Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

City of Ashland – Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2011 – 2015) 31 Product is wind-generated electricity bundled with wind generated RECs that are retired on behalf of the Ashland community. • Because the Ashland community does not own the environmental benefits of BPA power, the best representation of the GHG consequences of Ashland’s electricity use is the carbon intensity (ie. emissions factors) of the regional NWPP electricity grid, adjusted downward for voluntary community purchases of RECs. • From a Utility perspective, this inventory provides a public accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with Ashland’s owned electricity-generation (2% of total) and the upstream emissions from the community’s contracted supply from BPA (remaining 98%). The Utility’s electricity supply is generated almost entirely from low-carbon resources and therefore risk related to future GHG regulations is likely low. • In addition, it’s important to note that BPA contracted power is one of the lowest-cost power resources available in our region. Figure A2 shows the results of the 2015 inventory by emissions source and Scope category. Scope 1, or direct emissions, for the Utility’s owned hydro-electricity generation are 0 MT CO2e. Scope 2 emissions from line loss total 126 MT CO2e. These emissions account for the inherent loss of energy as you transmit electricity over distribution lines. Scope 3 indirect emissions are the largest sources within the Utility inventory equal 2,912 MT CO2e. These emissions are the result of BPA’s “spot market” purchases of power or average grid electricity (roughly 10% of BPA’s generation resources). Average grid electricity in our region does include emissions from combustion of coal and natural gas to generate electricity. Figure A2: Ashland Utility emissions by source and Scope category. 0"126"2,912" 0"500"1,000"1,500"2,000"2,500"3,000"3,500" Owned"Resources""(Hydro)"Distribu=on"Line"Loss"Contracted"BPA"Power"2015%Greenhouse%Gases%%(MT%CO2e)% Scope%1%Scope%2%Scope%3%