11,000 jobs, $1.4 billion in savings: what a decade of green banking built in Philadelphia
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM An impressive $14.7 million from the city. $1.3 billion in economic investment returned. $1.4 billion in energy savings. 11,000 jobs created. Those are the results of the Philadelphia Energy Campaign’s first decade, according to a 10-year economic impact report released last month. The financing model that made this possible Emily Schapira, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA), describes the core approach as stacking. “The stacking and
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