As communities across the globe confront the challenges of climate change, dwindling fossil fuel resources and rising costs, these questions are becoming more relevant than ever before, and in Boulder, they’ve taken center stage. The city has long been a leader in demand-side management programs such as efficiency and conservation, but in recent years, it has become increasingly clear that policies, programs and decisions related to our energy supply are just as important. Over the past two years, the Boulder community has worked to define its energy-related objectives, analyze a variety of paths for achieving them and engage the community in this important, and sometimes technical, issue.