Community Energy

Planning and Data

Introduction

This primer addresses some of the issues facing small and rural communities in Ontario when gathering data for a CEP. The primer provides information on the type of data that small and rural communities should consider gathering and identifies some of the common challenges to collecting data and how to overcome them.

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Economic Impact of New Brunswick Community Energy Plans

March, 2020 | Community Implementation

Issue Accounting for 59% of energy consumption and over 56% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Atlantic Canada, communities are central and actively working to enable the Province of New Brunswick to achieve its energy and GHG emissions reduction objectives. Though...

Community Resilience Reports

January, 2020 | Community Implementation, Resilience

Municipalities across Canada are facing extreme climate change impacts, such as high winds, ice storms, floods, droughts, and forest fires. At the same time, almost 90% of Canadian energy utilities have been significantly impacted by a weather...

Federal Pre-Budget Submission in Advance of Budget 2020

August, 2019 | Community Implementation, Policy

facebooktwitterlinkedinyoutubeAugust 2019 QUEST's pre-budget submission, which has been signed onto by Pollution Probe, focuses on the following three recommendations: Recommendation 1. Support for Policy and Regulatory Reform. That the Federal Government augment...

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