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Initial Study Final Initial Study – Negative Declaration 13 The 2005 GHG emissions inventory provides an important foundation for the CAP 2.0, providing the basis for an emissions back-cast to 1990 to serve as the reference year from which the City’s target to reduce per capita emissions 70 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 has been developed. Approximately 12.16 MT of CO2e per person (813,131 MT of CO2e total) were emitted in Pleasanton in 2005. The 2017 inventory also provided the basis for the GHG emissions forecast, against which progress toward Pleasanton’s 2030 target can be measured. Approximately 7.67 MT of CO2e per person (588,553 MT of CO2e total) were emitted in Pleasanton in 2017. GHG emissions in the 2005 and 2017 inventories were emitted from the residential and commercial energy, transportation, water, wastewater, and waste sectors. The residential and commercial energy sector represents emissions that result from electricity and natural gas used in both private and public sector buildings and facilities. The transportation sector includes emissions from on-road passenger and commercial vehicles within the City, as well as off-road vehicles and equipment. The transportation sector was the largest contributor to Pleasanton’s GHG emissions in both 2005 and 2017, followed by energy and waste. Table 1 provides the Pleasanton community GHG emissions in 2017 by sector as well as each sector’s percentage of communitywide emissions. Table 1 2017 Pleasanton GHG Emissions Inventory Summary Sector Activity Data Emission Factors Units MT of CO2e Residential Electricity (kWh) 182,355,696 0.00009635 MT CO2e/kWh 17,571 Nonresidential Electricity (kWh) 320,791,579 0.00009635 MT CO2e/kWh 30,910 Direct Access Electricity (kWh) 4 52,782,630 0.0002027 MT CO2e/kWh 10,700 Residential Gas (therms) 11,796,750 0.00531 MT CO2e/therms 62,647 Nonresidential Gas (therms) 10,579,242 0.00531 MT/CO2e/therms 56,181 Passenger On-Road Transportation (VMT) 601,291,074 0.000338 MT CO2e/mile 202,947 Commercial On-Road Transportation (VMT) 92,034,058 0.001366 MT CO2e/mile 126,668 Off-Road Transportation (VMT) N/A 0.0806 2 Effective Change in Service Population 48,634 Waste (tons) 5 102,684 0.2860 MT CO2e/Ton 29,358 Wastewater (kWh) N/A 1 N/A 3 MT CO2e/kWh 1,190 Water (kWh) 18,146,306 0.00009635 MT CO2e/kWh 1,748 Total Emissions 588,553 MWh: megawatt hours; kWh: kilowatt hours; MT: metric tons; CO2e: carbon dioxide equivalent; VMT: vehicle miles traveled; Totals may not sum due to rounding. 1 Off-road emissions calculated as a proportion of total emissions in Alameda County based on changes in population without activity data. 2 Effective change in service population was defined as on the sum of new population and jobs in Pleasanton divided by the total sum of new jobs and population in Alameda County for each inventory year. 3 Wastewater is a combination of stationery and process emissions. 4 Direct access service is retail electric service where customers purchase electricity from a competitive provider called an Electric Service Provider instead of from a regulated electric utility. An Electric Service Provider is a non-utility entity that offers electric service to customers within the service territory of an electric utility. 5 Includes a small quantity (367 tons) of Alternative Daily Cover Waste for which a different emission factor was used (.246 MTCO2e/ton). This emissions factor was calculated using data from the CARB California Landfill Emissions Tool Version 1.3.