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Maryland Commission on Climate Change April 20, 2020 Agenda Today - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Maryland Commission on Climate Change April 20, 2020 Agenda Today 1. Welcome and Introduction from Secretary Grumbles (5 minutes) 2. Welcoming New Commissioners and Workgroup Members (5 minutes) 3. Public Comment (20 minutes) 4.


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Maryland Commission on Climate Change

April 20, 2020

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Agenda Today

1. Welcome and Introduction from Secretary Grumbles (5 minutes) 2. Welcoming New Commissioners and Workgroup Members (5 minutes) 3. Public Comment (20 minutes) 4. Commission Business During COVID-19 (20 minutes) 5. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan: Commission Input and Process for Finalizing (45 minutes) 6. Workgroup Updates and 2020 Workplan Priorities (20 minutes) 7. Other Business (5 minutes)

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Commission Business during Crisis

  • All meetings are videoconference/webinar.
  • Work continuing as scheduled.
  • MDE & UMD provided white paper on emissions.

Questions for Commissioners: How can the MCCC and WGs best maintain climate progress during the crisis? What else can agencies do to help?

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GGRA Final Plan Process

Timeline is uncertain, given COVID-19 Crisis. Proposed Timeline: April 21 (tomorrow): Draft Plan Comments Due May and June: Policy Analysis by Agencies & MWG Summer: MDE presents Plan Revisions to Commission Fall: Commission Feedback on Revisions End of Year: MDE Publishes Final Plan

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Reminder: Draft Plan

  • MDE released Draft Plan for comment last October
  • Achieves 40-by-30 goal & identifies future measures

for 80-by-50

  • Positive economic impact & substantial public health

& climate benefits

  • MDE, agencies, consultants updating analysis with

MWG for Final Plan

  • Posted at mde.maryland.gov/climatechange

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Reminder: Draft Plan

MDE’s Inventory estimates emissions that have occurred.

2006 Baseline 2011 Final 2017 Emissions 2014 25 by 20 40 by 30 20 40 60 80 100 120 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 MD GHG Emissions Accounting for Sequestration (MMTCO2e)

Historic Goals

Maryland greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for sequestration. Note favorable weather drove additional reductions in 2017.

The GGRA requires MDE to develop a plan to reduce future emissions. 6

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Reminder: Draft Plan

The GGRA requires MDE to develop a plan to meet the GHG goals. That plan draws upon existing programs across all levels of government, and new state programs.

Maryland greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for sequestration. MDE projections from 2019 GGRA Draft Plan.

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Reminder: Draft Plan Major Mitigation Programs

Electricity Supply Renewable Portfolio Standard (current) Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (proposed) Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Building Energy Use EmPOWER Maryland Compact Development State Building Efficiency EO Transportation Public Transit & other infrastructure Electric Vehicles: Clean Cars & ZEV Mandate 50% ZEV Transit Buses by 2030 Smart Growth & Compact Development Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) could fund & enable other measures. Carbon Sequestration Forest Management Programs Healthy Soils Program Short-lived Climate Pollutants HFC regulation Methane regulation Sustainable Materials Mgmt

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Reminder: Draft Plan Economic, Health, & Climate Benefits

The 2019 GGRA Draft Plan achieves the 2030 goal with significant benefit to the state’s economy.

* Average number of job-years created or sustained each year. ** 2018 Dollars, Cumulative, Net Present Value using 3% discount rate. Climate benefit evaluated using Federal Social Cost of Carbon (2015 Update)

MD impact relative to Reference Case Through 2030 Through 2050 Average job impact* + 11,649 job-years + 6,703 job-years GDP Impact** + $ 11.54 billion + $ 18.63 billion Personal Income Impact** + $ 10.04 billion + $ 15.67 billion Public Health Benefit (Avoided Mortality)** + $ 0.74 billion + $ 4.79 billion Climate Change Benefit** + $ 4.30 billion + $ 27.11 billion 9

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Commission Discussion: GGRA Final Plan

Questions for Commissioners: How can MDE and agencies best incorporate Commission input during plan finalization? What are highest priority mitigation pathways for MDE to analyze in the Final Plan?

(MWG is deliberating on a MWG-specified scenario)

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Appendix: Full GGRA Draft Plan Summary

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The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act

Maryland Law (“GGRA”): Reduce GHGs 25% by 2020 and 40% by 2030

2006 Baseline Final 2017 Emissions 25 by 20 40 by 30 20 40 60 80 100 120 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 MD GHG Emissions Accounting for Sequestration (MMTCO2e)

Historic Goals

Maryland greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for sequestration. Note favorable weather drove additional reductions in 2017.

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The GGRA Plan

The GGRA requires MDE to develop a plan to meet the GHG goals. That plan draws upon existing programs across all levels of government, and new state programs.

Maryland greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for sequestration. MDE projections from 2019 GGRA Draft Plan.

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Major Mitigation Programs

Electricity Supply Renewable Portfolio Standard (current) Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (proposed) Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Building Energy Use EmPOWER Maryland Compact Development State Building Efficiency EO Transportation Public Transit & other infrastructure Electric Vehicles: Clean Cars & ZEV Mandate 50% ZEV Transit Buses by 2030 Smart Growth & Compact Development Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) could fund & enable other measures. Carbon Sequestration Forest Management Programs Healthy Soils Program Short-lived Climate Pollutants HFC regulation Methane regulation Sustainable Materials Mgmt

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Electricity Supply Programs

Electricity strategy: incentivize clean energy and cap emissions from fossil energy.

