Boston council hears ordinance expanding city energy revenue fund

City Council 2026-08-04 1000 · Meeting of August 4, 2026

Boston council reviews fund change aimed at cooling overheated schools. The Committee on Government Operations, chaired in the chair's absence by Vice Chair Ruthzee Louijeune, heard testimony from Environment Department Commissioner Oliver Salas-Garcia and Municipal Energy Unit Director Chris Kramer on an ordinance expanding the city's Distributed Energy Resource Revenue Revolving Fund beyond Boston Public Schools buildings. Kramer projected $150,000 in new annual revenue, raising the fund from roughly $50,000 to roughly $200,000 a year, and said completed efficiency work already avoids an estimated $500,000 annually in building-emissions compliance costs.

Councilor Erin J. Murphy pressed on whether the change would help classrooms that hit "90, 95 degrees," and Salas-Garcia said that is the explicit goal. No public testimony was offered and no vote was taken on docket 1223.

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Source: the City Council 2026-08-04 1000 meeting of August 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.