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City of Prince George ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT PCP Milestone 4 and 5 Report 11 Funding Partnerships and Grants The City has dedicated significant staff resources and funds to the implementation of energy and GHG reduction activities. However, many of the initiatives would not have been possible without the support of external partners and funding agencies. The following list summarizes several of the funding partnerships and grants obtained: • Ongoing support from BC Hydro for a Corporate Energy Manager • Combined support from BC Hydro, FortisBC and NRCan for a Community Energy Manager • Substantial support for the DDES Phase 1 implementation from the Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) - $5.3 million, the Green Municipal Fund (GMF): $0.5 million, and the Community Works Fund (CWF): $4.4 million • Support from FCM for the new RCMP LEED Gold building • The Province has provided support through various programs and departments, including the CAEE Gold Program: $75,000, the Innovative Clean Energy program, the Climate Action Secretariat (e.g. $7,500 for Climate Smart Business training) • NRCan has provided substantial funding and in-kind support of around $400,000 for energy initiatives, particularly around Community Energy Mapping as a tool for urban planning • UBCM provided funding through the BEAT (Built Environment & Active Transportation) Program funding ($20,000) • BC Hydro provided funding to conduct an Energy Charrette ($20,000) Stantec Consulting Ltd. 33
City of Prince George ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT PCP Milestone 4 and 5 Report PART 4: NEXT STEPS The City is committed to continuing efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions, both in Corporate operations and more broadly across the Community. Achieving reductions requires commitments to ongoing monitoring and reporting of progress, implementing identified measures, and reassessing progress on a regular basis. 12 Ongoing Monitoring and Reporting The City will continue to monitor energy consumption and GHG emissions from its Corporate activities on an annual basis. Systems are in place for tracking changes in energy consumption in facilities (through the Sustainable Energy Management Plan) and fleet (through E3 fleet). The City signed on to use the provincial SMARTTool as a mechanism to support tracking and reporting progress in 2009, and is currently assessing tools for tracking energy consumption. This will ease annual comparisons and understanding progress toward reduction targets. At the Community scale, the Province has provided a 2007 baseline that is consistent in methodology across all local governments in the province. These reports are expected to be updated through the provincial CEEI initiative for the 2010 year, then every second year thereafter. The City will continue to track and report its community-wide inventory through the CEEI initiative. Stantec Consulting Ltd. 34
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