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Environmental Checklist Energy Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 45 that the construction equipment would consume an estimated 5,677 gallons of diesel fuel and vehicle travel associated with construction activity would consume 2,342 gallons of gasoline and diesel over the entire construction duration (Appendix AQ). Due to the range of materials and manufacturers involved in the production of construction materials, including manufacturers in other states and countries, upstream energy use cannot be reasonably or accurately estimated. However, it is reasonable to assume that manufacturers of building materials such as concrete, steel, lumber, or other building materials would employ energy conservation practices in the interest of minimizing the cost of doing business. Therefore, project construction would not result in potentially significant environmental effects due to the wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy. Construction-related energy impacts would be less than significant. Operation Project operation would consume an estimated 143,685 kWh of electricity and an estimated 761,828 kBTU of natural gas on an annual basis. The residences would be designed and constructed in accordance with the State’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards and would comply with the California Green Building Standards Code codified into the City’s Municipal Code in SLMC Section 7.5.600. This code requires the provision of electric vehicle charging stations, water efficient plumbing fixtures and fittings, recycling services, and other energy-efficient measures. Compliance with these standards would ensure that building energy consumption would not be wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary (Appendix AQ). Project-related vehicle trips would consume an estimated 30,004 gallons of gasoline and diesel annually. Because the project would be located on an infill site in an urbanized portion of San Leandro, the project would provide residences close to jobs, amenities, and services. Consequently, operation-related energy impacts would be less than significant. b.Would the project conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? The project would be served with electricity provided by PG&E or EBCE. PG&E currently provides customers with three power service options, including normal power service 50 percent Solar Choice, and 100 percent Solar Choice (PG&E 2022). EBCE currently provides customers with two power service options: Renewable 100 which provides electricity service generated from 100 percent renewable sources and Bright Choice which provides electricity service generated from 40 percent renewable sources (EBCE 2022b). As a conservative estimate, it was assumed that the project would be served by PG&E. Due to the automatic enrollment of new accounts into EBCE’s Bright Choice Plan, the number of residents served by PG&E would likely be lower. In 2020, PG&E obtained 30.6 percent of its electricity from eligible renewable energy sources (1.3 percent from biomass and biowaste, 2.6 percent from geothermal, 1.2 percent from eligible hydroelectric, 15.9 percent from solar, and 8.3 percent from wind), while the remaining electricity was sourced from nuclear (42.8 percent), natural gas (16.4 percent), and large hydroelectric (10.1 percent) (California Energy Commission 2021). PG&E would be required to meet future legislative targets codified by SB 100 requiring 60 percent of electricity sold in California be generated from renewable energy sources by 2030 and 100 percent of electricity sales in California to be sourced with renewable and carbon-free energy sources by 2045. Because PG&E would be required to meet the SB 100 targets, the proposed project would receive