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<br />New Brighton Energy Action Plan 3 <br />WHERE WE ARE NOW <br />An integral part of the Partners in Energy planning process is reviewing historic energy data that informs <br />our community’s energy baseline. Xcel Energy provided data on energy use, energy conservation <br />program participation and savings, and renewable energy program participation and generation for New <br />Brighton as detailed in the following sections. See Appendix A: Baseline Energy Analysis for a <br />comprehensive picture of New Brighton’s baseline energy data. <br />Community Demographics1 <br />As of 2020, New Brighton’s population of just over 22,500 lived in approximately 9,000 housing units. <br />Eighteen percent of residents speak a language other than English and 75% of residents identify as <br />white. New Brighton’s poverty rate of 11% falls squarely in the range of some peer cities. With 92% of its <br />housing built before 2000, most New Brighton residents live in housing stock with significant <br />opportunity for energy efficiency improvements because of age and older building codes. Additionally, <br />39% of units in New Brighton are renter-occupied, a higher proportion than New Brighton’s peer cities. <br />This presents unique opportunities for energy efficiency measures targeted at renter-occupied units. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 Demographic data sourced from US Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2020 5-year estimates