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Cityoy <br />Louisville <br />City Manager's Office <br />Memorandum <br />To: Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board <br />From: Katie Baum, Sustainability Specialist <br />Date: June 11, 2019 <br />Re: Discussion Item 10: Energy Future Collaboration Update <br />Background <br />In 2018, the City of Louisville entered into a partnership with Xcel Energy through the Energy Future <br />Collaboration program. The City and Xcel signed a Memorandum of Understanding that provides a <br />strategy and framework for cooperation and achievement of a shared vision through broad <br />collaboration, focusing on innovation, clean energy, economic development opportunities, customer <br />choice programs and technology. <br />Unlike the previous Partners in Energy program, Energy Future prioritizes both renewable energy <br />integration and energy efficiency and usage reduction and focuses primarily on commercial/industrial, <br />residential and municipal use. <br />The City and Xcel developed the Energy Future Work Plan as a guiding document for action items. The <br />plan focuses on information sharing, alternative energy and carbon reduction goal setting, energy <br />efficiency, transportation electrification and economic development. <br />Progress <br />Since the development of the EFC Work Plan, staff, Council liaisons and Xcel have met for two quarterly <br />meetings. <br />Completed action items include: <br />• 2018/2019 report card for public outreach <br />• Green Business Breakfast w/ Xcel outreach <br />• City to begin implementing Energy Start Portfolio for major municipal facilities <br />• City to begin conducting municipal facilities' building audits <br />