Local Energy Committee Forum

Representatives from local town energy committees will get together to discuss how to organize and how to be more effective.

Local Energy Committee Forum

Tuesday – September 9, 2009
Nella Grimm Fox Room-Rutland Library
Center Street – Rutland, VT

Hosted by the
Rutland Regional Planning Commission
and the
Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network

Purpose: Representatives from local town energy committees, town energy coordinators, and others will share information on efforts to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy generation at the local and regional levels. Food and beverages will be provided.

Agenda

5:30 Gather, eat, and socialize
5:45 Welcome
· Meeting purpose and Agenda review
· Brief introductions
6:00 Updates
· Statewide activities
· Regional activities
· Local Activities
6:45 Local Energy Committee Roundtable
· Updates from town energy committees on past, present, and future local energy projects and activities
· Needs
7:30 Break
7:45 Workshops
· Funding opportunities for community energy initiatives –
Paul Markowitz, VT Chapter of the Sierra Club
· Forming and strengthening town energy committees --
Deb Sachs, Community Climate Action
8:30 What’s Next?
· Explore topics for future meetings
· Set dates
8:45 Adjourn