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Initial Study <br />The 2005 GHG emissions inventory provides an important foundation for the CAP 2.0, providing the <br />basis for an emissions back -cast to 1990 to serve as the reference year from which the City's target <br />to reduce per capita emissions 70 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 has been developed. <br />Approximately 12.16 MT of CO2e per person (813,131 MT of CO2e total) were emitted in Pleasanton <br />in 2005. The 2017 inventory also provided the basis for the GHG emissions forecast, against which <br />progress toward Pleasanton's 2030 target can be measured. Approximately 7.67 MT of CO2e per <br />person (588,553 MT of CO2e total) were emitted in Pleasanton in 2017. GHG emissions in the 2005 <br />and 2017 inventories were emitted from the residential and commercial energy, transportation, <br />water, wastewater, and waste sectors. The residential and commercial energy sector represents <br />emissions that result from electricity and natural gas used in both private and public sector buildings <br />and facilities. The transportation sector includes emissions from on -road passenger and commercial <br />vehicles within the City, as well as off-road vehicles and equipment. The transportation sector was <br />the largest contributor to Pleasanton's GHG emissions in both 2005 and 2017, followed by energy <br />and waste. Table 1 provides the Pleasanton community GHG emissions in 2017 by sector as well as <br />each sector's percentage of communitywide emissions. <br />Table 1 2017 Pleasanton GHG Emissions Inventory Summary <br />Residential Electricity (kWh) <br />182,355,696 <br />0.00009635 <br />MT CO2e/kWh <br />17,571 <br />Nonresidential Electricity (kWh) <br />320,791,579 <br />0.00009635 <br />MT CO2e/kWh <br />30,910 <br />Direct Access Electricity (kWh) 4 <br />52,782,630 <br />0.0002027 <br />MT CO2e/kWh <br />10,700 <br />Residential Gas (therms) <br />11,796,750 <br />0.00531 <br />MT CO2e/therms <br />62,647 <br />Nonresidential Gas (therms) <br />10,579,242 <br />0.00531 <br />MT/CO2e/therms <br />56,181 <br />Passenger On -Road Transportation (VMT) <br />601,291,074 <br />0.000338 <br />MT CO2e/mile <br />202,947 <br />Commercial On -Road Transportation (VMT) <br />92,034,058 <br />0.001366 <br />MT CO2e/mile <br />126,668 <br />Off -Road Transportation (VMT) <br />N/A <br />0.08062 <br />Effective Change <br />48,634 <br />in Service <br />Population <br />Waste (tons) s <br />102,684 <br />0.2860 <br />MT CO2e/Ton <br />29,358 <br />Wastewater (kWh) <br />N/A 1 <br />N/A 3 <br />MT CO2e/kWh <br />1,190 <br />Water (kWh) <br />18,146,306 <br />0.00009635 <br />MT CO2e/kWh <br />1,748 <br />Total Emissions <br />588,553 <br />MWh: megawatt hours; kWh: kilowatt hours; MT: metric tons; CO2e: carbon dioxide equivalent; VMT: vehicle miles traveled; Totals <br />may not sum due to rounding. <br />1 Off-road emissions calculated as a proportion of total emissions in Alameda County based on changes in population without activity <br />data. <br />z Effective change in service population was defined as on the sum of new population and jobs in Pleasanton divided by the total sum <br />of new jobs and population in Alameda County for each inventory year. <br />' Wastewater is a combination of stationery and process emissions. <br />" Direct access service is retail electric service where customers purchase electricity from a competitive provider called an Electric <br />Service Provider instead of from a regulated electric utility. An Electric Service Provider is a non-utility entity that offers electric service <br />to customers within the service territory of an electric utility. <br />5 Includes a small quantity (367 tons) of Alternative Daily Cover Waste for which a different emission factor was used (.246 <br />MTCO2e/ton). This emissions factor was calculated using data from the CARB California Landfill Emissions Tool Version 1.3. <br />Final Initial Study - Negative Declaration 13 <br />