Make the most of LGCAP funding
CEA provides planning and implementation support to help activate BC’s Local Government Climate Action Program
The Local Government Climate Action Program provides funding to local governments and Modern Treaty Nations for climate initiatives. This funding supports timely action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prepare communities for the impacts of a changing climate, and create new opportunities for people in the clean economy.
As an organization dedicated to accelerating local action on climate and energy, CEA can help plan and implement local projects. Whether you are analysing greenhouse gas emissions, or going further to advance electric vehicle adoption, housing retrofits, renewable energy investment, or extreme weather adaptation, CEA can help. We’ll even help with fulfilling the LGCAP reporting requirements, including compiling energy and emissions inventories. Let’s talk!
Access support from CEA
Review some of the possibilities below, then reach out Peter Robinson, Director of Climate Planning and Research to start working with CEA.
Support with planning and implementation
CEA planning and research staff can provide a variety of services to help communities plan and implement local climate mitigation and resilience initiatives. These services qualify as LGCAP-eligible expenses.
| Corporate Energy and Emissions Plan | Delivery of a full plan covering your corporate operations, including: corporate energy and emissions inventory and modeling; reduction target setting; staff engagement; actions development and implementation resources.
Estimated Price: from $22,500
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| EV-Ready Corporate Fleet Plan | Electric vehicle fleet and charging infrastructure assessments.
Estimated Price: from $15,000. May qualify for BC Hydro EV Ready Fleet Plan’s 50% rebate.
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| Shared Corporate Energy Manager | CEA offers a Shared Corporate Energy Manager service to communities over a 2-year period. During this time, you will receive baseline data analysis, strategic energy management planning, energy assessments and implementation of measures to reach electricity-saving targets.
Estimated Price: from $10,000 per year, match-funded by BC Hydro.
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| Community Climate Action Plan | Delivery of a full plan, including: community-wide energy and emissions inventory and modeling; reduction target setting; community engagement; actions development and implementation resources; integration of co-benefits and equity considerations.
Estimated Price: from $22,500 with option to add low-carbon resilience or adaptation planning.
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| Community Energy and Emissions Inventory | Compile community inventory using BC’s CEEI data and additional datasets provided by local government staff.
Estimated Price: From $2,800
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| Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment | Report includes: local climate projections and hazard analysis; GIS mapping; assessment of exposure and sensitivity of natural and built systems and vulnerable populations; participatory development of impact scenarios and evaluation of vulnerability, adaptive capacity, and likelihood and consequence; and identification of top-priority climate risks to guide adapatation planning.
Estimated Price: from $25,000. Grant funding may be available.
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| Implementation support
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CEA’s expert staff can support your corporate and community initiatives. Services include public and staff engagement, corporate energy management, data analysis, project management, industry capacity development, design and delivery of programs, etc.
Estimated Price: Ask for details.
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Support with LGCAP reporting
LGCAP recipients can find or create any tool that meets their needs for measuring and reporting on corporate greenhouse gas emissions. CEA has extensive experience in this area and can build tailored tools for your community. Our staff are also available to support completion of the online survey.
| LGCAP survey support | Tailored assistance, including desktop review of available documents and interviews, and input into online survey portal.
Estimated Price: from $2,200
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| LGCAP energy and emissions inventory | Compile corporate emissions inventory for direct traditional services and contracted services to meet LGCAP requirements, based on data provided by local government staff.
Estimated Price: from $2,800
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Note for small communities
Starting in 2026, all local governments with populations over 5,000 will need to report their corporate traditional services inventories for the previous calendar year.
Previously communities under 10,000 were exempt. The Province of BC recommends these communities start collecting and managing their energy and emissions data as soon as possible.
About the LGCAP
The Province of BC’s Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) launched in 2022, replacing the former Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP) that ran from 2010-2021. It provides funding to BC local governments and Modern Treaty Nations. Eligible initiatives are aligned with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 (PDF, 9MB) and the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy.
Funding is allocated to all eligible BC local governments and Modern Treaty Nations based on annual base funding of $38,082 plus a top-up of up to $3 per capita. In 2024, the Province allocated three years' worth of funding in a lump sum. To date, over $120 million has been disbursed.
Spending deadline
LGCAP funds are to be spent by March 31, 2028 on climate action staffing and initiatives.
Annual reporting requirements
CEA can support local governments with fulfilling their LGCAP annual reporting requirements.
May 1 to July 31: Recipients must complete and submit the LGCAP online survey and attestation form (provided to the primary contact by the Province). The following information is required:
- Corporate and community-level projects, including those related to buildings, transportation, community climate planning and related investments, climate resilience.
- For local governments with populations exceeding 10,000: Measure and report GHG emissions from traditional services, including those from contracted services.
- A Chief Financial Officer, or equivalent position, must sign the attestation form at the end of the survey.
- This survey and attestation form must be published publicly by Sep. 30.
Starting in 2026, the emissions reporting requirement will apply to local governments with populations over 5,000. CEA can assist communities to start collecting and managing their 2025 energy and emissions data in preparation for this change.
