Utilities Committee

• Councillors set Edmonton rates to handle floods, sewer stink and Blatchford

  Rate increases to pay for decades of upgrades to Edmonton's sewer system were approved by city council's utilities committee on Friday. Councillors also set the rate plan in motion for Blatchford's development.

  Environment

  Nov 1, 2019
  
• City councillor raises concerns about financial agreements around next Edmonton composter

  Council's utilities committee has agreed on the next step in approving a $12 million demolition of the composter facility, but one councillor doesn't agrees with the plan for the replacement building.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2019
  
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• Edmonton composter building to cost $12M to tear down

  It'll cost $12 million to finish the job that heat and chemicals from the aerobic composting process started. On Friday, the utilities committee will be asked to approve the demolition budget to tear down the Aeration Hall Building.

  Environment

  Sep 16, 2019
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• Edmonton councillor feels infill development utility pilot project is unfair

  Paquette questions why city council would be willing to increase your EPCOR bill to pay for utility upgrades in the core but won't install water and sewers for a key industrial park.

  Economy

  Jun 25, 2019
• Edmonton’s very own single-use plastic ban could mirror federal one

  Edmontonians will learn in the next couple of weeks how close a local ban on single-use plastic would be to the one Ottawa has planned for 2021.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2019
• Opinions clash on Calgary flood mitigation berms

  Opinions from two different Calgary neighbourhoods clashed when a city committee received its annual flood mitigation update Wednesday.

  Canada

  May 16, 2019
• Future Edmonton property tax hike one option to plug $93M Blatchford shortfall

  City council's utilities committee was presented with one unlikely option to build a special green utility for Blatchford: a 0.4 per cent property tax increase to cover off a missing $93 million.

  Environment

  Mar 22, 2019
• Edmonton will see utility rate hike; council may consider full privatization of garbage collection

  City council will be asked to approve 2.5 per cent utility rate hikes over the next four years to pay for changes coming to waste management in Edmonton.

  Environment

  Nov 16, 2018
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• Some Edmonton city councillors questioning why Blatchford needs more money

  A new report released just prior to Edmonton City Council's utilities committee meeting Thursday calls for another $52 million to be invested in Blatchford's district energy system.

  Economy

  Oct 25, 2018
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• Utility committee wants more info from EPCOR on river valley solar plan

  Members of Edmonton's utility committee asked EPCOR to provide more details to back a request to build a solar farm to power the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant at 169 Street and 35 Avenue.

  Environment

  Feb 24, 2018