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April 9, 2015 at 11:27 am #1153Carly JohanssonModerator
Using the internet, find out if the community you live or work in has a community energy and emissions plan. If you cannot find one for your community, check out the largest community in your province or territory. Does this CEEP include mention of local economic development opportunities?
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April 14, 2015 at 10:35 am #1157Jen GrebeldingerKeymaster
Five to ten years ago, all 33 of the communities in the NWT had Community Energy Plans completed as part of the Integrated Community Sustainability Planning process that was undertaken & wrapped up by ~2010. In order for communities to receive their gas tax credit, they were required to create a CEP, either through a more involved/engaged process or a more straight forward template-based process.
A few of these CEP’s are quite detailed and were thoughtfully crafted. The community of Whati (2004) and the City of Yellowknife (2006) are the two most notable CEP’s for the NWT. Unfortunately, many of the CEP’s completed for the remainder of the NWT were done by way of a template, with the assistance of a consultant for 2/3 of the communities or Arctic Energy Alliance for the remaining 1/3.
As a result, the CEP’s resulting from the less involved/engaged process are not readily being drawn upon for many of the communities’ planning processes. The relatively high turnover in Senior Administrative Officers (SAO’s) and Band Managers also contributes to the disconnect with these past planning processes, if current Staff are not familiar with these details. The most active community connecting back with its’ CEP commitments is the capital city, Yellowknife, while a few smaller communities are taking various energy conserving actions, without directly connecting these to recommendations in their previously completed CEP’s.
You can see Yk’s CEP: http://aea.nt.ca/communities/yellowknife I don’t see any direct mention of local economic development opportunities in Yk’s CEP but I am aware of a variety of opportunities that have come about wrt these efforts such as the start-up of a whole wood pellet boiler/stove installation and supply industry and increases in Solar PV installations pushing for greater business opportunities to arise for local contractors, to mention just a few.
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April 28, 2015 at 12:22 pm #1165Carly JohanssonModerator
Whitehorse has had an interesting history with energy planning. The City put together an energy plan in 2004, that did not emphasize economic development, and which was never implemented. The City put together another plan in 2012 that focused exclusively on financial savings (Yukon is not required to do a CEEI), which has met with significant interest and support from the City administration. The contrast between the two is very interesting and suggests, to my eye anyway, that a firm business case is fundamental to gaining support from wary administrations and economic development (including financial savings) is (and will continue to be) important to building support for energy planning and implementation in Yukon.
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May 5, 2015 at 3:17 pm #1167Carly JohanssonModerator
Here in Victoria BC, the CEEP mentions Economic Development in the context of plans and strategies that support or bolster the CEEP such as developing a Economic Development Strategy focusing on clean technology. The CEEP goes on to speak on a high level about the economic development opportunities and benefits that can occur from investments in transportation and transit systems.
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May 11, 2015 at 10:06 pm #1173Jen GrebeldingerKeymaster
Yes, Salt Spring has long had Energy and Emission plans, but I’ve not seen any mention of economic development opportunities. I think we are working on this at the grassroots level. It’s not yet clear to me if our political leadership realizes how much intention needs to be focused on these kinds of developments.
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May 22, 2015 at 3:09 pm #1178Jen GrebeldingerKeymaster
HI Geoff – It’s so great to hear of cities such as Vistoria that have been leading the way in their efforts to address these important issues of energy use & reduction of emissions.
What has been the main driving force for the Victoria CEEP efforts? Is it the municipality itself or a corporate or non-profit organization helping to drive the process?
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June 4, 2015 at 3:07 pm #1214Carly JohanssonModerator
Teresa
In the case of Victoria CEEP – there is strong recognition that partnerships outside the Municipal government are needed. It is unclear as to who is leading the process now that it was adopted by council. Also unclear is whether or not the recognized need re-evaluate success and progress has happened – those documents are a bit harder to find. I suspect that unless there is a really “sexy” project, that the public just wouldn’t hear about the steps until the next major planning document comes along or until milestone time points are hit and a re-evaluation occurs then.
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