Project Profile

Squamish Lillooet Regional District Energy Resilience Task Force

PROJECT SNAPSHOT

Client: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Key Deliverables: Project Management, Background Research, Process Facilitation, Final Report

Timeline: March – October 2010

Our Role: The Whistler Centre is currently working with regional district staff to develop the task force process, provide background materials and presentations, facilitate discussions on specific theme areas, record and analyze feedback from task force members and the general public, and create a final report with energy resiliency recommendations to the regional board.

Project Details

Peak Oil is the term given to the peaking of the production of fossil fuels from cheaper, easily accessible sources, resulting in reduced supplies and higher costs in the future, as witnessed by price spikes in recent years when demand outstripped supply.  In response to this challenge, the SLRD’s energy and emissions strategy has created a Task Force that will:

• Review current and credible data and information with respect to peak oil and energy production and related societal implications;
• Seek community and business input on the impacts to various sectors and to propose “actionable” solutions;
• Develop recommendations to the SLRD Board in 2010 on strategies that the SLRD can take to mitigate the impacts of declining energy supplies in areas including, but not limited to:  transportation, tourism, business, energy and infrastructure, housing, food and agriculture, the environment, health care, social service, communications, land use, emergency planning and the delivery of SLRD services.
• Propose methods of educating the public about this issue in order to create positive behaviour change among businesses and residents in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

The Task Force will identify potential strategies to support energy resilience, hold public open houses in each SLRD member community to provide outreach on potential strategies and seek feedback from the community, and issue a final report to the regional district board.