  • CARES

– Bill proposed for this session; example impacts in the 2019 GGRA Draft Plan – Builds upon existing RPS; 100% Clean Electricity by 2040

  • RGGI

– Carbon cap on power plants and state investment in clean energy (10 states participate) – Growing to more states: NJ renewed participation, VA promulgated a reg (on hold), and PA drafting reg now.

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MD Electricity Sources (TWh)

Rooftop PV Utility Solar Offshore Wind Onshore Wind Hydro CARES Resource (eg CHP) Imports Municipal Solid Waste Oil Natural Gas Coal Nuclear

Maryland electricity generation and imports in GGRA Draft Plan through 2030. CARES and RGGI reduce fossil generation and increase clean & renewable

  • generation. **Analysis assumes no new nuclear or carbon capture before 2030**

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Buildings Programs

Buildings strategy: use efficiency to counteract growth & convert heating systems to run on increasingly clean electricity.

  • Efficiency:

– EmPOWER beyond 2023 – Achieve State Building Efficiency Goal – Achieve Compact Development Goal

  • Electrification:

– Increase use of efficient electric heat pumps for building heat, perhaps using EmPOWER incentives.

100 200 300 400 500 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 Total Building Energy Consumption (tBtu) Reference (no new programs) GGRA Draft Plan

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Transportation Programs

– Transit Investments – Intercity Transportation – Active Transportation (e.g., bike lanes) – Compact Development – Clean Cars Program & ZEV mandate – 50% ZEV Transit Buses by 2030 – Transportation and Climate Initiative

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 Percent of New Sales

Light Duty Auto Sales

Gasoline Diesel PHEV Electric Vehicle

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050

Billioin Miles per year

Light Duty Vehicle Miles Traveled

Reference (no new programs) GGRA Draft Plan

Transportation strategy: Reduce vehicle miles traveled and deploy electric vehicles that run on increasingly clean electricity 17

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Sequestration Programs

*Non Energy includes Agriculture, Waste Management, Industrial Process and Fossil Fuel Industry.

Forest management, tree planting, and Healthy Soils programs (DNR & MDA) accelerate carbon sequestration in forests and agricultural soils, adding benefit on top of emission reduction programs. 18

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2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 Job Gains from Draft GGRA Plan

GGRA Draft Plan Employment Results

  • GGRA requires positive

economic impacts.

  • The Draft Plan drives

substantial job gains.

  • Almost all of MD’s fossil

fuel comes from out of state.

  • Investments that

reduce fossil fuel consumption drive positive impacts for MD’s economy.

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Large transportation projects drive substantial job gains in the near-term; investments in in-state clean energy and fuel-saving measures provide more modest underlying gains. (Transportation gains dependent on Federal funding) Job gains, counting transportation infrastructure investments Job gains, not counting transportation infrastructure investments

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Economic, Health, & Climate Benefits

The 2019 GGRA Draft Plan achieves the 2030 goal with significant benefit to the state’s economy.

* Average number of job-years created or sustained each year. ** 2018 Dollars, Cumulative, Net Present Value using 3% discount rate. Climate benefit evaluated using Federal Social Cost of Carbon (2015 Update)

MD impact relative to Reference Case Through 2030 Through 2050 Average job impact* + 11,649 job-years + 6,703 job-years GDP Impact** + $ 11.54 billion + $ 18.63 billion Personal Income Impact** + $ 10.04 billion + $ 15.67 billion Public Health Benefit (Avoided Mortality)** + $ 0.74 billion + $ 4.79 billion Climate Change Benefit** + $ 4.30 billion + $ 27.11 billion 20

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Addressing Uncertainty

  • What if:

– The Federal government rolls back vehicle standards? – Consumer adoption of EVs is half of what we modeled? – Consumer adoption of efficient appliances is half of what we modeled? – All of those things happen at once?

We still meet the 2030 goal, but without as much extra reduction. 21

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Long Term Goals

MDE analyzed a scenario that achieves 80% reduction by 2050 (“Scenario 2”)

20 40 60 80 100 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MMT CO2e)

80% below 2006 Emissions 40% below 2006 Emissions MD Historical Inventory 25% below 2006 Emissions Reference (no new effort) 80% by 2050 Policy Scenario 2

GGRA Draft Plan

Important long-term measures included: renewable natural gas, other advanced biofuels, electric or other zero-emission heavy trucks and non-road vehicles. 22

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Long Term Challenges

Scenario 2 identified important long-term measures that should be re- evaluated as technologies mature, but are currently expensive.

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  • 15,000
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5,000 10,000 15,000 2020 2030 2040 2050 Policy Scenario Job Impact Relative to Reference Case

GGRA Draft Plan 80% by 2050 Policy Scenario 2

Scenario 2 economic impacts negative after 2030.

These measures may be necessary for deeper reductions, and may be cost-effective when the time comes. In the meantime, the Draft Plan focuses on measures necessary for 2030. 23

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Public Comment & Outreach

  • 2019 Draft Plan out for comment now:

mde.maryland.gov/ClimateChange

  • MDE held series of meetings around the state:

– 12/3: Chesapeake College, Queenstown – 12/17: MDE HQ, Baltimore – 1/10: Frostburg State University, Frostburg – 1/14: Charles County Govt Building, La Plata – 1/29: Webinar – 1/31: MDE HQ, Baltimore – 2/12: Webinar – 3/4: Webinar

  • Details and registration at: mde.maryland.gov/ClimateChange
  • Email written comments to: christopher.beck@maryland.gov

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