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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />December 8, 2011 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />ENERGY CONSERVATION STILL BEST WAY TO MEET NEEDS OF FUTURE <br />EPD’S SQUAD CAR MAINTENANCE TEAM FEATURED IN PUBLICATION <br />RECORD ORIGINAL POETRY AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO NEWEST ACQUISITION IN RIDGELINE PARK SYSTEM <br />NEW WINTER/SPRING RECREATION GUIDE OFFERS HUNDREDS OF THINGS TO DO <br />POLICE COMMISSION TO HOST PUBLIC FORUM ON DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY ZONE <br />SPECIAL TOWN HALL TO BE HELD ON BUDGET <br />‘WORKING CITY’ HAS NEW LOOK, NEW HOST, NEW EPISODES <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Energy Conservation Still Best Way to Meet Needs of Future <br />City of Eugene staff recently participated on an advisory committee that helped Eugene Water & Electric Board <br />(EWEB) plan for Eugene’s energy needs over the next 20 years. About every five years, EWEB undergoes an <br />intensive planning process to guide decisions about how the utility will meet the community’s future electricity needs. <br />To create the Integrated Energy Resource Plan (IERP), <br />EWEB engaged an advisory committee of EWEB customers <br />and community representatives, including the City of <br />Eugene. The IERP Advisory Committee met over the <br />course of six months and reviewed technical, economic, and <br />social equity data focusing on developing a recommendation <br />that would meet EWEB’s triple bottom line objectives. This <br />effort resulted in a set of strategies that were tested under <br />many different scenarios and met the projected demand for <br />power at the highest value to EWEB customers. <br /> <br />Past electricity resource plans have prioritized energy <br />conservation as the preferred resource strategy. With this <br />guidance and in partnership with its customers, EWEB’s <br />conservation programs save enough energy to offset about <br />14 percent of Eugene’s annual electricity usage. <br /> <br />The most recent planning effort confirmed that energy conservation is still the most cost-effective and least risky way <br />to meet future electricity needs. It also set a new milestone for EWEB and the community: meet all projected growth in <br />demand for electricity for the next 20 years with new conservation. Put another way, if EWEB is successful in meeting <br />this target, it will not have to contract for additional power supplies. <br /> <br />Everyone knows that energy conservation encourages more efficient use of electricity resources. From a cost/benefit <br />perspective, there is a whole lot more ‘bang for the buck’ investing in conservation than energy-producing technologies <br />(even renewable energy). And, to top it off, conservation keeps money in the local economy with associated jobs and <br />lower utility bills for customers. <br /> <br />EWEB is proud to present this win-win-win strategy as the cornerstone of the new energy resource plan, which will be <br />available for public review and comment in early December. For more information, please visit the EWEB energy plan <br />website at www.eweb.org/2011ierp/ or contact Ethan Nelson at ethan.a.nelson@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5224. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />December 8, 2011 <br />