Community Energy Planning for the City of Guelph
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Energy
Project value$140,000
Project Type
Plan
Sub Sector
Energy Management – PCP Plan
Grant amount$70,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
City of Guelph, ON
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
143,740
Project timeline
2007 - 2011
Project number
7281
Description
The City of Guelph will undertake a community energy planning process that will include meeting the first three Milestones of FCM’s Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program. The process will result in a community energy plan (CEP) that includes a long-term strategy for prioritizing energy considerations in community planning and development and a five-year local action plan (LAP) to increase clean energy usage. The CEP process will guide the City on how best to meet or exceed PCP objectives of a 20 per cent corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and a six per cent community GHG emission reduction, compared to a 1994 baseline, by 2010. The planning study will engage a wide range of community and other stakeholders including energy suppliers, distributors, consumers, planners, educators and others whose activities influence the needs, perceptions and behaviours of both energy supply and demand. The goal is to agree on and articulate a vision of the community’s energy future, to document the community’s baseline energy state and social assets, and to begin to identify, prioritize and initiate specific projects and programs that will move the community forward.
Applicant
City of Guelph, ON