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Transcript of City Energy Plan
City Energy Plans
! Set long term energy goals.
! Express community values.
! Focus and rally community support.
! Provide a broad framework for evaluating initiatives by city government, public utilites.
Holland needs an energy plan!
! Our citizens expect it.
! It's already partly written.
! We're commissioned to finish it.
All kinds of cities have energy plans.
Santa Monica & Chicago
Seattle, WA & Cambridge, MA
Austin, TX & Fort Collins, CO
London & New York
Traverse City & Riverside CA
City Energy Plans are Data Driven
eg, Benefit/Cost Ratios, Local Trends
A Few of Chicago's 2020 Goals
! Retrofit 50% of commercial and industrial buildings to achieve 30% energy reduction.
! Improve 50% of residential buildings to achieve 30% energy reduction.
! 20% renewable energy generation.
Riverside Energy Plan
City Energy Plans Have Lifecycles
! Citizen groups like ours write them
" with community involvement,
" with input from utility companies,
" with data driven discussion,
" with advice from independent experts.
! City Councils enact them.
! Everyone tracks them annually.
Community Input Examples
Traverse City
Chicago
Expert Advice ExamplesCambridge and Holland
Holland's Energy Plan??
! Now
95+% electricity from fossil fuel.
! By 2012
21.5% from conservation & wind according to BPW filings for PA295.
! For 2020 – need a goal and a plan!
We need to finish the plan by...
! Making a commitment to do the work.
" Schedule community hearings for input from all stakeholders.
" Solicit advice and analysis from independent experts.
! Setting a timetable to complete the work.
References
Austin, TX http://www.austinenergy.com/about%20us/newsroom/Reports/strategicPlan.pdf
Cambridge, MA http://cambridgeenergyalliance.org/about/mission
Chicago, IL http://www.chicagoclimateaction.org/filebin/pdf/finalreport/CCAPREPORTFINAL.pdf
Fort Collins, CO http://www.fcgov.com/electric/pdf/energy-policy.pdf
London, UK http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/energy/index.jsp
New York, NY http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/energy_task_force.pdf
Riverside, CA http://riversideca.gov/utilities/pdf/gp/actionplan-june.pdf
SantaMonica, CA http://www01.smgov.net/epd/scpr/ResourceConservation/RC3_EnergyUse.htm
Seattle, WA http://seattle.gov/light/conserve/docs/Conservation_5_Year_Action_Plan.pdf
TraverseCity, MI http://www.tclp.org/TCLP-2009-Strategic-Goals.pdf