Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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renewable energy sources through implementation of the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS).43 Additionally, the original Climate Change Scoping Plan emphasized opportunities for households and businesses to save energy and money through increasing energy efficiency. It indicated that substantial savings of electricity and natural gas would be accomplished through "improving energy efficiency by 25 percent." The original Climate Change Scoping Plan identified several specific issues relevant to the Project, including the following: • The potential of using the green building framework as a mechanism, which could enable GHG emissions reductions in other sectors (i.e., electricity, natural gas), noting that: A Green Building strategy will produce greenhouse gas savings through buildings that exceed minimum energy efficiency standards, decrease consumption of potable water, reduce solid waste during construction and operation, and incorporate sustainable materials. Combined, these measures can also contribute to healthy indoor air quality, protect human health, and minimize impacts to the environment. • The importance of supporting the Department of Water Resources' work to implement the Governor's objective to reduce per capita water use by 20 percent by 2020.44 Specific measures to achieve this goal include water use efficiency, water recycling, and reuse of urban runoff. The original Climate Change Scoping Plan noted that water use requires significant amounts of energy, including approximately one -fifth of statewide electricity. • Encouraging local governments to set quantifiable emission reduction targets for their jurisdictions and use their influence and authority to encourage reductions in emissions caused by energy use, waste and recycling, water and wastewater systems, transportation, and community design. Forecasting the emissions for 2020 if no actions are taken was necessary to assess the scope of the reductions California must make to return to the 1990 emissions level by 2020 as required by AB 32. CARB originally defined the "business -as -usual" or BAU scenario as emissions in the absence of any GHG emission reduction measures discussed in the original Climate Change Scoping Plan. For example, in further explaining CARB's BAU methodology, CARB assumed that all new electricity generation would be supplied by natural gas plants, no further regulatory action would impact vehicle fuel efficiency, and building energy efficiency codes would be held at 2005 standards. In the original Climate Change Scoping Plan, CARB determined that achieving the 1990 emissions level in 2020 would require a reduction in GHG emissions of approximately 28.5 percent from the otherwise projected 2020 43 For a discussion of Renewables Portfolio Standard, refer to Subsection 2(h)(i), California Renewables Portfolio Standard. 44 California Department of Water Resources, 20x2020 Water Conservation Plan. The Plan called for California to reduce per capita water use from 192 to 154 gallons per capita daily from 2009 to 2020 and beyond. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water issues/hot topics/20x2O2O/docs/2Ox2O2Oplan.pdf Cabrillo Town Center Project PAGE 16 City of Santa Ana GreenhouC VS ouncil Report 18 — 981 10/3/2023 July 2023