Over the years, our team has presented the Ready for 100 campaign to various committee and even organized a daylong conference. These are all archived below.
- Jan 16, 2020 -- Lower Merion Sustainability Steering Committee
- June 29, 2019 -- Montco 100% Clean Energy Conference
- May 22, 2018 -- Presentation for Indian Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Apr 25, 2018 -- Presentation for Upper Perkiomen Regional Planning Commission
Lower Merion Sustainability Steering Committee
On Jan 16 2020, a Ready for 100 update was presented to the Lower Merion Sustainability Steering Committee. There was a presentation by Dr Richard Tolin, followed by Jim Wylie & Bill Sabey and then Lisa Longo on Ready for 100 Schools. The evening culminated with young speakers from Welsh Valley Middle School, active with the Sunrise Movement; see video as well as text.
You'll find Dr Richard Tolin's slides below, followed by the slides used by Jim Wylie & Bill Sabey that evening.
The slides used by Jim Wylie & Bill Sabey that evening can be viewed here:
Montco Clean Energy Conference
Montco 100% Clean Energy Conference
The inaugural Montco Clean Energy Leaders Kickoff Conference made history on Saturday, June 29, 2019.
70 attendees representing 19 Montgomery County municipalities and our Ready for 100 partners in Delaware and Chester Counties came together to celebrate and collaborate on clean energy planning. We've started our journey to renewable energy, a journey to mitigate the damages of the climate crisis.
Who attended? Commissioners & Supervisors, Mayors, members of Environmental Advisory Committees (EAC) and/or Environmental Advisory Boards (EAB), Township Managers and... our volunteer team at Montco's Ready for 100 -- each representing one of these towns --Abington, Ambler (#114 to pass the Ready for 100 Resolution), Bridgeport, Cheltenham (#115), Conshohocken (#129), Jenkintown, Lansdale, Lower Frederick, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Montgomery, Narberth (#121), Norristown (#117), Springfield (#105), Upper Dublin, Upper Merion, West Norriton, Whitemarsh (#113)
Conference agenda here. View speaker bios here.
What resources can I access?
- July 1, 2019, Times Herald, Montco 100 percent clean energy conference provides green options -- this article has some great quotes.
- Conference presentations
- Julia Griffin, Hanover NH, Hampshire One 'Ready for 100' Model
- Jim Wylie, Southeastern PA Group (SPG) of Sierra Club, Ready for 100 in Southeastern PA
- Bill Sabey, Ready for 100 MontcoPA, Montco IS Ready
- Jon Lesher, Montco Planning Commission, Solar Energy Work
- slidedeck of analysis for Town of Hanover NH by 3 Degrees - Renewable Energy Supply Options
- The Suburban Domino Theory By Jim Wylie, Sierra Club, Southeastern PA Group, volunteer chair
- A Ready for 100 whitepaper, just for Montco
- 100% Renewable Energy - Let’s Make it Happen, Sustainable Hanover – Energy Subcommittee, 2nd Annual Ready for 100 Forum, April 2019
- Roadmap to 100 - Report from One Year of Planning for 100% Renewable, Zero Emission Energy, September 2018, Sarasota, Florida
- Ready for 100% - 2017 Case Studies Report, Cities Are Ready for 100% Clean Energy
If questions about this conference, please contact Bill Sabey (billzmail-eab@yahoo.com) or Lou Ann Merkle ( louannmerkle15@gmail.com).
page last updated: March 12, 2022