From Planning to Implementation

John Kenney, Urban SystemsNovember 17, 2016

ABOUT ME & URBAN SYSTEMS

• Who is John?

• 40 year history of providing services to communities throughout Western

Canada

• Integrated suite of services to support community planning, civil

engineering, policy and finance, energy solutions, landscape architecture,

and environmental services

• Strive to be local with a focus on developing lasting relationships

Spirit in Service for Vibrant Communities

COMMUNITY ENERGY SOLUTIONS

• Community energy and emissions planning

• Energy and emissions inventories

• Carbon offset projects

• Energy efficiency and conservation programs

• Integrating energy and asset management

• Net Benefit /Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement

• Community-based energy projects

WHAT IS COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING?

• Working together as a community

• Profiling current energy use patterns and costs

• Identifying specific opportunities with respect to demand side management and generation

• Pursuing actions and investments that:• Transition from Business as Usual• Support community economic development • Work towards community self-sufficiency

• Supporting over-arching community goals:• Use renewable energy as a tool to support other key community priorities

PLANNING PROCESS

ENGAGE

CURRENT CONTEXT

(baseline)

WHAT’S POSSIBLE?

WHAT’S FEASIBLE?

MAKE IT HAPPEN

OUR APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING

• Helping communities understand and participate in ever-evolving

energy markets;

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective manner;

• Identifying and pursuing opportunities to generate new revenue

streams;

• Maximizing the longevity of a community’s core assets; and

• Building community capacity in energy and emissions

planning and action.

HELPING COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND AND PARTICIPATE IN

EVER-EVOLVING ENERGY MARKETS

THE GLOBAL CONTEXTTHE THREE HARD TRUTHS

• Energy scarcity: the world is

running out of easily accessible

energy sources

• Energy demand: the world

consumes more energy today than

ever before and this trend will

likely continue

• Environmental: global climate

change presents significant risk to

humanity

THE LOCAL CONTEXT

CREATE A NEW BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR YOUR COMUNTIY…

Engage

ExploreDo!

Sustainability and Self-

Sufficiency

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN A

COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER

TWIN SISTERS NURSERY BIOMASS ENERGY PROJECT

•Propane displaced: 115,000 liters per year

•Greenhouse gas emission reductions: 113 tonnes per year

•Energy cost savings: $77,000 per year

•Enhanced energy security

•Locally sourced energy supply

IDENTIFYING AND PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES

TO GENERATE NEW REVENUE STREAMS

MAXIMIZING THE LONGEVITY OF

A COMMUNITY’S CORE ASSETS

BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY IN ENERGY

AND EMISSIONS PLANNING AND ACTION

LOWER KOOTENAY GRID-TIED SOLAR PROJECT

LOWER KOOTENAY DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEM

TSLEIL-WAUTUTH DAYCARE SOLAR PROJECT

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

• Desire for change

• Be intentional with a plan

• Start with the “cheap” kilowatts

• What’s the best option?

• Financially, environmentally, community

• Funding and financing

• Community engagement

• Interconnection

THANK YOU.

John Kenney – Kamloops Clayton Drewlo - Saskatoon

T: 250.374.8311 T: 306.955.6666

jkenney@urbansystems.ca cdrewlo@urbansystems.ca