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South Burlington Energy Committee
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South Burlington, VT 05403
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Approved Meeting Minutes
February 18, 2021
Committee members present: Andrew Chalnick, Keith Epstein, Ethan Goldman, Marcy Murray, MJ Reale, Sam Swanson, Tim Perrin Committee members absent: Linda McGinnis, Richard Shrake Community members present: Fred Looft, Alex Pasanen, Tyler Deshong, Tina Cai, Melanie Needle, Edyth Moldow City staff present: Lou Bresee, Paul Conner, Ilona Blanchard
Meeting conducted online via Zoom.
Ethan called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. Keith agreed to scribe. Agenda Additions
None Minutes Approval
We did not review previous minutes Intern presentation on South Burlington greenhouse gas emissions Tyler Deshong and Tina Cai, both from Middlebury College, shared a presentation on their internship project to prepare a historical GHG emissions inventory for South Burlington. They focused on electricity and natural gas from 2008 through 2020. This project was coordinated by Ethan, Sam, Tim, and Keith. Intern presentation on engagement of the school community in a climate action coalition
Edyth Moldow, from Middlebury College, shared a presentation on her internship to engage the school community in a climate action coalition. She interviewed teachers, and prepared and administered a survey to high school and middle school students. She shared many suggestions for increasing
engagement with the school community. This project was coordinated by MJ. City Hall flexible load management Ilona shared an update that she, in partnership with Efficiency Vermont, is evaluating the city’s participation in a flexible load management pilot program. This program would allow the city hall’s energy usage to vary based on signals from the electric utility, solar generation, weather, and indoor air temperature, to reduce electricity expenses and GHG emissions by shifting electricity usage from one time of day to another. The cost of roughly $20,000 will be shared by Efficiency Vermont, and Ilona would like the Energy Projects Reserve Fund to pay for it. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:05 Next Meeting
TBD