City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2017 01 24

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LOUISVILLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN Introduction The purpose of this Energy Action Plan is to outline tangible steps for the Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board (LSAB) to make measurable progress toward achieving its ambitious sustainability goals for the City of Louisville. In May of 2016, City Manager Malcolm Fleming signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Xcel Energy to participate in Partners in Energy. From August 2016 to January 2017, a planning team consisting of city, county, and local business and organizational members participated in 4 workshops to develop the contents of this Energy Action Plan alongside representatives from Xcel Energy. This planning process was facilitated through Xcel Energy's Partners in Energy offering for communities. During this process, the planning team reviewed Xcel Energy utility data for the city, prioritized areas of focus, goals, and strategies which form the foundation of the Energy Action Plan. The following plan provides an overview of the City of Louisville's demographics, the city's baseline energy use and profile, documentation of the Partners in Energy planning process, a summary of priority focus areas identified by the planning team for implementation, and the near-term action and strategies required to keep the implementation of this plan on track. Implementation of the Energy Action Plan will begin X 2017. Xcel Energy Partners in Energy Xcel Energy is the main electric and gas utility serving the City of Louisville. In the summer of 2014, Xcel Energy launched Partners in Energy to support communities, such as the City of Louisville, in developing and implementing energy action plans that supplement existing sustainability plans, strategies, and tools (Figure 1). The content of this plan is derived from a series of planning workshops held in the community with a planning team committed to representing local energy priorities and implementing plan strategies. Partners in Energy will work with the City of Louisville to coordinate support for implementing the plan and will develop an MOU that outlines specific support Xcel Energy will provide to help Louisville deploy its strategies and achieve its targets and goals (Figure 2).