LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — Lower Providence Township committed to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050 during a recent council meeting, marking the 19th municipality in the county to make a similar pledge.
It means that now more than a third of all Montgomery County residents are living in communities committed to eliminating fossil fuel dependence within 26 years.
The township also agreed to transition first to renewable energy in electricity usage by 2035, before more gradually transitioning away from other forms of energy for heat, transportation, and other sections by 2050.
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“This follows other actions our township has taken in recent years, including the adoption of a Sustainability Resolution in 2019, the establishment of an Environmental Advisory Council in2020, the addition of sustainability best practices to the Comprehensive Plan in 2023, and now a commitment to 100 percent clean energy in Lower Providence by mid-century,” Lower Providence Supervisor Gary Neights said in a statement.
Nearby Norristown led the way in 2019 when it became among the first municipalities in the nation to pass a similar resolution.
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It’s part of the Ready for 100 campaign, organized by the Sierra Club and now a special team in Montgomery County government.
Other municipalities in Montgomery County with similar resolutions along with Norristown and Lower Providence are Ambler, Bridgeport, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Narberth, Abington, Cheltenham, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Plymouth, Springfield, Upper Dublin, Upper Merion, West Norriton, Whitemarsh, and Whitpain.
Lower Providence officials said their next step would be draft an “energy transition plan” that will lay out a roadmap for exactly how the township will achieve its goals.
The Montgomery County Planning Commission, meanwhile, is in the process of creating a Climate Action Plan that will provide more guidance to municipalities who have made these commitments.
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