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2011 Energy Matters Summit

The City of Guelph’s

Community Energy Initiative

May 3, 2011

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Today

• The Plan• Implementation – Think Tank• Governance and Partnerships• Major Activities to Date• So What?

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Community Energy Plan (2007 – 2031)

50% less energy use per capita

60% less GHG emissions per capita

Population expected to grow by 50% by 2031 to 175,000 persons

1. Generation

2. Transmission

3. End-Use Efficiency/Conservation

4. Urban Form/Density• Transportation

• Energy Services

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Dysfunctional Energy System

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GHG reduction from:12 tonnes per capita

to5 tonnes per capita

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Local Drivers

• Increase competitiveness • Community resiliency• Energy security• Environmental sustainability• Managing population growth• Political and social pressure • Demonstrating municipal leadership (“Making a

Difference”)

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Highlights: From Planning to Implementation

Council endorsement, April 23rd, 2007

In 2008, Community Energy Plan was ranked Council’s #1 priority project for achieving the goals of the City’s Strategic Plan

Think Tank - A Consultation and Decision Process for Implementation

Green Energy Act – January 2009

Hiring of Community Energy Plan Program Manager (now Corp. Manager – Community Energy)

Community Energy Plan (CEP) relabeled to Community Energy Initiative (CEI) to reflect implementation activity

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Task Force – The Concept of “Scale Project”

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Defined in the CEP document as projects that “accelerate progress towards a successful implementation of the CEP” and “ensure long term implementation”.

Scale Projects Identified in the CEP:

Guelph Innovation District

Downtown District Energy

University of Guelph Integrated Energy Master Plan Initiative

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

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Task Force – Creation and Purpose

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At it’s meeting of September 28, 2009 Council approved:

The creation of a Mayor's Task Force on Community Energy to provide a governance structure to the multi- stakeholder implementation of the CEP;

The management and administration of the Task Force be under the direction of the City’s Chief Administrative Officer in consultation with the Mayor’s Office;

Council receive quarterly update reports from the Task Force.

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Building the Task Force – 2010

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Membership recruitment

Inaugural meeting: April, 2010.

Total three meetings in 2010. Bi-monthly scheduled for 2011

Committees struck, chairs appointed.

Mandates and Charters ratified for Task Force and Committees.

All Committees underway, with work plans complete or in development

Two year mandate – end 2012

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Task Force Membership

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Task Force CommitteesGovernance and FinanceChair: Guelph Hydro Inc.• Analyze investment requirements and resulting economic, environmental and

social impacts based on the targets specified in the CEI• Develop specific community indicators• Develop, update as necessary and recommend to the Task Force governance

principles and policies, applicable to the Task Force, and monitor compliance with such principles and policies.

• Develop sustainable funding model

Communication and Stakeholder EngagementChair: Guelph Chamber of Commerce• Develop an overall communication strategy for the Community Energy Initiative

for the community through partners and stakeholders• Develop a framework for engaging community-level stakeholders on issues

specific to the Community Energy Initiative

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Task Force CommitteesInter-GovernmentalChair: Ontario Power Authority (OPA)• Conservation and Demand Management: Aggregate and leverage multi-party

CDM activity toward a common CEI based goal• Federal/Provincial Advocacy: Creation of a team to develop an advocacy

strategy to maintain proactive and supportive relationships with Provincial and Federal agencies.

City Implementation Management TeamChair: Executive Director Mark Amorosi• Corporate: Set targets, develop policy, establish programs, implement projects

and report on results that establish the Corporation of the City of Guelph as a leader in energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions.

• Community: Pursue the goals of the Community Energy Initiative through the ongoing development of Planning and Economic policy, programs and processes.

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Task Force Achievements - 2010

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Governance is well established. Activities are quickly moving beyond governance to oversight and management.

Strong alignment with emerging national and provincial policy and programming on Integrated Community Energy Systems (ICES).

Maintaining leadership role

Funding!!

Consulted on advocacy, policy and program development

$400K Expression of Interest to OPA’s Conservation Fund. Several million dollars in funding opportunities. Main reasons:

Integrated

Strong Commitment, Governance and Oversight

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1. Generation

• Mandating Guelph Hydro Inc., through Council, to develop corporate energy efficiency and renewable energy generation projects.

