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4.4 – Energy Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.4-1 4.4 Energy This section describes the existing energy conditions of the 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center (Project) site and vicinity, identifies associated regulatory requirements, evaluates potential impacts, and identifies mitigation measures related to implementation of the Project. In addition to the documents incorporated by reference (see Section 2.7 , Documents Incorporated by Reference, of Chapter 2, Introduction, of this Environmental Impact Report), the following analysis is based, in part, on the following sources: • Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Technical Report prepared by Dudek in January 2021 (Appendix B). • Energy Calculations prepared by Dudek in January 2021 (Appendix B). • Traffic Impact Analysis prepared by Advanced Mobility Group in December 2020 (Appendix F). 4.4.1 Existing Conditions Electricity According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, California used approximately 255,224 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2018 (EIA 2020a). By sector in 2017, commercial uses utilized 46% of the state’s electricity, followed by 35% for residential uses and 19% for industrial uses (EIA 2020a). Electricity usage in California for different land uses varies substantially by the types of uses in a building, type of construction materials used in a building, and the efficiency of all electricity-consuming devices within a building. Due to the state’s energy efficiency building standards and efficiency and conservation programs, California’s electricity use per capita in the residential sector is lower than any other state except Hawaii (EIA 2020b). Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) provides electrical and natural gas service to the region. Incorporated in California in 1905, PG&E is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. It currently provides service to approximately 16 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east. The service area includes 106,681 circuit miles of electric distribution lines, 18,466 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines. 42,141 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines, and 6,438 miles of transportation pipelines. PG&E and other utilities in the state are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) (PG&E 2020). According to the California Energy Commission (CEC), approximately 78 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were used in PG&E’s service area in 2019 (CEC 2020a). Natural Gas According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, California used approximately 2,154,030 million cubic feet of natural gas in 2019 (EIA 2020c). Natural gas is used for cooking, space heating, generating electricity, and as an alternative transportation fuel. The majority of California’s natural gas customers are residential and small commercial customers (core customers), which accounted for approximately 35% of the natural gas delivered by California utilities in 2018 (CPUC 2020). Large consumers, such as electric generators and industrial customers (noncore customers), accounted for approximately 65% of the natural gas delivered by California utilities (CPUC 2020). The CPUC regulates California natural gas rates and natural gas services, including in -state transmission