O objetivo do trabalho é apresentar a metodologia de Integração de recursos energéticos para o modelo de planejamento integrado de recursos energéticos desenvolvido na USP - PIRnaUSP - considerando os vigilantes e os delimitadores de pontencial dos recursos energéticos para o desenvolvimento sustentável ao longo do horizonte de planejamento aplicando a interação projetada com o ambiente pelo Mapeamento Energoambiental, trazendo a leitura do Cômputo e Valoração do Potencial completo, a Caracterização dos recursos energéticos, o Ranqueamento e a previsão de demanda a partir de cenários. Sendo analisado o estudo de caso projetado da Região Administrativa de Araçatuba - RAA - Caracterizada previamente em projeto de pesquisa financiado pela FAPESP e com resultados projetados ao momento da realização deste trabalho e magnificado o período de projeção para observar 5 anos intermediários. Com resultados de aplicação da Integração de Recursos Energéticos com a consideração dos vigilantes e Delimitadores de Potencial Energético, que são as mesmas informações - ou índices- sob a perspectiva dos recursos no caso dos Vigilantes e do Mapeamento, no caso dos DPE. Sendo a nomenclatura devido à delimitação do potencial real e efetivo do recurso energético possível de ser utilizada, para os DPEs e a constante vigilância em se obter o melhor pool de recursos integrados no tempo verificando-se as premissas do PIR e o desenvolvimento sustentável. Apresentado a limitação de alguns recursos e o rearranjo do aproveitamento, a partir do ranqueamento para o atendimento ao longo do horizonte de planejamento de forma satisfatória energeticamente e com o atendimento aos requisitos para o desenvolvimento sustentável. / The aim of the work is to present a methodology of energy resources Integration for the model of integrated energy resources planning developed at USP - PIRnaUSP - considering the vigilantes and delimiters of energy resources potential for sustainable development throughout the planning horizon applying the interaction projected with the environment by the Environmental-Energy Mapping, bringing the reading of the Computing and Valuation of the full Potential, the Characterization of the energy resources, the Ranking and the forecast of demand from scenarios. Being the analyzed case study of the Administrative Region of Araçatuba - RAA - previously characterized in research project granted by FAPESP and with projected results at the time of the work accomplishment and magnifying the period of projection to observe 5 intermediate years. With results of the application of the Energy Resources Integration with the consideration of the Vigilants and Energetic Potential Delimiters, which are the same information - or indexes - from the perspective of the resources in the case of the Vigilantes and the Mapping, in the case of the DPE. The nomenclature is due to the delimitation of the real and effective potential of the energy resource that can be used, to the DPEs and the constant vigilance in obtaining the best pool of resources integrated in the time, verifying the premises of the RIP and the sustainable development. Presented the limitation of some resources and the rearrangement of the utilization, from the ranking for the service along the planning horizon in a satisfactory way energetically and with the fulfillment of the requirements for the sustainable development.

