Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

City of Ashland – Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2011 – 2015) 25 DETAILED RESULTS FOR SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS Mobile Combustion Mobile combustion represents emissions from city vehicles and equipment. The data represents E10 gasoline (10% Ethanol) and B5 Diesel (5% Biodiesel). Figure 20 shows these emissions by department. Public Works uses the greatest quantities of these fuels followed by, Police, Fire & Ambulance, and all others. While overall emissions remained steady between 2011-2014, an increase of 13% was experienced between 2014 and 2015. Over this time period, Public Works decreased fuel use and emissions compared to the 2011 baseline, while the largest increases are by Police and Parks8. Figure 20: Fleet emissions by department, FY2011 – 15. Electricity City electricity use remained relatively stable between 2011 and 2015, decreasing by 2.5%. The largest electricity use within City operations is the wastewater treatment plant (nearly 50%). Most City departments decreased electricity use (between -2% and -23% compared to 2011) except for Parks, which increased use by 5% and the Other category increased (22%). Presenting the activity data in Figure 21 (in KWh) for operational electricity is important to clearly show that the operational electricity emissions reductions are primarily the result of a 8 Potential Source of Uncertainty: The change in emissions for Parks may be the result of internal accounting methodology rather than actual increases in fuel usage. 0"100"200"300"400"500"600"700"800"900" 2011"2012"2013"2014"2015"Annual&Greenhouse&Gas&Emissions&&(MT&CO2e)&Other"Fire"&"Ambulance"Parks"Police"Public"Works,""Streets,"&"Water"2011"Baseline"="750"MT"CO2e" Total"Emissions"increased"by"16%"between"2011"and"2015"