The Tucson-Pima County Metropolitan Energy Commission is an all-volunteer
commission and the Tucson Mayor & Council and the Pima County Board
of Supervisors appoint the members. Each commissioner serves two year
terms for a maximum four terms. The meetings are held at the Ward III
Council Office, 1510 E. Grant Road, every third Thursday of the month
at 7:45 a.m. The public is welcome to attend and present their ideas
and concerns during the Call to the Audience portion of the agenda.
Specific responsibilities as outlined in MEC’s Bylaws are:
- To confer and advise the governing bodies of the City of Tucson
and Pima County on community concerns relating to energy.
- To support and sponsor community programs and projects to provide
information and education to the community on improved use of energy.
- To review and make recommendations on proposed legislation, whether
local, state or federal, relating to energy and its use.
- To act as an official advisory agency to the city and county governing
bodies for technical questions and concerns related to energy.
- To develop and encourage community efforts and resources for the
conservation of energy, and development of alternatives energy forms.
- To determine, from contact with other jurisdictions, what energy
programs are being proposed to promote energy savings, or to use more
efficient energy alternatives, and make appropriate recommendations
on adapting such programs to local use.
- To study and make recommendations to government agencies and the
private sector on possible demonstrations programs involving new technology
and/or personnel practices to dramatize and affect more efficient
energy use.
- To evaluate and make recommendations on any program, either for
the government or for the private sector, that could:
- Improve energy efficiency by promoting the best use of what
we now have in the way of resources.
- Inspire energy innovation for the proliferation of additional
resources through new technology.
- To simulate and encourage the cooperation of the other community
groups in the area of energy and its use.
- To recommend such action to the governmental bodies of the city
and county as the commission deems necessary or desirable to accomplish
the above functions, and to effectuate its policies.
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Chair
Michael Guymon, (520) 260-3666
info@tucsonmec.org
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The Commissioners have been instrumental
in developing the Community of Civano Project, formerly known
as the Tucson Solar Village, completed the strategic Energy Plan
for the area, and participated in the development of a Sustainable
Energy Standard for Tucson and Pima County. |
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ORGANIZATION |
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Tina Cook |
Tucson Unified School District |
Pima County |
Colleen Crowninshield |
Pima Association of Governments |
COT - Ward III |
Grace Evans |
University of Arizona - Planning Faculty |
COT - Ward II |
Donna Branch Gilby |
Renewable Energy Advocate |
COT - Ward I |
| Lynne Gillette |
US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution |
COT - Ward IV |
| Michael Guymon |
Arizona BioFuels |
COT - Mayor Walkup |
| Hyman Kaplan, PE, IES, IALD |
Hylite Design |
Pima County |
Earl Jacobson |
Retired |
Pima County |
| Dale Keyes, Ph.D. |
Retired |
COT - Ward V |
Rich Michal, LEED-AP |
Adolfson & Peterson |
Pima County |
Melissa Miller |
Southwest Gas |
Pima County |
Farhad Moghimi |
Sustainability Advocate |
Pima County |
| Richard R. Rushforth |
University of Arizona - Graduate Student |
Ward VI |
Erika Roush |
Solar Advocate |
Pima County |
| Joel V. Wagner, P.E., CEM |
APS Energy Services Company |
Pima County |
Denise Smith |
Tucson Electric Power |
COT - City Manager |
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| Doug Crockett |
General Services Department |
City of Tucson |
Dave Deibel |
Attorney's Office |
City of Tucson |
Yves Khawam |
Pima County Development Services |
Pima County |
Tony Larrivee |
General Services Department |
City of Tucson |
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