The State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform is a tool to enable more data-driven state and local energy planning by integrating dozens of distinct sources of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and (coming in 2020) sustainable transportation data and analyses.

This fact sheet outlines the basic overview features, purpose, and additional information for the State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform. SLOPE is a collaboration between nine U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technology offices and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), integrates and delivers jurisdictionally resolved potential and projection data on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation in an easy-to-access online platform to enable data-driven state and local energy planning and decision-making.

The State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform is a free, easy-to-use online platform to support data-driven state and local energy and decarbonization planning.

This is a very brief description of the State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) platform and State and Local Energy Profiles datasets to be included in the Tools issue of the Colorado chapter of the American Planning Association newsletter.

The State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform is a free and easy-to-access online platform that helps energy planners at state and local levels make data-driven decisions to achieve their communities' energy goals.