O objetivo fundamental deste trabalho é introduzir efetivamente as variáveis do aquecimento global dentro do planejamento energético através do Planejamento Integrado de Recursos Energéticos - PIR. A causa do aquecimento que ameaça a vida como conhecemos na Terra não é a liberação de gases de efeito estufa por atividades antropogênicas. A liberação desenfreada dos gases de efeito estufa é uma consequência do modelo de desenvolvimento econômico, que incentiva o uso insustentável de energia e recursos naturais. É necessário repensarmos o modelo de desenvolvimento, a causa do problema. Neste sentido, este trabalho apresenta uma alternativa de planejamento energético, que inclusive engloba a questão do aquecimento global. Metodologicamente busca-se a satisfação das necessidades regionais para depois delinear as necessidades de uma macro região. A utilização dos recursos energéticos próprios da região é priorizada. A vocação econômica regional é vista como vantagem competitiva para melhoria de índices sociais. As limitações ambientais, incluindo os efeitos do aquecimento global, são consideradas. As forças políticas são respeitadas. Os atores envolvidos e interessados no desenvolvimento regional participam do planejamento. E o mais importante, a abordagem sistêmica para buscar o ótimo é feita antecipadamente, conseguindo-se prever conseqüências do desenvolvimento antes da implantação de projetos. Estes, com ganhos econômicos, sociais, ambientais epolíticos, ao mesmo tempo, são priorizados em relação àqueles com ganhos predominantemente econômicos. Desta forma minimiza-se riscos e dificuldades de licenciamentos ambientais, rejeição pública, bem como problemas decorrentes da utilização insustentável de recursos naturais. ) Para validar este trabalho, a metodologia é aplicada em uma região do interior do Estado de São Paulo, a Região Administrativa de Araçatuba, composta por um conjunto de 43 municípios. Na conclusão, o trabalho aponta quais são os recursos energéticos que melhor se ajustam às premissas do desenvolvimento sustentável, que inclui a questão do aquecimento global. / The primary objective of this work is to effectively introduce the variables of global warming within energy planning through Integrated Resources Planning - IRP. The cause of this warming which threatens life on Earth is not the release of greenhouse gases through anthropological activities, but it is rather the consequence of an economic development model which stimulates the unsustainable use of energy and natural resources. It is necessary to rethink the development model. In this sense, this work presents an energy planning alternative that also takes into consideration the question of global warming. In terms of methodology, the satisfaction of regional needs are sought, and then expanded to a macro region. The use of internal energy resources of a particular region is prioritized. This regional economic tendency can be seen as a competitive advantage for the improvement of social indexes. The environmental limitations, including the effects of global warming, are considered. Political forces are accountable, and the stakeholders involved in regional development take part in planning. Most importantly, the systemic approach to obtain an optimum point is done previously through the prediction of development consequences prior to project implantation. These projects, with economic, social, and environmental benefits, are prioritized in relation to projects of predominant economic benefits. Thus, there is a minimization of risks and difficulties ofenvironmental licenses, public rejections, and problems of the unsustainable use of natural resources. To validate this work, this methodology was applied in Araçatuba, a region of the state of São Paulo, composed by a total of 43 municipalities. In conclusion, this work points the most adaptable energy resources to the subject of sustainable development, including the issue of global warming.

O modelo cascata, desenvolvido por consultores europeus e não difundido no Brasil, é formado por matrizes onde as colunas descrevem as tecnologias e as linhas as fontes de energia, e representa um completo balanço energético incluindo as tecnologias utilizadas na produção, extração, conversão, transporte e uso final. A avaliação quantitativa dos impactos e dos custos envolvidos é feita por intermédio de coeficientes de impactos e de custos, ou seja, cada matriz do balanço energético é multiplicada por sua correspondente matriz de coeficientes de impactos e de custos. O modelo, devido a sua construção, permite ainda simular cenários prospectivos a partir de informações obtidas em planos ou programas oficiais. Um levantamento histórico do planejamento energético no Brasil e dos modelos de energia utilizados em planejamento energético ajudaram a verificar a necessidade e a compreender melhor a concepção de instrumentos que auxiliem na tomada de decisão no setor energético brasileiro. Um estudo de caso, para o estado de São Paulo em 1991, utilizando a canade- açúcar como energético, foi elaborado a fim de ilustrar a utilidade do modelo cascata. A partir dos valores obtidos no balanço energético, foram elaborados três cenários prospectivos, que fornecem subsídios para a análise do futuro do setor sucro-alcooleiro. / The cascade model was developed by European consultants but it has not been available in Brazil. It is formed by matrices where columns represent types of technology and the rows represent types of energy. The resulting cascade of matrices represents a complete energy balance including all types of technology applied in the chain of extraction, conversion and use. The quantitative assessment of impacts and costs is made by the impacts and costs coefficients. For this purpose each of the energy balance matrices has to be multiplied by a corresponding matrix of impact and cost coefficients. The cascade model allows us to simulate scenarios with information obtained from official plans or programs. A historical survey of energy plan in Brazil, and of energy models, aid to check and to understand better the creation of tools that help decision makers and planning authorities in the Brazilian energy sector. A case study, for São Paulo State in 1991, using sugar cane as a type of energy, was made in order to show the utility of the cascade model. From the values obtained in the energy balance three scenarios were developed that provide assistance for the analysis of the future of the alcohol sector.

