On Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 CAFES held a special Joint Caucus meeting to discuss ideas for the City of Ottawa’s “A Green and Resilient City” service review feedback opportunity, and on July 29th CAFES submitted a detailed recommendations document to the City. The purpose of the City’s service review is to examine municipal services that…
After almost two years of community discussion and city committee and council votes, a second BESS project is likely to be coming to Ottawa. City Council voted to support a municipal support resolution for the Trail Road BESS project in late 2023, and for the more controversial South March BESS on June 11th, 2025. Both…
CAFES had an invigorating day attending the Ottawa Energy Symposium on Tuesday, June 10th, organized by the Ottawa Board of Trade and supported by us as a community sponsor. This dynamic event explored the future of energy in Ottawa by hearing from industry leaders, government officials and innovators as they discussed what local customers need,…
On Thursday June 5th, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) will meet to discuss Evolugen’s application for the Marchurst Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Municipal Support Resolution (MSR). CAFES is urging citizens to give a 5-minute delegation in support of the City of Ottawa Council giving an MSR to Evolugen for the Marchurst proposed…
CAFES has long been active in advocating for a more enabling planning and zoning regime for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the City of Ottawa. Most recently, CAFES delivered an impactful public delegation during the Planning and Housing Committee meeting on February 5th, 2025. You can watch the recording of the committee meeting here (CAFES starts presenting…
After almost two years of community discussion and city committee and council votes, a second BESS project is likely to be coming to Ottawa. City Council voted to support a municipal support resolution for the Trail Road BESS project in late 2023, and for the more controversial South March BESS on on June 11th, 2025….
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