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y Managernent

29 November 198°

FILE:

To: ALL MUNICIPAL COUNCILS IN 8.C.

QOear Members of Council: *
Sneray Efficiency Program

RE: “Power Smart”

along with all other 8.C. Hydro consumers, Were asked in
ergy efficiency program, which should

- enough to support Greater

buiiding major new.

Municipal governments,

March to support the utility's 10 year en
2.4 billion Kilowatt hours of electricity

free Up
Victoria! Hore efficient energy usage, 45 opposed to
generation Facilities, is mot only environmentally acceptable but also more cost
effactive.
sored a Municipal Audit Program offering

As part of this program, e have spon
a free energy audit by &.C. Hydro staff for the mun
that over 120 audits have been completed to date

choice. | am: pleased to report

identifying savings of over 6.5 million kilowatt hours. This represents an
average 15%-30% savings for the facilities audited! By the end of this program
we hope to complete 4 sample audit for each municipality in Hydro's service ared.

icipal buiiding of your

behind the better

the basic principles
idpalities to adopt

To demonstrate your support for
utilization of electrical energy, We are now asking ali munic
eneray efficiency policy and an implementation strategy. 10 assist
ha policy, which your staff

an electrical
you in this respect,
can review and recommen
know you will find it cost be

we are attaching 4 draft of suc
d amendments to for your partic We

neficial in the long run to h

fore consider adopting the follawing resolut
t fiscal year:

*

ular circumstances.
aye such a policy.

on in order

Would the Council there
to start this process within the nex

jyen to prepare for the co
e following:

nsideratior af Council a

\THAT authority be
report outlining th

efficiency palicy,

y ramifications, if any, of ."4 adootion

(a) 4 draft electrical energy
(b) a4 statement on the budgetar
of such 4 policy,
(c) an implementation st
(d) any 1990 draft budget requ

rategy for the policy, and

{rements.