1. The Long Road Forward: AB 32 & the Energy Transformation
Karen Douglas, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
September 21, 2016

2. RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO STANDARD & GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES
SB 1078
AB 32
SB 107
SB 1368
SB X1-2
SB 350
SB 32
Governor Brown, Climate Summit, Paris, 2015

3. CALIFORNIA GHG EMISSIONS BY CATEGORY (2000-2014)
Source: ARB California GHG Emission Inventory, 2016 Edition:

4. Changes in the Gas Fleet
Upstream Methane Emissions
Aliso Canyon

5. ELECTRIC GENERATION BY RESOURCE TYPE
Source: California Energy Commission, 1304 Power Plant Data Reporting, Energy Assessments Division

6. IN-STATE ELECTRIC GENERATION CAPACITY BY RESOURCE TYPE
Source: California Energy Commission, 1304 Power Plant Data Reporting, Energy Assessments Division

7. INSTALLED RENEWABLE CAPACITY (IN MW) BY RESOURCE TYPE
Source: California Energy Commission, 1304 Power Plant Data Reporting, Energy Assessments Division

8. SOLAR ADDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA (1-5 MW FACILITIES), 2001-2015

9. SOLAR ADDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA (<1 MW FACILITIES), 2000-2015

10. SELF-GENERATION SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN CALIFORNIA
Residential
Commercial
Total
Installed Systems MW
POU
42,649
229
1,783
169
44,432
398
IOU
500,086
2,586
15,189
1,423
515,275
4,008
542,735
2,815
16,972
1,592
559,707
4,407
Source: (1) Publicly Owned Utilities SB1 Solar Program Status Reports, available at: (2) Currently interconnected data set of all solar PV (NEM) systems within Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) service territories, available at: Commercial also includes educational, industrial, military, nonprofit, other government and school projects.

11. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS

12. 2016 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
Environmental Performance Issues:
Air quality and public health
Water use and conservation
Land use
Biological
Cultural
Visual
Environmental justice

13. AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Reductions in criteria pollutants
Air quality permitting issues
Air quality trends
Retirement of aging power plants
Increasing deployment of flexible gas-fired plants
Dust movement during construction

14. WATER USE AND CONSERVATION
2003 IEPR Water Policy
Fresh water use for thermal power plant cooling
Improved water efficiency in cooling
Elimination of OTC for power plant cooling
Renewable resource water use
Drought and power plant cooling

15. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION WATER POLICY
It is further the policy of the state and the
intent of the Legislature to promote all feasible means of energy and water conservation and all feasible uses of alternative energy and water supply sources.
Warren-Alquist Act
Consistent with the [State Water Resources Control] Board policy and the Warren-Alquist Act, the Energy Commission will approve the use of fresh water for cooling purposes by power plants which it licenses only where alternative water supply sources and alternative cooling technologies are shown to be “environmentally undesirable” or “economically unsound.”
2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report

17. COOLING PROCESS FOR OPERATING POWER PLANTS THAT HAVE A STEAM CYCLE

18. ONCE-THROUGH COOLING Impacts to coastal or estuarine ecosystems
Historical: 21 Power Plants = 52,000 acre- feet per day
2010 State Water Resources Control Board Policy
Reduce the inflow of ocean and estuarine water for power plant cooling
Affected 19 Power Plants
Original compliance dates:

19. HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED OTC FLEET WATER USAGE
Source: California Energy Commission, Tracking Progress: Once-Through Cooling Phase-Out, available at

20. NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING – SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION
Shut down in 2013
Decommissioning completed within 20 years
De-energized and safe, non-operating conditions
Islanding of spent fuel pools system
Construction of new Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations
Restored to its original condition

21. NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING – DIABLO CANYON
June PG&E announcement to shut down Diablo Canyon
No relicensing of Diablo Canyon beyond 2025
Joint Proposal Agreement between PG&E, labor, and environmental organizations
Secure an extension of lease
2018: Site-specific decommissioning study
Expedited post shut-down transfer of spent fuel to dry cask storage

22. ANNUAL AND EXPECTED ENERGY FROM COAL USED TO SERVE CALIFORNIA (1996-2026)
Source: California Energy Commission, CPUC, and ARB presentation at the October 1, 2015, kickoff public workshop on Scoping Plan Update to Reflect 2030 Target,

23. ACREAGE COMPARISON OF INSTALLED IN-STATE CAPACITY BY FUEL TYPE (2005-2015)
Source: California Energy Commission, Siting, Transmission, and Environmental Protection Division

24. BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS
Habitat loss, degradation, and alteration associated with scale and location of renewables
Species attraction and predatory risk
Technology-specific impacts and mitigation
Experience gained from recent projects continues to improve avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures

25. CULTURAL RESOURCES Engagement with tribes Assembly Bill 52 and CEQA
Identification of cultural landscapes essential to tribal cultural practices

26. VISUAL RESOURCES
Typically greater visual sphere of influence with utility-scale renewable projects
Solar PV projects
Wind energy projects
Transmission lines

27. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Senate Bill 115

28. LANDSCAPE-SCALE PLANNING
Consider a wide range of potential constraints and conflicts for future renewable energy development
Balance the need for future renewable energy development and transmission
Collaboration between California agencies, federal agencies, local governments, tribes, and stakeholders

29. THANK-YOU! Thank-you! Karen Douglas, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
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30. AVERAGE LAND USE PER MW BY FUEL TYPE
Average Land Use per Megawatt
Natural Gas
0.08 acres/MW
Nuclear
0.832 acres/MW
Biomass
2.5 acres/MW
Geothermal
6.0 acres/MW
Solar
7.0 acres/MW
Small Hydro
7.5 acres/MW
Large Hydro
acres/MW
Wind
Ranges from 24.8 to 40 acres/MW
Source: (1) California Energy Commission staff; (2) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Technical Report NREL/TP-6A , available at: (3) NREL Technical Report NREL/TP-6A , available at: and (4) DRECP Acreage Calculator at: