Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Process

1. Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Process Background and Accomplishments Jonathan Raab, Raab Associates, Ltd.

2. Sponsors Department of Environmental Management State Energy Office

3. RI Economic Development Corp. RI House, Policy Office (ex officio) RI League of Cities and Towns RI Petroleum Institute RI Public Interest Research Group RI Public Transit Authority RI Division of Public Utilities and Carriers RI Senate, Policy Office (ex officio) RI Society of Environmental Professionals RI State Energy Office RI Statewide Planning Save The Bay Sierra Club Sustainability Coalition The Energy Council of Rhode Island US EPA (ex officio) US DOE (ex officio) Stakeholders Associated Builders and Contractors Audubon Society of Rhode Island Brown University Business Roundtable Conservation Law Foundation Department of Administration Governor's Policy Office (ex officio) Narragansett Electric Nat. Fed’n of Independent Businesses New England Gas Company Northern RI Chamber of Commerce Oil Heat Institute Providence Chamber of Commerce RI Builder's Association RI Dept. of Environmental Management RI Dept. of Transportation

4. Working Groups • Energy Supply / Solid Waste (Phase I and II) • Buildings / Facilities (Phase I, II, and III) • Transportation / Land Use (Phase I, II, and III) • Phase III Only: • Education • Forestry

5. Baseline Energy Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector for Rhode Island (Carbon Equivalent) Notes: This chart shows energy sector emissions with emissions from electric generation allocated among the four tertiary sectors (industry, transport, commerce and residential) based on the electricity consumed in those sectors.

6. Selecting the Target • Selected Governors’/ Premiers’ Targets for now. • 2020 Levels must be ~ 1/3 below 1990 levels. By 2010: reduce to 1990 levels By 2020: 10% below 1990 level Beyond: Reduce to non-threatening levels

7. Energy and Solid Waste Options: Selection Options by the Amount of Carbon Savings in 2020 and Cost of Saved Carbon

8. Creating/managing options (II): Results 52 Options Generated 49 Consensus 3 Non-consensus All options include estimated Carbon Saved, Cost of Saved Carbon, and Co-benefits

9. Contribution of Options to GHG Savings vs. Baseline in 2020 in Scenario: Consensus & Non-Consensus

10. Contribution of Options to GHG Savings vs. Baseline in 2020 in Scenario: Consensus & Non-Consensus “All Other” Measures Design 2000 Efficient Residential Cooling Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program Efficient Lighting & Appliances Compact Floor Space Fuel Switching: Electric to Fossil Public Facilities Initiative Local Govt. Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Convert Croplands to Wetlands Solar Water Heating Solar Water Heating Low Input Agric Energy Star Homes Solar PV Cells Program Gas Air Conditioning

11. Scenario Net Economic Benefits and GHG Savings vs. Baseline

12. Phase II • Phase II of the process, launched 9/02-7/03 • Chose 8 of the highest-priority options • Energy Supply: RPS • Transportation: Feebates, TOD • Buildings/Facilities: Tax Credits, C/I Fossil Heated Retrofit, Industrial Targeting • Solid Waste: Pay-As-You-Throw, Commercial Resource Mgt.

13. Phase III Options: Notes: 1 Estimates of thousands of metric tons in 2020 2 Cost of Saved Carbon is net costs (costs minus savings) per metric ton carbon equivalent reduced by the option.

14. Phase III Options: Notes: 1 Estimates of thousands of metric tons in 2020 2 Cost of Saved Carbon is net costs (costs minus savings) per metric ton carbon equivalent reduced by the option. 3 The carbon savings and the Cost of Saved Carbon are based on the TOD option in the Scoping Paper, which does not include additional savings and costs associated with transit enhancements.