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Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit 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 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 2020. In.September 2009,the Governor signed Executive Order S-21-09 which directed the Air Resources Board to adopt regulations consistent with the 33 percent renewable energy target in Executive Order S-14-08 by.July 31, 2010. Title 24 Although not originally intended to reduce greenhouse gases, California Code of Regulations (CCR)Title 24 Party 6:California's Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential u Buildings, was first adopted in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California's energy consumption. Since then,Title 24 has been amended with a recognition that energy-efficient buildings that require less electricity and reduce fuel consumption,which in turn decreases GHG emissions. SB 1368 Passed in 2006, SB 1368 directs the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a performance standard for GHG emissions for the future power purchases of California utilities. SB 1368 reduces carbon emissions associated with electrical energy consumed in California by forbidding procurement arrangements for energy longer than 5 years from resources that exceed the emissions of a relatively clean, combined cycle natural gas power plant. Because of the carbon content of its fuel source,a coal-fired plant cannot meet this standard because such plants emit roughly twice as much carbon as combined cycle natural gas plants. Overall, SB 1368 will dramatically lower GHG emissions a associated with California's energy demand as it will effectively prohibit California utilities from purchasing power from out-of-state producers that cannot satisfy the required performance standard. SB 375 In September of 2008,the California legislature adopted SB 375, legislation which: (1)relaxes CEQA requirements for some housing projects that meet goals for reducing GHG emissions and a (2)requires the regional governing bodies in each of the state's major metropolitan areas to adopt, as part of their regional transportation plan, "sustainable community strategies"that will meet the region's target for reducing GHG emissions. SB 375 creates incentives for implementing the sustainable community strategies by allocating federal transportation funds only to projects that are consistent with the emissions reductions. SB 375 also directs CARB to develop regional GHG emission reduction targets to be achieved from the automobile and light truck sectors for 2020 and 2035. CARB will determine the level of emissions produced by cars and light trucks,including S.U.Ws,in each of California's 17 metropolitan a planning areas.Emissions-reduction goals for 2020 and 2035 would be assigned to each area.CARB appointed a Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC) on January 23, 2009 to provide recommendations on factors to consider and methodologies to use in this target setting process Q and CARB must propose draft targets by June 10,2010 and adopt final targets by September 30,2010. Munn&Perkins quarry Excavation Permit 3.3-12 ESAl291486 Dmfl EIR April 2011