APPENDIX A GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY CITY OF GROVER BEACH Community-Wide and Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Update Prepared for: SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH Prepared by: 1530 MONTEREY STREET, SUITE D SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401 UPDATED JUNE 2013 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY UPDATE Credits and Acknowledgements Report prepared by PMC in September 2009 and updated by Rincon Consultants, Inc. in June 2013 for the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District on behalf of the City of Grover Beach. 2012 GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY UPDATE PROJECT TEAM Richard Daulton, Principal, Rincon Consultants Joe Power, Principal, Rincon Consultants Shauna Callery, Project Manager, Rincon Consultants Rob Fitzroy, Assistant Project Manager, Rincon Consultants Chris Bersbach, Assistant Project Manager, Rincon Consultants Christina McAdams, Associate, Rincon Consultants WITH ASSISTANCE FROM: Air Pollution Control District California Air Resources Board Larry Allen, Air Pollution Control Officer Tom Scheffelin, Analyst, Transportation Analysis Aeron Arlin Genet, Planning & Outreach Manager Jon Taylor P.E., Manager, Transportation Analysis Melissa Guise, Air Quality Specialist IWMA Dean Carlson, Air Quality Engineer Peter Cron, Analyst City of Grover Beach PG&E Cassandra Mesa, Building/Planning Technician Gayla R. Chapman, Admin. Services Director Jillian Rich, Green Program Manager Mike Ford, Public Works Superintendent John Joseph, GHG Data Requests Jerry Ross, City Mechanic Southern California Gas Company County of San Luis Obispo, Agriculture Paulo Morais, Energy Programs Supervisor Department Janice Campbell Waste Solutions, Inc. Tom Martin City of Grover Beach GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY UPDATE Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Purpose of a GHG Inventory ...................................................................................... 8 1.2 Climate Change – Scientific Background ................................................................... 8 1.3 Climate Change – Legistlative Background ...............................................................10 1.4 Planning Process ......................................................................................................12 1.5 Local Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation Activities ...................................13 1.6 GHG Emissions Inventory Update .............................................................................15 2. Community and Government Operations Inventory Methodology ........................................17 2.1 Baseline and Forecast Years ....................................................................................17 2.2 The Two Inventories: Community-Wide and City Government Operations ................17 2.3 Data Collections and Methodology ............................................................................18 2.4 Data Sources ............................................................................................................20 2.5 Data Limitations ........................................................................................................22 2.6 Clean Air and Climate Protection Software 2009 .......................................................25 3. Community GHG Inventory Results.....................................................................................25 3.1 Community-Wide Emissions By Scope .....................................................................26 3.2 All-Scope Emissions by Sector ..................................................................................28 3.3 Transportation ...........................................................................................................29 3.4 The Built Environment (Residential, Commercial, Industrial) .....................................30 3.4 Solid Waste ...............................................................................................................32 3.5 Off-Road Vehicles and Equipment ............................................................................34 3.6 Community Emissions by Source ..............................................................................36 3.7 Per Capita Emissions ................................................................................................37 4. City Government Operations GHG Emissions Inventory Results .........................................38 4.1 City Government Operations Inventory Results .........................................................38 4.2 Building Sector ..........................................................................................................39 4.3 Vehicle Fleet .............................................................................................................40 4.4 Employee Commute ..................................................................................................41 4.5 Streetlights ................................................................................................................43 4.6 Water and Wastewater ..............................................................................................43 4.7 Solid Waste ...............................................................................................................43 4.8 City Emissions by Source ..........................................................................................43 5. Forecast ..............................................................................................................................45 6. Conclusion and Next Steps .................................................................................................47 City of Grover Beach Page i GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY UPDATE List of Tables Table ES-1: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Sector ......................................................... 4 Table ES-2: 2005 City Government Operations Emissions by Sector ........................................ 5 Table 2-1: 2005 Data Sources for Community Analysis ............................................................21 Table 2-2: 2005 Data Sources for City Government Operations Analysis .................................22 Table 3-1: Emission Sources Included in Community Inventory by Scope and Sector ..............26 Table 3-2: 2005 Community GHG Emission per Sector per Scope ..........................................27 Table 3-3: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Sector ............................................................29 Table 3-4: Residential GHG Emissions by Source ....................................................................32 Table 3-5: Commercial/Industrial GHG Emissions by Source ....................................................32 Table 3-6: Waste GHG Emissions by Waste Type ....................................................................33 Table 3-7: County-Wide Equipment Type Indicators .................................................................33 Table 3-8: Off-Road GHG Emissions by Equipment Type .........................................................33 Table 3-9: Off-Road GHG Emissions by Fuel Type ...................................................................33 Table 3-10: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Source .........................................................37 Table 4-1: 2005 City Government Operations Emissions by Sector ..........................................39 Table 4-2: 2005 Building Sector Emissions by Source ..............................................................40 Table 4-3: Days of City Employee Travel by Commute Mode ...................................................41 Table 4-4: Employee Commute VMT by Vehicle & Fuel Type ...................................................42 Table 4-5: 2005 City Government Operations Emissions by Source .........................................44 Page ii City of Grover Beach GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY UPDATE List of Figures Figure ES-1: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Sector ......................................................... 3 Figure ES-2: 2005 City Government Portion of Community-Wide GHG Emissions .................... 4 Figure ES-3: 2005 City Government Operations GHG Emissions by Sector .............................. 4 Figure ES-4: 2020 Business-As-Usual GHG Emissions Forecast .............................................. 6 Figure ES-5: Business-As-Usual Forecast in Relation to State-Recommended Target .............. 7 Figure 1-1: The Greenhouse Effect ............................................................................................ 8 Figure 1-2: California Climate Change Emissions and Targets .................................................11 Figure 1-3: Planning Process ....................................................................................................13 Figure 2-1: Relationship Between Community-Wide and City Government Inventories .............18 Figure 2-2: GHG Emission Scopes ...........................................................................................20 Figure 3-1: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Scope ...........................................................27 Figure 3-2: 2005 Community GHG Emissions by Sector ...........................................................28