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B4 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 Bend to consider carbon reduction plan in December By MICHAEL KOHN Bend Bulletin A plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the city of Bend by changing commuting habits and energy sources, and creating incen- tives to encourage eco-friendly construction, could be up for consideration by the City Council as early as December. If implemented, the plan could reduce fos- sil fuel consumption by 49% within a decade, Cassie Lacy, senior management analyst for the city of Bend, said Thursday at the Go Clean Energy Conference in Bend. As cities around the globe seek ways to become carbon neutral by the middle of this century, and climate activists are pushing gov- ernments to reduce fossil fuel consumption, the city of Bend is looking to revamp its rules on promoting renewable energy and cutting carbon emissions. In 2016, Bend’s City Council set targets for community fossil fuel use reduction of 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050. “We did some modeling to see if we could achieve those goals, and we found that by 2030, if we implemented these strategies, we would reduce our fossil fuel consumption by 49%,” Lacy said. Bend’s City Council will review the strat- egies in November and possibly vote on them by December, Lacy said. A variety of funding sources can be used to pay for the projects, including external grants and taxpayer money. “There’s a lot the city wants to do with the transportation system and affordable housing. Those are of high importance for the commu- nity. So we would seek external funding (for climate projects). There are many different pathways, but there could be impacts to the general fund,” Lacy said. Renewable sources would make up 100% of Bend’s electricity profi le, according to the proposals to be considered by the City Council. Pacifi c Power, a subsidiary of Pacifi Corp, sources its electricity from several power sta- tions for use in Bend. Coal makes up 56% of the mix, according to Bob Gravely, spokes- man for Pacifi c Power. Natural gas makes up 15%, wind 9%, hydro 5% and solar 4%. Pacifi c Power also receives 10% of its power through wholesale market purchases. Pacifi c Power’s coal plants are out of state, mainly in Wyoming and Utah. While all of Pacifi c Power’s customers receive energy from the same pool of power, communities can choose carbon off-setting options. “Cities can make choices so they are supporting the development of renewable energy,” Gravely said. On Thursday, Portland-based Pacifi Corp announced plans to retire most of its coal plants within two decades. A draft plan calls for larger investments in solar and wind plants to off-set the losses of the coal plants. Bend’s climate action goals include achiev- ing carbon neutrality for its city facilities by 2030. If carbon offsets are needed, then prior- ity would go to verifi able projects in Central Oregon and the Pacifi c Northwest. Fossil fuel use from the year 2010 will be used to estab- lish a baseline. The project is expected to include incen- tives and tax breaks for solar projects that would offset energy use from the grid, and requirements for solar on all new city build- ings. Programs would be put in place to ret- rofi t buildings across the city for energy effi - ciency. And there are plans to streamline waste collection and improve recycling. In addition to using renewable sources of power, Bend’s Climate Action Steering Com- mittee is working on plans to encourage a greater use of electric vehicles, electric bicy- cles and public transportation. “If the city can offer incentives to move more people into electric vehicles that would be a win,” said Casey Bergh, trans- portation program manager for Oregon State University-Cascades. No need to be friends Dear Annie: My boyfriend broke up Ten springs to see the lilacs bloom with me pretty suddenly and over the phone As their fragrance drifts across my room. right after spring semester ended. We hav- To see new leaves on the maple tree en’t talked over the summer, and now that As the birds return and sing to me. school started this fall, it’s been pretty awk- Ten summers to feel the ocean breeze ward. I still have feelings for him and a lot As whales cavort in blue-green seas, of questions. Since we haven’t talked to To watch the hawks on the thermals rise each other for about four months, I don’t Into the blue of summer skies. know how to start talking to him again. I Ten more harvests to celebrate don’t even know if talking to him is a good Of apple and peach and pear and date. idea. To anticipate the vintner’s wines After he broke up with me, he From fresh new grapes on ancient DEAR said he still wanted to be good vines. ANNIE friends, and I told him that I honestly Ten more autumns in which to see didn’t think I could be friends with The change of color on every tree, him. I don’t know what to do. What Russets and golds and reds ablaze do you think I should do? — Uneasy To brighten the ever-shortening at University days. Dear Uneasy at University: Ten winters of freshly fallen snow I think you ought to listen to your On mountains above and valleys heart, which seems to be saying ANNIE LANE below. Creators that it needs more time to heal. So, Of cherry-cheeked children on Syndicate Inc. be cordial when you run into your skis and sleds, ex-boyfriend — wish him all the Of blazing hearths and soft warm best — but put your energy into nourishing beds. friendships, interests and your sense of self. Ten Christmas seasons of church bells One day you might be able to be friends rung, with this ex, but that day is not today. And Of mince pies eaten and carols sung. that is 100 percent OK. Of families gathered to celebrate Dear Annie: I was shocked to read that The wonder of that age-old date. “Fearing the Future” is so pessimistic at 67. Ten more New Years to welcome in, I am 91 and recently wrote the following To wonder what the year will bring. poem: Will there be a new baby for me to see? “The Optimist” A great-grandchild on my family tree? “Why live to one hundred?” asked my I strive for another decade of living, friend. Of hoping and praying and loving and “Isn’t ninety enough to make a good giving. end?” And, if I reach one hundred, what then? “I think of the things I would miss,” I Why, I’d plan to live to one hundred and replied, ten! “If, at ninety, I stopped and simply died.” — Beryl in Keizer, Oregon Thousands of mornings to see the sun rise Dear Beryl: Thank you for lighting the In a glorious blaze in the eastern skies. way with optimism. 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