SUBJECT: Consent Agenda
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Energy Action Plan 2.0 Completion Report
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works, Sustainability
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Tyler Kesler, Sustainability Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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Review Energy Action Plan 2.0 Completion Report and Support Implementation
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Town of Erie first applied to participate in Partners in Energy in 2017. With the input of a broad community stakeholder group, the Town adopted its first Energy Action Plan in 2018. The 2018 Plan established strategies for three key focus areas, which included new construction building codes, existing business recognition and outreach campaigns, and municipal leadership with benchmarking and energy audits. From April 2018 through September 2019, Erie received support from Partners in Energy to implement the strategies outlined in the Energy Action Plan and by the end of 2020, Erie achieved or vastly exceeded the goals established in the 2018 Energy Action Plan. The impact of the Action Plan achievements resulted in offsetting 1.5 GWh of electricity and saving $137,000 community-wide.
As evidenced from the first Energy Action Plan success, the Town has demonstrated emerging leadership in energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption. Given this progress, myriad energy programs, projects, and burgeoning opportunities, Erie continues to identify and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy values across multiple departments. To formalize and better understand the landscape and relationship of energy opportunities in the future, and to identify a subset of opportunities that could benefit from additional implementation support, the Town reapplied to participate in another round of the Partners in Energy planning in March 2021 and was awarded another grant for technical support to develop the Energy Action Plan 2.0.
In the Town's reapplication to Partners in Energy, some of the most pressing issues that surf...
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