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Currents - A Quarterly Energy Newsletter For Local Governments


Spring 2012

New SEEC Climate and Energy Resources

Download the latest no-cost resources developed by ICLEI to support California local governments through the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC).

thumbCity Planners’ Energy Action Resource Guide
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures for New Development
This Resource Guide provides local planning officials with information on implementing a small set of critical measures relating to energy efficiency in community design. These measures can be applied relatively quickly to new projects ahead of general plan or climate action plan processes. The Resource Guide attempts to fill the gap between the types of measures typically suggested and the information planners need to implement them.

thumbClimate Action Plan Template
Speed the development your climate action plan (CAP) by customizing this template of a complete CAP, tailored for California local governments. Includes customizable charts and graphs as well.

 

thumbSample Climate Action Plan
This sample plan for a fictitious California city is a visual representation of the guidance and best practices identified by ICLEI as key for any climate action plan. In combination with the tools and guidance created through the SEEC project, this document aims to assist local government staff in authoring their own CAP documents. It provides an example of a Climate Action Plan that was developed using the SEEC Climate Action Plan Template, and data generated using the upcoming SEEC Climate Action Planning Assistant (CAPA) tool.

thumbGHG Forecast Assistant
This spreadsheet tool is designed to work with SEEC's online inventory (must register to access) and climate action planning tools. It will allow you to take outputs from your GHG inventory and perform a detailed business-as-usual forecast, and it is specifically tailored to account for state-level actions that will influence your business-as-usual emissions. Outputs from the Forecast Assistant can be easily transferred to forecast and action planning modules in the SEEC online tool suite.

There are two versions of the Forecast Assistant:

thumbForecast Assistant Documentation and Background
Get this essential companion for an explanation of the tool's accounting principles and best practices for performing a GHG emissions forecast, common reference values for performing a forecast, and documentation of source material used in the tool.

Climate Action Planning and CEQA

Did you miss the Jan. 26 webinar from ICLEI on CEQA considerations for your local government's climate action planning process? For the latest answers, view the recorded webinar and related resources on the SEEC website. View Webinar. (must register to access)

About the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC)

SEEC LogoICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA is a proud partner in the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC). SEEC is an alliance to help cities and counties reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. It is collaboration between three statewide non-profit organizations and California’s four Investor Owned Utilities.

SEEC Members are:

SEEC provides education and tools for climate action planning, venues for peer-to-peer networking, technical assistance and recognition for local agencies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The collaborative effort is designed to build upon the unique resources, expertise and local agency relationships of each non-profit organization, as well as those of the four investor owned utilities.

The program is funded by California utility ratepayers and administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and Southern California Gas Company under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.