The Arctic Energy Alliance supports communities who are interested in creating and implementing Community Energy Plans (CEPs). We have been working with some of the largest and smallest communities in the NWT over the last few years and have used that experience to produce a CEP toolkit for NWT communities.

The toolkit is available in the Resource Library section of our website.

Our approach to community energy planning is based on the following 6 steps: 

WHAT ARE NWT COMMUNITIES DOING?

Yellowknife
The community energy plan for Yellowknife is complete and is being looked at by City council. City Councilors are expected to vote on adoption of the CEP in early September, 2006. The Yellowknife community energy plan was created by a committee of Yellowknifers with project management assistance from AEA.

The energy planning committee sought input from the public, sorted through all the suggestions and commissioned studies to figure out how to apply the best ideas to Yellowknife's unique situation.

The Yellowknife Community Energy Plan is available here - or you can go to the City's website and download the community energy plan and also the background studies. The background studies are now also available in our community energy planning library.

Whati
Whati completed their Community Energy Plan in 2004 - more details are available in the Community Energy Planning section of the AEA's online Resource Library.

Others
Other communities that are working on energy plans in the NWT include: Fort McPherson, Deline, Gameti, Norman Wells and Enterprise.

COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING LIBRARY
Click to go to the Community Energy Planning section of the Arctic Energy Alliance library of publications.

FUNDING SOURCES
Funding to support NWT communities to do Community Energy Planning is available through:

Federal Gas Tax Agreement - through Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA)

• Over the next 5 years, $37.5 million will be distributed to NWT communities as part of the Gas Tax Agreement. A requirement of receiving this funding is that the communities adopt an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) by 2010. A community energy plan can help a community meet this requirement. The Gas Tax money can be used to create and implement a community energy plan. More info is available at GNWT Municipal and Community Affairs.

Walter & Gordon Duncan Foundation

• The Walter and Gordon Duncan Foundation provides grants for projects that engage community members in Canada's north in shaping policies for community sustainability.
• Applications start with a phone call to James at 416-601-4776 or visit 'The Canadian North' section of their website at Walter and Gordon Duncan Foundation.

Green Municipal Fund (GMF) from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

• Norman Wells and Yellowknife have already applied for funding to help them continue their community energy plans. Funding categories include:
  • Sustainable community planning and integrated projects
  • Solid waste management
  • Brownfields redevelopment
  • Water conservation and treatment
  • Energy services and renewable energy
  • Sustainable transportation services and technologies
• Visit Green Municipal Fund or call AEA for more info.

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