A multi-period optimal energy planning program for Ontario has been developed in mixed-integer non-linear programming using General Algebraic Modeling System, GAMS. The program applies both time-dependent and time-independent constraints. These include, but not limited to, construction time, fluctuation of fuel prices, and CO2 emission reduction target. It also offer flexibility of fuel balancing and fuel switching of the existing boilers and option purchasing of Carbon credit if the reduction target is not achievable. The objective function incorporates all these constraints as well as minimizes over all the cost of electricity and meets the projected electricity demand over the 30 years horizon. A number of Ontario study cases are performed utilizing this 30 years model. These cases include a number of CO2 emission reduction target from 6% to 75% below that of 1990 levels by 2014, doubling of natural gas over the forecasted price in 2020, an arbitrary year. A study case in appliance with the Environmental Protection Act where no new or existing coal-fired power stations are available after 2014, as well as study cases where no new nuclear power stations are available. The overall cost of the electricity for different CO2 emission reduction targets increases linearly with slope of ~ 5. The fuel switching, fuel balancing for coal stations, and retrofitting of the carbon capture and storage are the main strategy in order to keep the cost of electricity relative low and satisfy the CO2 emission constraints. Nuclear power is an essential supply technology to the fleet especially when CO2 emission is concerned. An additional 248 Mt of CO2 emission is observed over the reference case when no new nuclear supply is offered. Eliminating all coal technologies by 2014 in accordance to the Environmental Protection Act may also reduce the CO2 emission with less additional expenditure normally associated with the emission reduction processes. This however also reduces the energy port folio diversity, forcing the system to depend on a smaller group of supply technologies and decreasing the reliability of the system overall. These results help us better understand the factors affecting the fleet’s structure. It may also help plan the energy direction of Ontario and perhaps serve as an example for other provinces, territories, states, and even countries.

A multi-period optimal energy planning program for Ontario has been developed in mixed-integer non-linear programming using General Algebraic Modeling System, GAMS. The program applies both time-dependent and time-independent constraints. These include, but not limited to, construction time, fluctuation of fuel prices, and CO2 emission reduction target. It also offer flexibility of fuel balancing and fuel switching of the existing boilers and option purchasing of Carbon credit if the reduction target is not achievable. The objective function incorporates all these constraints as well as minimizes over all the cost of electricity and meets the projected electricity demand over the 30 years horizon. A number of Ontario study cases are performed utilizing this 30 years model. These cases include a number of CO2 emission reduction target from 6% to 75% below that of 1990 levels by 2014, doubling of natural gas over the forecasted price in 2020, an arbitrary year. A study case in appliance with the Environmental Protection Act where no new or existing coal-fired power stations are available after 2014, as well as study cases where no new nuclear power stations are available. The overall cost of the electricity for different CO2 emission reduction targets increases linearly with slope of ~ 5. The fuel switching, fuel balancing for coal stations, and retrofitting of the carbon capture and storage are the main strategy in order to keep the cost of electricity relative low and satisfy the CO2 emission constraints. Nuclear power is an essential supply technology to the fleet especially when CO2 emission is concerned. An additional 248 Mt of CO2 emission is observed over the reference case when no new nuclear supply is offered. Eliminating all coal technologies by 2014 in accordance to the Environmental Protection Act may also reduce the CO2 emission with less additional expenditure normally associated with the emission reduction processes. This however also reduces the energy port folio diversity, forcing the system to depend on a smaller group of supply technologies and decreasing the reliability of the system overall. These results help us better understand the factors affecting the fleet’s structure. It may also help plan the energy direction of Ontario and perhaps serve as an example for other provinces, territories, states, and even countries.

