State Best Practices: Energy Policy Panel

California’s Climate Change

Policies and Program

Susan J. Brown

Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends in California

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Note: These four fuels accounted for over 70% of California's total greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 and over 75% in 1999.

Historical Forecasted

1990 Emissions

California’s 1999 GHG Emissions

Aviation Gasoline, LPG, Lubes CO2

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Mobile N2O1.5%

Mobile CH4

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Motor Gasoline CO2

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Residual Fuel CO2

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Jet Fuel CO2

9.4%Distillate CO2

6.3% Residential GHGs7.5%

Industrial GHGs18.3%

Electricity Generation GHGs13.7%

Commercial GHGs10.0%

Sum of Mobile Source GHGs = 50.5%

West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative

• September 2003 announcement by Governors of Oregon, Washington and California

• Tri-state effort to address global warming through both individual and regional actions

• Direction to three Staffs to develop joint recommendations by September 2004

West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative

• State Fleet Procurement Practices• Port Emissions and Truck-Free Corridors• Energy Efficiency Standards• Renewable Energy Resources• Reporting protocols and measurements• Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure

Reducing Petroleum Dependence

• Recommends a California strategy for reducing petroleum dependence

• Adopt a goal of reducing on-road petroleum demand

---to 15 percent below 2003 levels by 2020

---increase non-petroleum fuels to 20 percent by 2020

• Influence Congress to improve CAFE

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Transportation Fuel Demand Forecastto Increase Significantly

Integrated Energy Policy Report

• Require Greenhouse Gas Reporting in licensing new power plants

• Account for cost of GHG emissions in utility resource procurement

• Use sustainable energy and environmental designs in state buildings

• Require state agencies to incorporate climate change in planning decisions

State Policy Objectives

• Enhance California’s Building and Appliance Efficiency Standards beyond 2007

• Accelerate the Renewable Portfolio Standard to 2010

• Encourage use of low-GHG (i.e. low-emitting and fuel-efficient) vehicles

• Reduce petroleum dependence---Double Vehicle Fuel Economy---Increase non-petroleum fuels

California Climate Change Activities

• Joint Agency Task Force on Climate Change• External Advisory Committee • Tri-state planning meetings in June, July

and September 2004• Climate Change Scientific Research• AB 1493 regulation package in May 2004• California Climate Action Registry