Ontario Regulation 25/23 (broader Public Sector: Energy Reporting and Conservation and Demand Management (“CDM”) Plans) requires broader public sector organizations such as Municipalities to develop a CDM plan and update it every five (5) years. The CDM plan shall be approved by senior management of the public agency to whom the plan applies, before the public agency publishes the plan on the public agency’s website and makes the plan available to the public in printed form at the public agencies head office.

The plan shall include:

• A summary of annual greenhouse emissions for each of the agency’s prescribed operations, which shall include the agency annual energy consumption.
• A description of the results of previous activities and measures to conserve the energy consumed by the public agency’s prescribed operations and to otherwise reduce the amount of energy consumed by the public agency, including by employing such Energy Conservation and Demand Management methods as may be prescribed.
• The cost and saving estimates for the public agency’s current and proposed activities and measures referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection 25.35.2 (3)of the Act.
• A description of any renewable energy generation facility operated by the public agency and the amount of energy produced on an annual basis by the facility.
• A description of,
  • the ground source energy utilized, if any, by ground source heat pump technology operated by the public agency,
  • the solar energy utilized, if any, by thermal air technology or thermal water technology operated by the public agency, and
  • the proposed plan, if any, to operate heat pump technology, thermal air technology or thermal water technology in the future.
• The estimated length of time the public agency’s current and proposed activities and measures referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection 25.35.2 (3)of the Act will be in place.
• A confirmation that the Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan has been approved by the public agency’s senior management.
• The Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan may also include information on the operation of a building or facility by the public agency that is not a prescribed operation for that public agency.

See the December 2024 Plan