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Benchmarking report: Kingston wastewater plant accounts for majority of municipal electricity use; commission to refine emissions accounting
Summary
City staff presented the municipal energy benchmarking report showing the wastewater treatment plant is the largest municipal electricity consumer and identified accounting choices that affect greenhouse-gas totals.
City staff presented the City of Kingston—s 2022–2024 municipal energy benchmarking and a companion electricity-source report to the Climate Smart Commission on April 23, showing the wastewater treatment plant as the single largest electricity user among municipal accounts.
The benchmarking slides compared electricity and natural-gas use across municipal buildings and plotted heating-degree days against natural-gas consumption to explain variation year to year. Staff pointed to a number of anomalies…
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