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Municipal Policies to Support
Community Power
World Wind Energy Conference
June 25, 2008
Scott Vokey
Energy Services Coordinator, AMO/LAS
Association of Municipalities of Ontario
Purpose of Presentation
• Part 1 – How AMO’s Structure and Mandate
supports community power
• Part 2 – How LAS and its Member Services
Activities supports community power, energy
management, and CDM initiatives
• Part 3 – Best Practises from our members
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AMO and its Mandate
• AMO is a non-partisan association representing
almost all of Ontario’s 445 municipal governments
• AMO advocates on behalf of municipal governments
on matters of province-wide policy and regulation
• AMO advocates for effective and autonomous
municipal government
– To support and enhance strong and effective municipal
government in Ontario
– To promote the value of the municipal level of government
as a vital and essential component of Ontario’s and
Canada’s political system
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AMO Governance and Activities
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AMO has a 49 member Board, structured to
provide equitable representation though 6
“Caucuses”, and an Executive of caucus chairs plus
a President and 3 other functionaries
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This structure allows AMO to:
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develop well informed consensus positions on key issues
speak with an authoritative and unified voice
keep members informed and educated
develop policy positions and reports on issues of interest
conduct ongoing liaison with the provincial and federal
governments
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Connection to Community Power
AMO’s Energy Task Force
• Comprised of politicians, advisors, and staff with an
interest in energy issues
• Advises the Board on issues and preferred policy
outcomes related to energy conservation, local and
DE, climate change, and related issues
• Recently revised ToR to include local generation and
co-generation facilities renewable energy and district
energy facilities
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AMO supports generation options
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Local Authority Services (LAS)
• Established in 1992
• Subsidiary of AMO
• Develop and market innovative and beneficial
services to the municipal sector
• Objective is to reduce the cost of common
expenditures and to increase revenues
through economies of scale
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LAS Energy Services Division
• Assist Municipal Capacity Building
• Responsible Decision Making
• Regulatory Imperatives
– Energy Conservation Leadership Act
– CECO request for MECO’s
– Federal Gas Tax & ICSPs
– Federal Carbon Credit Program?
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Municipal Load Profile
Ontario’s 445 Municipalities:
• Spend ~$680 million annually on electricity
• Spend ~$300 million annually on natural gas
• Consume over 6.6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh)
of electricity per year (or 6.6 TWh)
• 80% of consumption is covered by 10 accounts
• Larger than all Industrial Segments with the
Exception of Pulp and Paper
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Empowering Municipalities
Challenges
• Energy Markets—local
and global
• Legislative
Requirements
• Climate Change
• Economic
Development
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Opportunities
• LAS Procurement
Programs
• Energy Services
– Energy Management
Tool (EMT)
– CDM Programs
– Energy Plan Support
– Policy Support
– Education Programs
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Empowering Municipalities
• AMO/LAS champion community power b/c:
– Distributed systems are more efficient
– Helps build community independence
– Renewable energy helps combat climate change
– Local economic development impact
– Part of integrated energy management approach
– Carbon credits may help cash-strapped
municipalities fund enviro projects
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Good Practice Example: City of London
• Recently passed Wind Energy By-Law
• City permits small-scale wind energy
conversion systems for domestic use that
would also permit the sale of surplus power to
the local utility provider.
• OP and Zoning By-Laws amended to allow
small wind energy conversion systems in
agricultural areas
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Good Practice Example: Huron County
• Director of Planning Scott Tousaw has
promoted integrated approach since 2005:
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Raise Community Awareness
Involve Local Utilities
Review Local Planning Documents
Support a Community Wind Energy Policy
Framework
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Conclusion
• Most municipal council supportive of wind
and other renewable energy development
• Typical NIMBY reactions remain but regulatory
obstacles and backlogs connecting to the grid
much more significant issues
Scott Vokey, Energy Services Coordinator
[email protected]
416 971 9856
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