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Environmental Checklist Energy Draft Initial Study – Mitigated Negative Declaration 53 6 Energy Potentially Significant Impact Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less-than- Significant Impact No Impact Would the project: a. Result in a potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or operation? □ □ ■ □ b. Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? □ □ ■ □ Electricity is primarily consumed by the built environment for lighting, appliances, heating and cooling systems, and other uses such as industrial processes in addition to being consumed by alternative fuel vehicles. Most of California’s electricity is generated in state, with approximately 30 percent imported from the northwest and southwest regions of the United States in 2020 (California Energy Commission [CEC] 2021). In addition, approximately 33 percent of California’s electricity supply in 2020 came from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar photovoltaic, geothermal, and biomass (CEC 2021). In 2018, Senate Bill 100 accelerated the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards Program, codified in the Public Utilities Act, by requiring electricity providers to increase procurement from eligible renewable energy and zero-carbon resources to 33 percent of total retail sales by 2020, 60 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2045. The smallest scale at which energy consumption information is readily available is the county level. Therefore, energy consumption in Alameda County is used herein to characterize the city’s existing consumption of electricity and natural gas. According to the California Energy Commission (CEC), Alameda County consumed approximately 10,247 GWh of electricity in 2020 from residential and non-residential uses (CEC 2022a). San Leandro is served by East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), which supplies electricity to all accounts (residential, business, and municipal) and is delivered through Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) infrastructure. EBCE buys power mainly from clean sources like wind, solar, and hydropower. ‘BCE’s Board of Directors established the goal of purchasing 100 percent clean power for all customers by 2030 (EBCE 2022). Alameda County consumed approximately 367 millions of therms of natural gas in 2019 in both residential and non-residential uses (CEC 2022b). Petroleum fuels are primarily consumed by on-road vehicles and trucks and off-road equipment in addition to some industrial processes, with California being one of the top petroleum-producing states in the nation (CEC 2021b). Gasoline, which is used by light-duty cars, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles, is the most used transportation fuel in California with 12.6 billion gallons sold in 2020 (CEC 2021c). Diesel, which is used primarily by heavy duty-trucks, delivery vehicles, buses, trains, ships, boats and barges, farm equipment, and heavy-duty construction and military vehicles, is the second most used fuel in California with 1.7 billion gallons sold in 2021 (CEC 2021c). Table 12