Drivers: police headquarters ventilation work, LED replacements, consolidation into Skyline Center.
- Members asked for normalization by square footage and occupancy, floor-level submeters at Skyline Center (one meter serves the building), and a Duke Energy rate-schedule check. New time-of-use rates saved money.
Fuel and fleet
- Data covers 693 of roughly 750 vehicles; fire department excluded (FY25: about 59,000 gallons, $153,000).
- Cost per mile: standard sedans about 22 cents vs hybrid sedans about 7 cents; light-duty pickups about 21 cents vs hybrid Ford Maverick about 8 cents. Many of the sedans are police Chargers. Two Nissan Leafs used 94.2 kWh costing $91.
- Members, including Richard Smith, questioned police vehicle choice and take-home vehicles; Andrea Bennett asked for an ROI estimate of shifting part of the fleet. Ingram did not have answers on police vehicle selection.
Sources
- https://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/services/sustainability/clean-energy-advisory-committee-agenda_101226.pdf
- Video: Clean Energy Advisory Committee, 2026-10-12
Discussion time
About 37 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 - Clean Energy Advisory Committee | 37 |
Log
- 2026-10-12 - Clean Energy Advisory Committee - FY26 electricity and fuel data presented; follow-ups requested; no vote.
- 2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.