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TCAAP Energy Integration Resiliency Framework Brief 4 The City, County, and ERAB have worked with the Project Team to develop a two-part TCAAP Energy Integration Resiliency Framework that outlines the appropriate planning guidelines and policies with careful consideration of local resources, stakeholder interests, project goals, and the best available technologies for implementation over the next 50 years. Phase one of the study was the development of the Policy White Paper which was accepted by the JDA and the Arden Hills City Council in November 2014. The White Paper helps guide policy and provides a unifying vision for the site’s energy future and identifies a number of opportunities for energy efficiency and efficient energy supply options. Phase two of the study focused on the development of this document, the Energy Integration Resiliency Framework (Framework) which provides more details about how the County, the City, and the JDA can technically achieve the vision and recommendations put forth in the White Paper. The Framework considers the TCAAP Redevelopment Plan, which outlines land use, infrastructure planning, and the site development timeline. The expectation is for TCAAP to be redeveloped as a mixed-use community with residential, commercial, and retail space. The Framework evaluates the energy supply alternatives and demand-side management strategies that were the most immediately implementable concepts from the White Paper. The Framework outlines the energy supply technologies that can be  Combined heat and power (CHP) is an efficient and effective step toward developing a microgrid at TCAAP and AHATS.  The locally treated groundwater possesses enough energy to meet all of the thermal needs of the planned TCAAP residential neighborhoods.  Enhanced building design standards applied in the request for proposal (RFP) process can attract and streamline energy efficient development.  Building orientation, co-location of complementary use buildings, and use of sub-meters can reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency.  Integrating several of these energy opportunities would allow residents of TCAAP to achieve net- zero energy status.  The County and JDA should allow corridors for future energy infrastructure along the Spine Road  The JDA should begin pursuing funding opportunities that support the strategies in this Framework.  The strategies identified in this Framework should be incorporated into the developer selection process.