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I FJ MOUNTAIN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOODS K AND L INITIAL STUDY 5.ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 3.AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS I implementation of the Renewables Portfolio Standard beyond current levels of renewable energy, or the solar measures. In December 2007, CARB approved a regulation for mandatory reporting and verification of GHG emissions for major sources. This regulation covered major stationary sources such as cement plants, oil refineries, electric generating r facilities/providers, and co-generation facilities,which comprise 94 percent of the '. point source CO2 emissions in the state. I I' On December 11,2008, CARB adopted a Climate Change Scoping Plan to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels.The Scoping Plan's recommendations for reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 include emission reduction measures, including a cap-and-trade program linked to Western Climate Initiative F41 partner jurisdictions,green building strategies, recycling and waste-related measures, and Voluntary Early Actions and Reductions.These measures, shown below in Table 5.3-3 by sector, also put the state on a path to meet the long-term F! 2050 goal of reducing Califomia's GHG emissions to 80 percent below 1990 i levels. CARB had until January 1,2011,to adopt the necessary regulations to I implement that plan. Implementation of individual measures must begin no later t than January 1,2012, so that the emissions reduction target can be fully achieved by 2020. The status of the Scoping Plan is uncertain, in January 2011, a superior court issued a tentative ruling that CARB's environmental analysis for '' the Scoping Plan did not comply with CEQA, specifically in regards to f j alternatives to the cap-and-trade program. At this time, it is unknown whether } CARB will appeal such a ruling,or whether the court will adopt a final ruling that is consistent with its tentative ruling. Nevertheless,the measures set forth in { ! Table 5.3-3 provide useful information for purposes of identifying measures to comply with the targets in AB 32. Renewable Portfolio Standard(RPS) In 2002,SB 1078 required electric utilities to increase procurement of power generated by eligible renewable energy sources to 20 percent of total generation Fi by 2017. In 2006, SB 107 accelerated the timetable to require 20 percent renewable energy by 2010. Then, in 2008,the Governor signed Executive Order S-14-08,which increased the required renewables content to 33 percent by F1 2020. In September 2009,the Governor signed Executive Order S-21-09,which directed CARB to adopt regulations consistent with the 33 percent renewable energy target in Executive Order S-14-08 by July 31,2010.The 33 percent by Fj 2020 goal was codified in April 2011 with Senate Bill X1-2,which was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown,Jr. This new Renewable Portfolio Standard(RPS) preempts the CARB 33 percent Renewable Electricity Standard and applies to all electricity retailers in the state, including publicly owned utilities(POUs), investor- 5 utilities, electricity service providers, and community choice aggregators. All of these entities must adopt the new RPS goals of 20 percent of retail sales from renewables by the end of 2013,25 percent by the end of 2016,and 33 percent by the end of 2020. {enn A p 5-31 I Fj