Agenda - 07/10/12 Eugene City Council and EWEB Joint Meeting

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Attachment 2 M E M O R A N D U M EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO: Commissioners Simpson, Brown, Cassidy, Ernst and Cunningham FROM: Debra Smith, Assistant General Manager; Jason Heuser, Legislative Affairs Coordinator DATE: July 2, 2012 SUBJECT: Summary of Draft 10-Year Energy Action Plan Issue Governor John Kitzhaber is in the process of developing a 10-Year Energy Action Plan for Oregon. The plan has implications and interest for both EWEB and the City of Eugene. Background Since 1985, the Oregon Department of Energy has been tasked with the biennial preparation of a state energy plan. Governor Kitzhaber has asserted that state government planning and vision is too focused towards the near-term horizon of Oregon electoral cycles and has called for a decade- oriented horizon for state planning and policy over multiple areas, especially energy. In the fall of 2011, Governor Kitzhaber appointed and charged the Oregon Energy Action Plan Task Force, an advisory committee, with recommending actions and initiatives for a 10 Year Energy Plan that Oregon could undertake to: -intensive fuels and foreign oil -grown renewable energy resources reenhouse gas emissions The Energy Action Plan Task Force was made up of 35 volunteer participants hand-selected by the e on the merits of their individual expertise and experience rather than on the basis of their organizational affiliations. EWEB General Manager Roger Gray served on the Energy Efficiency/Demand Management Design Team and Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz chaired the Transportation Design Team. Other committees included: 1) Energy Resource Mix Design Team; 2) Siting Issues Design team; and 3) Governance Design Team. It is important to note that participation in the subcommittee work does not signal endorsement of all the subsequent recommendations in the plan. 1