Process of community energy planning

Conference · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6013760

Schweitzer, M

Community energy planning is the process of envisioning a desired future state of energy supply and consumption for a local area and designing the appropriate measures to implement that energy future. A number of energy planning methodologies have been utilized in recent years, most notably the Hittman Associates Methodology used in the Comprehensive Community Energy Management Program (CCEMP), the assessment-planning methodology developed for the Decentralized Solar Energy Technology Assessment Program (DSETAP), and the county energy planning model developed by Jim Benson and Alan Okagaki of the Institute for Ecological Policies. Simple program planning has also been used in connection with many local energy projects, and contingency planning has been widely used to prepare for energy supply interruptions. Several striking similarities exist between energy planning, which is relatively new, and the much more established practice of community comprehensive planning. A number of opportunities exist for communities seeking to deal with energy issues but lacking the resources to initiate a full-scale energy planning effort. These include using existing personnel to compile an energy data base, creating citizens' energy advisory boards to work with elected officials and stimulate local energy awareness, and examining existing community goals and objectives for their effects on local energy production and use. For communities wishing to launch a more extensive energy planning effort, a hybrid approach is suggested which utilizes elements of comprehensive and program planning to develop a local energy plan.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6013760
• Report Number(s): CONF-8205189-1; ON: DE83012562
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY SUPPLIES
HUMAN POPULATIONS
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PLANNING
POPULATIONS
SUPPLY DISRUPTION