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Environmental Checklist <br />Energy <br /> <br />Final Initial Study – Negative Declaration 43 <br />6 Energy <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less than <br />Significant <br />Impact No Impact <br />Would the project: <br />a. Result in a potentially significant <br />environmental impact due to wasteful, <br />inefficient, or unnecessary consumption <br />of energy resources, during project <br />construction or operation? □ □ □ ■ <br />b. Conflict with or obstruct a state or local <br />plan for renewable energy or energy <br />efficiency? □ □ □ ■ <br />a. Would the project result in a potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, <br />inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or <br />operation? <br />California is one of the lowest per-capita energy users in the United States, ranked 46th in the <br />nation, due to its energy efficiency programs and mild climate.48 California consumed 279,402 <br />gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in 2019 and 2,074,302 million cubic feet of natural gas in <br />2020.49,50 The single largest end-use sector for energy consumption in California is transportation <br />(39.1 percent), followed by industry (23.5 percent), commercial (19.2 percent), and residential (18.3 <br />percent).51 Adopted in 2018, SB 100 accelerates the State’s Renewable Portfolio Standards Program, <br />codified in the Public Utilities Act, by requiring electricity providers to increase procurement from <br />eligible renewable energy resources to 33 percent of total retail sales by 2020, 60 percent by 2030, <br />and 100 percent by 2045. <br />The City of Pleasanton has demonstrated its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable <br />energy through many efforts, as described in the Existing Sustainability Setting section above. The <br />City has adopted the California Green Building Standards Code, pursuant to PMC Chapter 20.26, that <br />requires efficiency measures to reduce energy use, and provide energy reduction benefits.52 The <br />City has also completed a communitywide GHG emissions inventory for 2017, which is summarized <br />in Table 1. Transportation (specifically on-road passenger and commercial vehicles) and building <br />energy use (specifically residential and commercial electricity and natural gas use) were responsible <br /> <br />48 United States Energy Information Administration (USEIA). 2021. “California - Profile Overview.” Last modified: February 18, 2021. <br />Available:<https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA.> Accessed October 13, 2021. <br />49 California Energy Commission (CEC). 2019. Electricity Consumption by County. Available: <br /><http://www.ecdms.energy.ca.gov/elecbycounty.aspx>. Accessed October 13, 2021. <br />50 USEIA. 2021. Natural Gas: Natural Gas Consumption by End Use. September 30, 2021. Available: <br /><https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_dcu_SCA_a.htm>. Accessed October 13, 2021. <br />51 USEIA. 2021. “California - Profile Overview.” Last modified: February 18, 2021. Available:<https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA.> <br />Accessed October 13, 2021. <br />52 Pleasanton, City of. 2021. Pleasanton Municipal Code Chapter 20.26. Available: <br /><http://qcode.us/codes/pleasanton/view.php?topic=20-20_26&frames=on>. Accessed October 13, 2021.