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The City of St. Catharines' updated 'Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan' was approved by council on October 21, 2019. The Energy Management Plan is design to:
The updated plan now includes a target for reducing corporate greenhouse gas. The emissions target approved was not mandatory and was intended to go further than what was required by Ontario regulations. The approved target is a 40% reduction in corporate greenhouse gas intensity by 2030 compared to the base year of 2011.
The target aligns with Canada’s commitments under the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2011, St. Catharines has been able to reduce its greenhouse gas emission intensity by 25% and the City has reduced its annual energy consumption by over 7.5 million kilowatt hours of energy. This is the equivalent to the annual energy consumption of almost 800 households.
The City’s first Energy Management Plan was produced in 2014 to satisfy its obligations under a previous regulation (O. Reg. 397/11). The approved 2014 Plan and Greenhouse gas reporting is found below for insight into how much energy was used by City facilities at that time.