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BAU Scenario

• Less energy expended on heating, but more energy used for cooling results in a net increase of emissions.

• The largest share of emissions is in the industrial sector.

Low Carbon Scenario

• A series of measures stacked on top of each other to chip away at the projected emissions

• LCS 1 - Short-Term based on actions in the Priority Climate Action Plan

• Electricity, industry, CCS, methane, transportation, residential, community, lands

• LCS 2 - Extending measures  from LCS 1 that can be expanded/escalated 

• Renewable energy to supply community and industrial electrical needs, alternative transportation

• LCS 3 -  Industrial Expansion

• Energy efficiency in industry, methane capture, building code retrofits in the commercial sector, fuel-switching 

• 23% reduction in energy use

• Most remaining emissions are from industry

• Fuel-switching in industrial sector will reduce reliance on natural gas and power facilities through the green energy supplied electrical grid

• LCS 4 - Continued pollution reduction measures in oil and gas refining,  additional carbon capture and storage

Costs and Benefits

• Nest steps will take all the recommendations and project operation costs to complete a cost-benefit analysis

Feedback/ Participant Questions

• What specific industries are we talking about scaling back 75%?

• For the industrial entities, the focus would be energy production, not reducing manufacturing capacity

• We will take a closer look  at the petrochemical sector to be sure we are focused on the right facilities

• Wind energy may not be immediate, but it should be part of the picture.

• Wind energy is included in this plan within the “cleaner grid” project category.

• Increasing interest in the use of nuclear power, which could be included in the potential fuel-switching plans - legislative hearings to be held soon 

• GHG outcomes would be similar to whether utilizing hydrogen of SMRs

• How do you decide what to build to keep up with generation as some facilities are decommissioned?

• BAU scenario (with cost considerations) will be the reference scenario to compare and decide which path to take

ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES

Please provide any comments, questions or suggestions by February 21st via email to Laura Livingston l.livingston@franklinassociates.com.

• Are there any additional emission reduction measures that you would like to see included in the scenario modeling?

• What measures would have the most significant benefits for communities and the local workforce?

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