Energy intervention programs have gained prominence in governmental policies and development agendas as a prevailing practice of improving rural livelihoods and protecting local environment and resources in developing rural areas since early 1970s. In spite of the increasing evidences of small-scale renewable energy systems being advantageous over traditional ones towards rural sustainability, the introduction and diffusion of the new energy systems in many developing rural areas has suffered program ineffectiveness in terms of slow construction, limited utilization, and high risks of being idled or abandoned by the adopters. While there are substantial studies documenting the challenges of rural energy planning, few scholars have devoted to the processes and efficacy of the planning practice. Literature has obvious gaps between planning theory and rural energy planning practice as no prior academic efforts were uncovered to use planning theory to examine the rural energy planning practice and to provide directions to future practice. Meanwhile, literature suggests that the integration of efficacy-oriented and context-dependent principles of planning theory into the energy planning processes can contribute to the effectiveness of rural energy intervention programs. Vital to the integration is the conduct of a study that critically assesses the rural energy planning processes against the insights drawn from planning theory and then provides policy implications for bridging the gaps between theory and practice. A review of literature on energy, planning, and community development in relation to sustainability led to an evaluative framework containing 24 criteria which were aggregated into six groups of principles, i.e., equity, flexibility, efficiency, participation, continuity and reflectivity. The principles were coupled respectively focusing on the operationalization, implementation, and monitoring processes of rural energy planning. Employing a primary case study design, the researcher conducted the field study in southern China’s Hainan province to examine whether the aggregated criteria were upheld and performed in local practices. In the field research, the author collected relative information and data through interviews, surveys, secondary sources, and direct observation. The data were analyzed in a mix of inter-related qualitative and quantitative methods. Where possible, the author used triangulation to limit individual and methodological biases. Hainan’s rural energy intervention programs of introducing and diffusion renewable energy systems such as anaerobic digesters and solar heaters in developing rural areas were significant contents of the provincial eco-village program and eco-province strategy. Although the energy programs had satisfactory effectiveness sporadically in a few villages, the majority of the programs suffered from problems like slow construction, limited utilization, and high risks of being idled or abandoned by the adopters. A number of challenges were recognized and mentioned by the administrative interviewees, including financial, technical, social, cultural, institutional and other constraints that support and conform to the discussions in literature. The study advances the understandings by identifying the gaps between planning theory and local rural energy planning practice in Hainan. Specifically, the equity principle was recognized but not totally fulfilled; the flexibility principle remained contentious and singularly executed; the efficiency principle was accepted but performed without enough scrutiny; the participation principle was emphasized but challenging; the continuity principle was aware of but not compulsorily executed; and the reflectivity principle was vague and overlooked. The author further analyzes that there will be barriers at the micro, meso, and macro levels to impede the integration of planning theory into rural energy planning practice. Extending the findings to a broader discussion on planning for development projects in developing rural areas, the author highlights a number of external and internal problems that harm the program effectiveness and calls for immediate and meaningful attention to ensuring program effectiveness. Several suggestions are provided for policy reconsideration and reorientation.

This report asks how Austin Energy can optimally operate residential energy efficiency and demand side management programs including demand response measures. Efficient energy use is the act of using less energy to provide the same level of service. Demand side management encompasses utility initiatives that modify the level and pattern of electrical use by customers, without adjusting consumer behavior. Demand side management is required when a utility must respond to increasing energy needs, or demand, by its customers. In order to achieve the 20% carbon emissions and 800 MW peak demand reductions mandate of the Generation, Resource and Climate Plan, AE must aggressively pursue an increase in customer participation by expanding education and technical services, enlist the full functionality of a smart grid and subsequently reduce energy consumption, peak demand, and greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency is in fact the cheapest source of energy that Austin Energy has at its disposal between 2010 and 2020. But this service threatens Austin Energy’s revenues. With the ascent of onsite renewable energy generation and advanced demand side management, utilities must address the ways they generate revenues. As greenhouse gas emissions regulations lurk on the horizon, the century-old business model of “spinning meters” will be fundamentally challenged nationally in the coming years. Austin Energy can develop robust analytical methods to determine its most cost-effective energy efficiency options, while creating a clear policy direction of promoting energy efficiency while addressing the three-fold challenges of peak demand, greenhouse gas emissions and total energy savings. This report concludes by providing market-transforming recommendations for Austin Energy. / text

As the public and policy makers continue to become more concerned with climate change, researchers continue to seek to understand and explain energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trends and their drivers. Living and existing in different areas is associated with different impacts, so growth in different areas, as well as the movement of people to and from those areas will affect energy use and emissions over US, individual states, and counties. First the emissions implications of state to state mobility on household energy and GHG emissions are explored. 3 million households move across state lines annually, and generally move from the North East to the South and West. Migrating households often move to states with different climates, and thus heating and cooling and needs, different fuel mixes, and different regional electricity grids which leads them to experience changes in household emissions as a result of their move. Under current migration trends, the emissions increases of households moving from the Northeast to the South and Southwest are balanced by the emissions decreases of households moving to California and the Pacific Northwest. The net sum of emissions changes for migrating households is slightly positive but near zero; however, that net zero sum represents the balance of many emission changes. Summing emissions changes over individual states and regions show the regional differences in household emissions. Next, a similar analysis is conducted for the 120,000 households that annually move between counties in Pennsylvania. From 2006–2010, the emissions changes experienced by those households balanced to near zero values, similar to the state analysis. The emissions increases from households moving to metropolitan fringe and suburban counties were countered by the emissions decreases from households moving to low emission urban centers, even though urban centers experienced net negative migration. While emission changes experienced by households were dominated by differences in emissions from residential energy use, emission changes for household moving within Pennsylvania were dominated by differences from transportation emissions. Finally, this thesis explores the long term effects of growth and decline at the metropolitan level by estimating fossil based CO2 emissions from1900−2000 for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. From 1970 to 2000, Allegheny County experienced a 30% decrease in total emissions and energy use from peak values, primarily because of a decline in industrial activity! (40% decrease in value added) and the loss of a quarter of its population. Allegheny County’s history suggests that the scale of change needed to achieve local emissions reductions may be significant; given years of major technological, economic, and demographic changes, per capita emissions in 1940 were nearly the same in 2000. Most local governments are planning emissions reductions rates that exceed 1% per year, which deviate significantly from historical trends. These results suggest additional resources and improved planning paradigms are likely necessary to achieve significant emissions reductions, especially for areas where emissions are still increasing. This work shows that overtime, growth and decline within a! region drives its evolving GHG footprint. Population decline within region may lead to emission reductions, as seen in the Allegheny County, but those reductions are more accurately described as displaced emissions due to population redistribution. From 2005-2010, the mobility of the US population between states, regions and counties was responsible for many household emissions changes that balance annually over the entire US. The near zero sum represents the v precarious emissions balance of two kinds of household moves. First, moves resulting in moderate emissions increases either as a result of households moving to higher carbon regions, like the South or South West, or as a result of households moving higher carbon suburban counties within states. Second, moves resulting in significant emissions decreases! As a result of households moving to low carbon regions or low carbon urban centers. Planning for continued low carbon growth in low carbon regions or cities experiencing high growth rates driven by migration, like California or Philadelphia, is essential in order to offset the moderate emissions increases experienced by households moving to high carbon regions or suburban areas.

