Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

City of Ashland – Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2011 – 2015) 34 inventories was completed in September through December of 2015. Good Company provided the City with a data collection checklist that specified data types and units. The City’s Project Manager used the checklist to either directly supply data or coordinate data collection efforts among the appropriate City staff and external parties. After the receipt of a data file, Good Company reviewed it for completeness and asked follow-up questions if necessary. All data source files, answers to follow-up questions, resulting calculation files and related resource files are documented and cataloged an Audit Trail for each inventory year. Inconsistencies in reported line loss numbers, reported by the City, required Good Company to make assumptions related to line loss effects for several years. The percentage of electricity lost in distribution in 2012 and 2014 was the calculated average of the reported values from 2010, 2011 and 2013. This was necessary because the reported line losses for 2012 and 2014 were unrealistically low and high respectively, and the city could not provide further insight into the methodology used in calculating these values. Suggestions for Improvements to Future Inventories As previously mentioned, it is not recommended that Ashland update this inventory in the future, using the TCR protocol. If Ashland does decide to update the inventory, the following suggestions are provided to improve the accuracy: • Pass through electricity delivery for Pacific Power is tracked separately but is accounted for in Line Loss in the Utility’s power generation and consumption reporting. It is recommended that this value be fully split out into a pass-through or 3rd party delivery category. • Reported Utility Line loss values fluctuate significantly over the FY 2010 – 2014 time period without any indication as to the cause. It is recommended that the values used to calculate line loss be separated and accounted for to better understand the cause of these fluctuations. • Community owned solar generation is not included in the Utility’s generation and delivery report. It is recommended that this be included, especially as this source may grow in the future.