I would like to reinvigorate our group, but I want to have a structure or plan going in. I think pulling together data - a picture of the current status of our community - is a good project to start with, and it could give participants specific roles to play. I'm stressed for time, and would love any sort of help along this line that you may have.

Perhaps this is already answered on the site and I haven't found it.

I am looking for any sort of checklist or framework for doing a sort of community energy audit. I'm thinking of a guide for how to gather a picture of the energy status of a community - sort of a 'how-to' for researching the status of a city, county, state [island?], etc.. These are things that come to mind, in a very brief brainstorm, that might be included in such a checklist:

1. A list of what topics to research/cover
a. types & amounts of energy imported;
b. types and amounts of locally generated energy,
c. existing statutory enticements or obstacles,
d. recent trends in energy usage,
e. local energy resources available, but untapped
d. etc.

2. A list of who, or what groups, to contact for what type of data, and what types of reports to look or ask for
a. utilities,
b. regulatory or governmental agencies,
c. university researchers,
d. environmental groups,
e. etc.

3. all the rest. - I know there are a lot of ideas I am missing.

Or perhaps a group has compiled a report for the local city or legislature that we could use as a model?

Thanks,
Ben on Maui