Clean Energy & Electrification
Audit Verdict · Mixed Authority
Fleet electrification, city-facility efficiency, and EV infrastructure are feasible, but fuel bans and broader grid-decarbonization mandates remain outside city power.
Parts deliverable. Headline promise runs into preemption, fragility, or outside control.
The Promise
Expand solar and efficiency, electrify fleets, grow EV infrastructure, lower energy bills, and use an OUC board seat to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels.
Analysis
The city can electrify what it owns and can advocate inside OUC governance. It cannot ban private hookups or dictate regional energy-market decisions that rest with independent utility and state structures.
Legislative Record
Her climate record includes caucus leadership and opposition to anti-net-metering legislation, but that does not change the city's legal authority over private fuel choice.
Implementation Barriers
Several headline proposals depend on tools Florida has already preempted, turning them into immediate legal barriers rather than municipal implementation choices.
- Rent control and expanded tenant protections despite F.S. 125.0103 and HB 1417
- Living wage and local hiring mandates blocked by HB 433/SB 742
- Gun regulations and Citizen Review Board pledges under F.S. 790.33 and HB 601
A portion of the inventory depends on agencies where the mayor has limited board representation, informal influence, or no direct management authority.
- SunRail is owned and operated by FDOT; weekend service requires state funding
- LYNX is a regional board where the mayor holds one of five seats
- Orange County Public Schools and UCF are independent entities outside mayoral control