Energy intervention programs have gained prominence in governmental policies and development agendas as a prevailing practice of improving rural livelihoods and protecting local environment and resources in developing rural areas since early 1970s. In spite of the increasing evidences of small-scale renewable energy systems being advantageous over traditional ones towards rural sustainability, the introduction and diffusion of the new energy systems in many developing rural areas has suffered program ineffectiveness in terms of slow construction, limited utilization, and high risks of being idled or abandoned by the adopters. While there are substantial studies documenting the challenges of rural energy planning, few scholars have devoted to the processes and efficacy of the planning practice. Literature has obvious gaps between planning theory and rural energy planning practice as no prior academic efforts were uncovered to use planning theory to examine the rural energy planning practice and to provide directions to future practice. Meanwhile, literature suggests that the integration of efficacy-oriented and context-dependent principles of planning theory into the energy planning processes can contribute to the effectiveness of rural energy intervention programs. Vital to the integration is the conduct of a study that critically assesses the rural energy planning processes against the insights drawn from planning theory and then provides policy implications for bridging the gaps between theory and practice. A review of literature on energy, planning, and community development in relation to sustainability led to an evaluative framework containing 24 criteria which were aggregated into six groups of principles, i.e., equity, flexibility, efficiency, participation, continuity and reflectivity. The principles were coupled respectively focusing on the operationalization, implementation, and monitoring processes of rural energy planning. Employing a primary case study design, the researcher conducted the field study in southern China’s Hainan province to examine whether the aggregated criteria were upheld and performed in local practices. In the field research, the author collected relative information and data through interviews, surveys, secondary sources, and direct observation. The data were analyzed in a mix of inter-related qualitative and quantitative methods. Where possible, the author used triangulation to limit individual and methodological biases. Hainan’s rural energy intervention programs of introducing and diffusion renewable energy systems such as anaerobic digesters and solar heaters in developing rural areas were significant contents of the provincial eco-village program and eco-province strategy. Although the energy programs had satisfactory effectiveness sporadically in a few villages, the majority of the programs suffered from problems like slow construction, limited utilization, and high risks of being idled or abandoned by the adopters. A number of challenges were recognized and mentioned by the administrative interviewees, including financial, technical, social, cultural, institutional and other constraints that support and conform to the discussions in literature. The study advances the understandings by identifying the gaps between planning theory and local rural energy planning practice in Hainan. Specifically, the equity principle was recognized but not totally fulfilled; the flexibility principle remained contentious and singularly executed; the efficiency principle was accepted but performed without enough scrutiny; the participation principle was emphasized but challenging; the continuity principle was aware of but not compulsorily executed; and the reflectivity principle was vague and overlooked. The author further analyzes that there will be barriers at the micro, meso, and macro levels to impede the integration of planning theory into rural energy planning practice. Extending the findings to a broader discussion on planning for development projects in developing rural areas, the author highlights a number of external and internal problems that harm the program effectiveness and calls for immediate and meaningful attention to ensuring program effectiveness. Several suggestions are provided for policy reconsideration and reorientation.

