Ontario Bill 21- The Energy Conservation Responsibility Act, 2005 received Royal Assent on the 28th of March, 2006. The Act stipulates that the government, by regulation, can require public agencies to prepare an annual energy conservation plan and to prescribe energy conservation targets. The plan must include the following information:
- a description of the agency's significant energy-consuming technologies and operations
- a summary of annual energy usage for each technology and operation
- a description of current and proposed activities and measures to conserve energy by technology and operation and to otherwise reduce the amount of energy that the agency uses
- a summary of progress and achievements in energy conservation since the previous plan
Although the Energy and Conservation Responsibility Act provides a description of what information needs to be included in energy plans, it does not provide a process for gathering the information or using it to increase energy conservation in municipalities or other public sector organizations.
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