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COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WEBINAR
Solar photovoltaics & BC local governments
Peter Robinson & Pat BellCommunity Energy Association
2016 12 08
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Community Energy Association
• CEA is charitable non-profit society
• CEA supports local governments and communities across BC
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Community of Practice
• Help communities collaborate
• Share best practices & challenges
• Small & mid-sized BC communities
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SCEEP – Welcome to Community of Practice
• Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Planning
• Fortis Electrical Service area: West Kootenay/Boundary
• Funded by Fortis BC and Columbia Basin Trust
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Community of Practice - Snapshot
Blue – BC Hydro communities, Yellow – FortisBC Electric communities
56 so far
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CEEP QuickStart/SCEEP Status
• Work done so far:• 56 Community Energy & Emissions Plans (CEEPs) through the programs
• ~40% of all CEEPs in BC
• ~ 25% of all CEEPs in Canada
• >100 communities supported with implementation support
• Let us know if you are interested in the following free support:• Planning / policy tools, e.g.:
• Getting ready for the Stretch Code
• Incentives
• Sustainability checklist, DPA’s
• Encourage / require EnerGuide assessments
• Promoting utility incentive programs
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Solar photovoltaics – how do they work?
Source: Energy Solution Providers
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Solar photovoltaics – why are they so interesting?
1. Abundant energy source
2. Rapidly falling costs
3. Rapidly increasing installations worldwide
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Solar photovoltaics – why are they so interesting?
All figures in Terawatt-years
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Solar photovoltaics – why are they so interesting?
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Solar photovoltaics – why are they so interesting?
MW
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How communities can promote solar photovoltaics
In order of easiest to hardest:
1. Simplify your municipal permitting process for solar
2. Install a system on a municipal building
3. Consider a solar farm
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Today’s agenda
Time Content Presenter
12pm Introduction Peter Robinson, CEA
12.10 Municipal PV permitting practices Pat Bell, CEA
12.20 Net metering Alevtina Akbulatova, BC Hydro
12.30 Municipal building case study Glen Cheetham, City of Kamloops
12.40 Kimberley Sun Mine Kevin Wilson, City of Kimberley
12.50 Q&A
1pm Close