Essex County Regional Energy Plan

A regional Climate Change Summit in 2018 resulted in the development of the Windsor Essex Climate Change Collaborative (WEC3) that brings together community leaders, experts, regional stakeholders, and community members to move towards a low-carbon economy and improve our resilience to our changing climate. The regional collaborative is intended to build on the foundational work of local communities.

The climate emergency declared in 2019 by the County of Essex, the City of Windsor and others, recognized the need for robust and permanent changes, that the future climate performance must be a high priority in all decisions, and called for cooperation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the wider region.

The development of a Regional Energy Plan is the next step on this climate action journey.

Equally important as reducing emissions is the plan’s role in creating jobs and ensuring reliable and affordable sources of energy for all sectors into the future. The Essex County Regional Energy Plan will use the guiding principles of “energy, environment, economy and reliability to establish targets and goals.

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