Energy community roles

There are a number of different roles involved in delivering a successful energy project. Sometimes these are filled by different people and sometimes people take on more than one role. These roles evolve and are more structured when you start your energy master plan. The key roles are:

• Community committee
• Wider community
• Mentor
• Consultant

At different stages in your project your SEC committee can have many functions:

• Steering committee of the energy project process
• Engagement of the wider community in developing your community charter
• Applying for energy master plan grant
• Procuring the energy master plan consultant

Common type of committees

• Tidy Towns Committee
• Community Development Committee
• Residents Association
• A Local Authority
• Community Council, Housing Association or a sub committee of these.

The wider community is essential to the success of the community project. They will be involved in gathering information needed to build your Energy Master Plan. Householders, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and  community services all form part of the wider community. They might be participate by attending meetings, filling out surveys, sharing energy bills or getting energy audits done.

The community has the ability to lead, influence, engage and enable the local citizens. Most communities use several ways to engage from hosting local meetings, facebook, newsletters and local newspapers to tell the local community energy story and invite wider participation in the project.