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Washington Actions

Washington Actions. Locke Executive Order 05-01, requires executive agencies to:. Incorporate green building practices in all new construction projects and major remodels, following LEED Silver Standard.

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Washington Actions

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  1. Washington Actions

  2. Locke Executive Order 05-01, requires executive agencies to: • Incorporate green building practices in all new construction projects and major remodels, following LEED Silver Standard. • Take all reasonable actions to achieve a target of 20% reduction in petroleum use in the operation of state vehicles by Sept. 1, 2009. • Employ professional vehicle fleet management and planning practices. • Establish clear direction on rental vehicle use. • Take all reasonable actions to reduce the lifecycle impacts of paper products. • Reduce energy purchases by 10% from FY 2003.

  3. Legislation in the 05 Legislature • Adopting the California vehicle emissions standards….PASSED! • Establishing ghg goals and targets, and establishing a registry….did not pass. • Appliance efficiency standards….PASSED! • Portfolio standards for renewable energy sources….did not pass.

  4. Washington Legislative Proposals for 2005 Energy Portfolio Bill Requires Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) by utilities to address: • Efficiency savings • Assess renewable resources – including cogeneration, power purchase, and thermal resources • Plan for integration of efficiency and renewables to meet future needs Conservation savings beginning with 2010 at 3% for each three year period. Renewables: • 5% of annual load each year between 2011 and 2015 • 10% of annual load between 2016 and 2023 • 15% of annual load beginning in 2024 and each year thereafter

  5. NW New Renewable Projects: 1998 Source: Renewable Northwest Project

  6. New Renewable Projects: 2004 Source: Renewable Northwest Project

  7. Washington Legislative Proposals for 2005 Appliance Standards • Establishes minimum efficiency standards for 12 products not covered by federal law. • List of primarily commercial products includes those currently on the CA list, including: • Commercial clothes washers, ice cube machines, commercial refrigerators and freezers, metal halide lamp fixtures, commercial space heaters, and traffic signal modules.

  8. Washington Legislative Proposals for 2005 GHG Goals and Trading Bill • Established state goals: • 2010: reduce GHG to 1990 level • 2020: reduce GHG to 10% below 1990 levels. • 2020+: reduce to stabilization level • Washington State University Climate Center, Ecology, Community, Trade, and Economic Development, LAA and stakeholders, by Dec 2006, to: • create a greenhouse gas emissions registry • existing or multistate registry OK • investigate greenhouse gas reduction strategies • investigate feasibility of a GHG cap and trade system • DID NOT PASS

  9. Opting In To CA Vehicle Emission Standards in WA

  10. Vehicles are part of the single largest source of ghg emissions:

  11. US Passenger Vehicles:Global Role Leading CO2 Emitters Global Vehicle Market Source: EIA 2004; EPA 2004 Source: Wards 2003 US Passenger Vehicles (1,072) Source - UCS

  12. WA Opt-In Legislation Major Elements • CA standards • Adopts beginning 2009 model year (2008 CY); • Can’t sell/register new 2009+ non-CA vehicles in WA • ECY to write rules by 12/31/2005 • Vehicle Emission Inspection and Monitoring (I/M) • Exempts CA vehicles from testing (2009 MY+) • Allows private businesses to do I/M testing, 2012 • Sunsets total I/M program, July 1, 2020 • Diesel Retrofits • Allowed for any public diesels, not only school buses • BUT adds no new money

  13. Environmental Case for Clean Cars • Most effective way to address largest source of greenhouse emissions • Less smog, less air toxics, better health • Same speed, acceleration, towing, hauling, safety as current vehicles • Fair to have largest source do its share • Enables future economic and transportation growth without further control on business • $3,400 lifetime fuel savings offsets $1,000 cost • At 2.38 per gal.

  14. WA Opt-In Legislation BENEFITS CA Standards, Total Light Duty Fleet

  15. What’s Next for Washington? • Portfolio Standards – Continuing effort. • GHG registry. • Emission goals and targets. • Major push in alternative energy. • Continued work in scientific research.

  16. “The future ain't what it used to be.” -- Yogi Berra

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