Sacramento Sustainability



Panama Bartholomy
Advisor to Chairman Karen Douglas
California Energy Commission

Sacramento Sustainability Forum
11/19/09  
Sacramento, CA



Climate Change Scoping Plan:
A Framework for Change
Recommended Reduction Measures Reductions Counted Towards 2020 Target
California Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards
Energy Efficiency
Renewables Portfolio Standard (33% by 2020)
Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Regional Transportation-Related GHG Targets
Goods Movement
Recycling and Waste (landfill methane capture)

Million Solar Roofs
Medium/Heavy Duty Vehicles
High Speed Rail
Industrial Measures
High Global Warming Potential Gas Measures
Sustainable Forests
Oil and Gas Extraction and Transmission
“Additional Reductions”
Zero Net-energy New Buildings
All homes built after 2020 will produce as much energy as they consume 
All commercial buildings built after 2030 will produce as much energy as they consume 

Existing Buildings
75% of CA’s residential buildings and 5.25 billion square feet of commercial buildings were built before 1978’s energy efficiency standards 

Home Energy Usage by Vintage

Existing Buildings Goals
AB 758: The Day it All Changed
20% Urban Water Use Reduction by 2020
Reduces per capita consumption from approximately 192 to 154 Gallons per Day

Sacramento Regional Green Building and Alternative Transportation Retraining and Pre-apprenticeship Training Partnerships
Introductory Green Jobs/Energy Career Exploration Workshops
Green Building and Weatherization Specialist
Home Energy Auditors
Alternative Fuels
Alterntive Fuel Vehicle Manufacturing
Green Plumber
Certified Green Building Professional

Thank You 

Panama Bartholomy
(916) 654-4896
pbarthol@energy.ca.gov
Sacramento's per-capita consumption is now 280 gallons per day – 

well above California's average of 192 gallons.
CA Context
Sacramento Context
Sac Policy
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
Investor Owned Utilities must procure 20% of their electricity from renewable resources no later than 2010.
Municipal utilities are directed to develop a program that achieves the same goals
CEC and CPUC adopted goal of 33% by 2020

The Real Energy/Climate Challenge?
In 2010, three people will leave the workforce for every one that joins
In 2016, it will be six

In 2012, it will be four
Summation
Sacramento
Sacramento