Last week, delegates from all Gauteng municipalities, department of environmental and water affairs and the Development Bank of Southern Africa held discussions on various ways to monitor and drive the implementation of the water conservation and demand management strategy in the province.
2 OTHER INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN ENERGY GENERATION 4 LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES 5 CONSERVATION AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLANS 6 CONCLUSION MUNICIPALITIES AND THE GREEN ENERGY ACT: BENEFITS, BURDENS, AND THE LOSS OF POWER 1 INTRODUCTION On May 14, 2009, the Government of Ontario passed the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (GEGEA).
Settle the issue of how much new electricity is needed and resolve the question of how much can be achieved through new power plants and how much through energy conservation and demand management.
To date, 402 rural electric cooperatives have used USDA Rural Developments Energy Resources Conservation program to increase energy efficiency, conservation and demand management initiatives.
Energy conservation – Energy conservation is to become a priority in Ontario by developing Building Code conservation standards, requiring conservation and demand management plans for prescribed consumers, setting electricity conservation targets for local utilities, creating new financing tools to encourage small-scale renewable energy projects and requiring energy audits prior to the sale of homes (which a purchaser may waive).
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is directed "to promote electricity conservation and demand management in a manner consistent with the policies of the Government of Ontario, including having regard to the consumer's economic circumstances".
