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The Municipal Energy Profile Project

The Municipal Energy Profile Project (MEPP) provides all municipalities in the seven-county Chicago metropolitan region with annual citywide energy consumption, vehicle miles traveled and emissions data. Each profile is designed to give the municipality information about how energy is consumed by residents and businesses in the community and to help the municipality prioritize strategies for energy efficiency and conservation.
How the Profiles Help Municipalities
At the local level, having this aggregate baseline data for the entire municipality is important because it makes it possible to accurately benchmark energy use, thereby enabling better estimates of the potential for energy savings. Municipalities can use the energy use profile to develop programs that effectively reduce energy use and to measure the impact of the programs. Furthermore, the emissions profile provides a starting point for the development of a municipal sustainability or climate action plan. Your MEPP report is especially important given federal and state EECBG dollars and other funding opportunities available to local municipalities.
What’s Inside a Municipal Energy and Emissions Profile
• Aggregate annual electricity consumption from account-level data analyzed by sector
• Aggregate annual natural gas consumption from account-level data analyzed by sector
• Annual transportation data by vehicle miles traveled
• Annual emissions profile by sector
Importance to the Region
At the regional level, this project is important because it provides every municipality with unprecedented data and information that has not yet been made available in aggregate form. The Chicago metropolitan region is one of just a few nationwide to have calculated detailed local analyses at a regional scale. This aggressively positions northern Illinois to effectively and successfully continue working towards becoming a more sustainable region.
Funding and Project Partners This project is funded by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. Data is provided through the cooperation of ComEd, Nicor, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas and the Illinois Department of Transportation.

The Municipal Energy Profile Project (MEPP) provides all municipalities in the seven-county Chicago metropolitan region with annual citywide energy consumption, vehicle miles traveled and emissions data. Each profile is designed to give the municipality information about how energy is consumed by residents and businesses in the community and to help the municipality prioritize strategies for energy efficiency and conservation.

How the Profiles Help Municipalities

At the local level, having this aggregate baseline data for the entire municipality is important because it makes it possible to accurately benchmark energy use, thereby enabling better estimates of the potential for energy savings. Municipalities can use the energy use profile to develop programs that effectively reduce energy use and to measure the impact of the programs. Furthermore, the emissions profile provides a starting point for the development of a municipal sustainability or climate action plan. Your MEPP report is especially important given federal and state EECBG dollars and other funding opportunities available to local municipalities.

What’s Inside a Municipal Energy and Emissions Profile

  • Aggregate annual electricity consumption from account-level data analyzed by sector
  • Aggregate annual natural gas consumption from account-level data analyzed by sector
  • Annual transportation data by vehicle miles traveled
  • Annual emissions profile by sector

Importance to the Region

At the regional level, this project is important because it provides every municipality with unprecedented data and information that has not yet been made available in aggregate form. The Chicago metropolitan region is one of just a few nationwide to have calculated detailed local analyses at a regional scale. This aggressively positions northern Illinois to effectively and successfully continue working towards becoming a more sustainable region.

Funding and Project Partners This project is funded by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. Data is provided through the cooperation of ComEd, Nicor, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas and the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Download a sample Municipal Energy and Emissions Profile here.

Download the The Guidebook to the Municipal Energy Profile Project here.