Task Force Web Portal

Download the final report (December 8, 2010) from the 'Attachment' links below.

Click Here for the browsable, sortable table of all task force recommendations.  We want your comments and updates on each recommendation!  Comments will be used as input to periodic correspondence with City Council.

Click Here for a collection of audio recordings related to the task force.  KVMR, Community Radio 89.5 FM in Nevada City, has been hosting a series of in-depth interviews regarding the task force report.

At the bottom of this page is a catalog of presentations and notes from each of the Task Force monthly meetings. Keep in mind that the topics are all interrelated. The model for this task force was boiled down from existing examples at Post Carbon Cities' database of Government Responses to Peak Oil.

On October 22, 2008, the City Council of Nevada City, California adopted Resolution 2008-58 "in support of a community Energy Solutions Task Force". The Task Force, modeled after a handful of similar task forces from around the world, was given two tasks:

  1. Assess Nevada City’s specific vulnerabilities to more expensive and less available energy, especially liquid fuels for transportation.
  2. Recommend actions that the City could take to reduce these vulnerabilities and to prepare for their effects.

This report is the product of the Task Force’s work.

Task Force Resources

Energy Efficiency Opportunities

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 3:23pm.

Take a look at Sierra Business Council's Energy Efficiency Opportunities--

A collaboration between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Sierra Business Council dedicated to providing innovative energy efficiency solutions for local governments and businesses in Sierra Nevada communities within PG&E territory. Counties Covered: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yuba
Commercial Programs

The Energy Watch Tune-up is a great way for businesses to save energy and money. This regional program provides a comprehensive energy assessment, delivers money saving measures, and connects businesses with other energy saving opportunities.

Municipal Programs

This program offers assistance with energy assessments of government facilities and provides energy efficiency equipment. Many of these items are offered free of charge to qualifying customers. We can also help you with greenhouse gas inventories and policy design to reduce your community's energy usage.

Residential Programs

We don't offer home energy audits at this time.

www.sbcouncil.org/Projects/energywatch
jrosser@sbcouncil.org