Post on 03-Jan-2016
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ALIGNING THE GOALS
1. Know your DES Set Goals Project Champion
2. Know your Community
3. Gather Support Community leader
support Start small and grow
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 1 – SET GOALS
Easily understood & communicated
GHG Reductions Economic Development
Check back as DES develops
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 1 – MANDATORY VS. VOLUNTARYConnection
Voluntary Required
Marketing
Effort
Low
Lack of Customer Choice
Revenue Assured
High
Revenue Uncertainty
Customer Sold
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 1 – PROJECT CHAMPION
Trusted by project owners
Strong working relationship with Key Stakeholders
Believes in the project
Maybe it’s you?
Keep all parties informed
Find grants/funding Work through conflicts
Who is it? How can they help?
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 2 – KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
Identify Key Stakeholders Customers, building
owners, developers Municipality, local
residents
Convincing & Detracting points Environmental, social,
noise, space Costs (capital, O&M, BAU)
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 2 – UNDERSTAND THE CUSTOMER
What’s the real BAU?
Benefits Rate certainty Emission reductions Enhanced reliability Simplified building
operations Transfer of Risk
Reduced noise
Variable Energy
O&M
Capital Fixed
Capacity Charges
Variable Energy
CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT ENERGY
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 2 – UNDERSTAND BUILDING DEVELOPERS
How does it impact the timeline? Simplify the process
Deferral of capital costs conventional heating plant,
structure, stack, gas service
Space savings
Ease of Expansion / Flexibility1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 2 – UNDERSTAND MUNICIPALITIES Good long term municipal investment
Cost of heating energy stays within the community Capital, O&M, Fuel
Economic Development
Employment
Environmental Benefits Fuel flexibility & diversity (and a bridge from non-renewable to
renewable fuels) Greenhouse gas emission reductions
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 3 – GATHER SUPPORT Tools:
Open house Focus groups One-on-one meetings
Engage early & often Show options & invite feedback
Leverage community leader(s)
Start small & grow Mandatory or Voluntary
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 3 – COMMUNITY LEADER SUPPORT
Identify community leaders
Convince them
Others will follow
Need to understand the community to identify leaders
People are risk adverse Status quo is safer May not have the
time/energy to fully investigate
Watch for how people they respect respond
1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
STEP 3 – START SMALL AND GROW
Simpler to build a small DES than a large one Fewer stakeholders impacted by the system
Easier to extend an existing system than start a new one Established reputation References
May be more economical Capital costs match demand growth1. Know your DES
2. Understand Community
3. Gather Support
SUMMARY
1. Know your DES
• Set Goals• Mandatory
or Voluntary
• Project Champion
2. Understand the Community
• Identify Key Stakeholders
• Benefits/ Concerns