• GHI is able to develop innovative partnerships• Solar rooftop on corporate rooftops is first. City-GHI

licences in place. 1 MW in OPA FIT Applications submitted.

• Solar land leases (to GHI) before Council.• Community-wide: 30 MicoFIT connected. 200

applications in process.• Community-wide: Estimated 50 MW in some stage of

development.

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Ecotricity

Landfill gas cogeneration with CHP Potential

Guelph Innovation District Energy System

Hospital District Energy System – Phase 1

Natural gas cogenerat

Downtown District Energy System – Phase 2

Hanlon Creek Business Park District Energy System

Wastewater Treatment Plant

University Cogeneration

Existing District Heating

CHP West End Community Centre

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2. Transmission

• Smart meter roll-out complete• TOU rates to apply late summer• Electric Vehicle pilot in development

– Survey complete• OCE Smartgrid proposals in development

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3. Conservation/Efficiency

• Very aggressive targets – efficiency to support growth.

• Status quo OEB-approved and regulated not at the scale necessary.

• Market-based efficiency activity requires scale-up and coordination.

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3. Conservation/Efficiency

• Green Impact Guelph (GIG): a community- based hub under the leadership of Guelph Environmental Leadership (GEL)

• Three main goals:1. Build and maintain a “hub” to act as a vehicle for

community outreach and to build and maintain relationships with individuals, households and neighbourhoods.

2. Coordinate and improve synergies and uptake of existing and future DSM and CDM activities as promoted by 3 utilities.

3. Coordinate and grow the “supply chain” of products and services to the conservation and efficiency market in Guelph

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4. Energy Density Mapping – Part 1 Overview

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Early 2009, City entered in a agreement with the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) to participate in multi- city project to develop energy density mapping tools and related planning processes.

Total project valued at over $900K – City contribution $60K

Main funders Ministry of Energy, Ontario Power Authority and Natural Resources Canada

Guelph the first City to complete first phase of long term development

Provincial-municipal alignment of Place to Grow Act and Green Energy Act with Growth Management Plan and Community Energy Initiative

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4. Energy Density Mapping – Part 1 Deliverables

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Draft Final Report

• Set baseline of current energy use across community

• Modeled various scenarios for improved efficiencies in new and existing buildings

• Reviewed various scenarios for energy efficiency transportation strategies

• General policy and program considerations

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4. Energy Density Mapping – Part 1 Deliverables

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Early Stage Mapping Tool

• Based on standard Geographical Information System (GIS) platform

• Actual electricity and natural gas data from utilities

• Shows concentrations of energy use and where it is located

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4. Energy Density Mapping – Part 2 Overview

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Initial assessment of Phase 1 is that more work needs to be done on assessing the integration and implementation of a Energy Density Mapping Strategy

Three key areas of assessment:

Administrative and related resource requirements

Legislative framework – Planning Act etc.

Market-based viewpoint: feedback, support and market intelligence from the development and property management industry.

• Three workshops conducted in late 2010 with representatives from the three areas of assessment

• $45K support from the Ontario Power Authority

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4. Energy Density Mapping – Part 2 Deliverables

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Final report delivered December, 2010

Key findings in three areas:

Maximizing Policy Opportunities - EDMS Implementation Workshop #1

Advancing Guelph Internal Capacity and Knowledge – EDMS Implementation Workshop #2

Engaging the Development Community – EDMS Implementation Workshop #3

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Economic Development and the CEI

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Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.

500 jobs

First of growing number of renewable companies and suppliers

Innovation Guelph – Solar Cluster

Renewable Energy Co-ops

• Cleantech – Renewables component of the City’s Prosperity 2020 Ec. Dev. Plan

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Increased investment in Guelph

Recruitment, development and retention of talent

Grow reputation/centre of excellence

Reliable, competitive energy, water and transportation services

Lower than average per capita use of energy and green house gas emissions

Visibility of investments into CEP goals

Outcomes (So What)

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Thank you for your attention