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Planning & Community Development Department
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS INVENTORY
Planning Commission
May 8, 2013
Policy Background
Planning & Community Development Department
• Executive Order S-3-05 (2005):
> Reduce statewide GHGs to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below
1990 levels by 2050
• Assembly Bill (AB) 32 (2006):
> Reduce statewide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
(approximately 15% below 2008 levels)
> California Air Resources Board to prepare plan to achieve target
• AB 32 Scoping Plan (2008)
> Roadmap to achieve AB 32 target
> Encourages local governments to reduce GHG emissions
consistent with statewide target
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Policy Background
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• Senate Bill (SB) 97 (2009)
> Analyze and mitigate GHGs under CEQA
> Jurisdictions can use Climate Action Plans to reduce
impacts of individual projects
• Plan Elements (CEQA Guidelines §15183.5):
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GHG inventory and forecast
Reduction target
Measures to meet target
Monitoring mechanism
Adopted in public process following environmental review
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• Climate Action Plan would:
> Defensibly demonstrate mitigation of GHG emissions
> Streamline CEQA analysis of GHGs for future
projects consistent with the General Plan and
Climate Action Plan
> Provide predictability
• GHG Emissions Inventory is first step in
developing a Climate Action Plan
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GHG Inventory Purpose
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• Purpose of GHG Emissions Inventory:
> Provides understanding of major sources and
greatest opportunities for reductions
> Establishes baseline for tracking emissions trends,
setting target, and assessing progress
> Describes GHG emissions accounting and reporting
principles
> Helps establish a basis for developing mitigation
strategies based on largest sources
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Inventory Background
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• Draft GHG Emissions Inventory & Reduction Plan
prepared in 2009
• Concerns raised about draft reports:
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URBEMIS program and its methodology
Inventory results substantially higher than other cities
GHG emissions from Rose Bowl exceptionally high
Coordination with General Plan Update
Reduction Plan lacked cost-savings data
• Recommendation made to revise Inventory and
separate from Reduction Plan
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Revised Inventory Overview
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• City prepared a revised inventory that addresses
Commission concerns
• Uses ICLEI Clean Air Climate Protection software
• Consistent with State-recommended protocols
> ICLEI Local Government Operations Protocol (2010)
> ICLEI Community Protocol (2012)
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Revised Inventory Overview
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• Includes municipal operations and community-wide
inventory
• 2009 baseline and 2020 and 2035 forecast
• Coordinated with General Plan update and City
traffic model
• Emissions from Rose Bowl/Rose Parade events
calculated separately
• Best practices for potential inclusion in future
Reduction Plan
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Revised Inventory Background
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• November 2011 Caltech peer reviewed
methodology and preliminary results
• Comments to add emissions from 10 missing
city-owned properties
• September 2012 staff directed Rincon
Consultants to complete inventory and report
• Incorporated emissions from 10 city-owned
properties and Rose Bowl/Rose Parade
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Inventory Results
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• Community Total = 2,006,372 MT CO2e
• Municipal Total = 124,096 MT CO2e
Community
94%
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Municipal
6%
Community Inventory Results
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Community Emissions
2,006,372 MT CO2e
Solid Waste
1%
Water Delivery
1%
Residential
16%
Transportation
53%
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Commercial/
Industrial
30%
Municipal Inventory Results
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Municipal Emissions:
124,096 MT CO2e
Buildings &
Facilities
20%
Electric Power
59%
Streetlights/Traffic
Signals
8%
Employee Commute
5%
Vehicle/Transit Fleet
4%
Rose Bowl/Parade
3%
Water Delivery
1%
Solid Waste
>1%
0%
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Community Forecast
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2,350,000
GHG Emissions (MT CO2e)
2,306,119
2,250,000
15%
2,150,000
2,090,541
2,050,000
Business-as-Usual
Forecast
4%
2009 Baseline
2,006,372
1,950,000
1,850,000
2009
2020
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2035
Municipal Forecast
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