Community Energy and Emissions Plan

If you have a question about the Community Energy and Emissions Plan, the Questions tool is open until the Plan is complete. Click on the "Questions" tab above. You are encouraged to read the Low Carbon Actions & Best Practices Reference booklet located in the Documents section.

Ways to participate include:

• Ask a question: Questions tool

The project will bring together: energy experts, City staff and officials, local businesses, institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations, and the community.

Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG), a workers’ co-operative focused on state-of-the-art community energy planning, climate action planning, and climate change adaptation projects, is the lead consultant on the development of the CEEP. SSG has engaged Arbora Management Services to assist in local engagement and workshop delivery for the CEEP process.

In 2019, the City of Thunder Bay received funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Province of Ontario’s Municipal Energy Plan Program for the creation of a Community Energy and Emissions Plan (CEEP). On January 13, 2020 Thunder Bay City Council declared a climate emergency emphasising the urgency of addressing climate change. The climate emergency reinforces the need for a CEEP to provide the community with the information and tools to make decisions that contribute to the decarbonisation of Thunder Bay.

A CEEP will help our community:

• Improve energy efficiency;
• Reduce energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
• Study the impact of future growth on energy needs;
• Foster renewable energy production;
• Support and guide economic development; and
• Meaningfully participate in climate action.