En France comme en Suisse, les collectivités territoriales s'imposent comme des acteurs majeurs de la transition énergétique, une transition dont la mise en œuvre nécessite un important renouvellement des instruments d'intervention publics. Ce sont les enjeux et les conditions d'un tel renouvellement que le présent travail se donne pour objectif d'examiner, à partir des expériences de planification énergétique territoriale menées sur l'agglomération franco-valdo-genevoise. Conçues comme des démarches de relocalisation des filières énergétiques – filières dont nombre de composantes étaient, avec les énergies fossiles, externes aux territoires consommateurs –, ces démarches de planification énergétique sont ici examinées à partir d'une grille de lecture d'inspiration institutionnaliste et pragmatiste.Consistant à appréhender ces démarches comme autant d'enquêtes ayant vocation, à travers un travail collectif de (ré)équipement cognitif du champ d'intervention territorial FVG, à initier et accompagner la reconstruction des modes de coordination des hommes au sujet de leur territoire – territoire entendu dans sa triple dimension matérielle, organisationnelle et politique – , cette grille ouvre vers une double lecture des expériences de planification énergétique. La première se concentre sur la dimension organisationnelle de ces enquêtes en devenir, c'est-à-dire sur les cultures d'action en présence et les modalités d'interaction entre elles, tandis que la seconde porte sur la substance cognitive qui sert de support à ces interactions, c'est-à-dire sur les logiques de réflexion qui président à la mobilisation et à la production des représentations territoriales liées à ces démarches.Cette double lecture permet de tirer des enseignements à différents niveaux. Le premier concerne le champ (cognitif) d'intervention territorial que ces démarches de planification énergétique contribuent à dessiner. Un champ qui, bien que de mieux en mieux appréhendé dans ses dimensions techniques, reste à la fois limité et « déformé » de telle sorte qu'il valorise davantage les filières fossiles, dont on souhaiterait s'affranchir, que les filières renouvelables que l'on souhaiterait leur substituer. Le second niveau d'enseignement porte sur les processus de production de connaissances territoriales (PPCT) qui président à la délimitation et à « l'équipement » de ce champ d'intervention. Appréhendés à travers les normes institutionnelles qui les encadrent, et les cultures d'action dont les interactions peuvent initier des processus de déstabilisation-reconstruction de ces normes, ces PPCT s'avèrent donner naissance à des « zones-frontières » sociocognitives, zones favorables à de telles reconfigurations, mais nécessitant, dans le cas FVG, un travail préalable « d'aménagement ».C'est sur les facteurs les plus déterminants pour la qualité de cet « aménagement » – un aménagement qui n'est plus seulement cognitif mais qui renvoie, plus globalement, aux conditions de mise en œuvre d'enquêtes dont la finalité ultime demeure bien l'action collective territoriale – que se concentre la troisième catégorie d'enseignements. Ouvrant sur les défis comme sur les pistes de renouvellement ouvertes, au niveau des modes d'action publics, par ces démarches de planification énergétique, ces éléments permettent aussi de porter un nouveau regard sur le projet d'agglomération en construction sur ce territoire transfrontalier. / In France as in Switzerland, local authorities stand out as leading players of energy transition, a transition that requires an important renewal of public intervention instruments. It is the stakes and the conditions of such a renewal that the present work aims to examine, based on the experiments of territorial energy planning led on the franco-valdo-genevan cross-border territory. Conceived as initiatives of relocation of the energy supply system, these energy planning initiatives are examined through an institutionalist and pragmatic « reading template ».This « reading template » consists of seeing these energy planning initiatives as pragmatist inquiries aiming, through a collective work of cognitive equipment of the territorial franco-valdo-genevan field of intervention, at the reconstruction of the means of coordination between people about their material, organizational and political territory. It opens towards a double reading of the energy planning initiatives. The first one concentrates on the organizational dimension of these inquiries - i.e. on the cultures of action which they gather and the modalities of interaction between them - whereas the second focuses on the cognitive substance which represents the medium of the interactions.This double reading provides insights at various levels. The first one concerns the (cognitive) territorial field of intervention that these energy-planning experiments contribute to draw. A field which, although better and better characterized in its technical dimensions, remains at the same time limited and " deformed " so that it values more the fossil energy systems, from which we want to release ourselves, than the renewable ones, which we would like to replace them with.The second level of teaching concerns the processes of production of territorial knowledge (PPTK) which presides over the demarcation and « equipment » of the territorial field of intervention. Examined through the institutional norms and the culture of action at stake in them, this PPTK turns out to create a sociocognitive "cross-border" area, the kind of area that could shelter the desired reconfigurations…on the condition that they are beforehand correctly “equipped”, in cognitive and also in organizational terms.The determining factor for the quality of this equipment is concentrated in the third category of teaching. Starting with the opportunities created by these energy planning experiments concerning the renewal of public intervention instruments, these elements also allow us to take a new look at the urban area project under construction in this cross-border territory, a project that shows itself closely linked to the energy experiments through a common challenge of territorialisation.