City Energy Plans !
Set long term energy goals.
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Express community values.
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Focus and rally community support.
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Provide a broad framework for evaluating initiatives by city government, public utilites.
Holland needs an energy plan! !
Our citizens expect it.
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It's already partly written.
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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 !
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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,
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with input from utility companies,
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with data driven discussion,
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with advice from independent experts.
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City Councils enact them.
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Everyone tracks them annually.
Community Input Examples
Traverse City
Chicago
Expert Advice Examples Cambridge 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.
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For 2020 – need a goal and a plan!
We need to finish the plan by... !
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Making a commitment to do the work. "
Schedule community hearings for input from all stakeholders.
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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