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2000-2020 GHG
Inventory
(2022 Edition)
October 26, 2022
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Inventory Background
• AB 32 inventory includes
anthropogenic emissions
from within CA’s borders,
Electricity (IN STATE)
as well as imported
electricity consumed in the Industrial Electricity (IMPORTS)
state Agriculture
• Updated annually using & Forestry
most current data.
• Mandatory Reporting Commercial
Regulation (MRR) data
used for AB 32 GHG
Residential
inventory.
– MRR requires certain
facilities and fuel
suppliers to report and Transportation
third-party verify data
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• Inventory Trends
• Pandemic Impacts
• Methodology Updates
Agenda • Q&A
Inventory Data and Reports:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-
inventory-data
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The decrease in 2020 emissions is likely due in large part
to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recovery
may result in emissions increases over the next few years
• California statewide GHG
emissions dropped below
the 2020 GHG Limit in 2014
and have remained below
the 2020 GHG Limit since
• In 2020, emissions from
GHG emitting activities
statewide were 369.2
MMTCO2e.
• 2020 emissions were 35.3
MMTCO2e lower than 2019
levels and 61.8 MMTCO2e
below the 2020 GHG Limit.
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The carbon intensity of the economy is
continuing to decline
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Sector GHG trends at a glance
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Transportation
emissions
significantly
declined in 2020
• Transportation emissions
continued to decline in
2020, most likely from light
duty vehicles after shelter-
in-place orders were
enacted
• There was an 18 percent
growth in BEVs on the road
between 2019 and 2020.
• The fuel efficiency of the
passenger fleet has steadily
risen since 2009 when it was
20.3 mpg to 24.1 in 2020 8
Total electric power
emissions stayed
relatively constant despite
decrease in in-state
hydropower generation
• Total electric power emissions
remained at a similar level to 2019
despite a 44 percent decrease in
in-state hydropower generation.
• This loss was more than
compensated by a 10 percent
growth in in-state solar
generation and cleaner imported
electricity
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Industrial sector emissions dropped 7 MMT compared
to 2019, driven by lower emissions from the refinery
and oil and gas production sectors
• Refineries and hydrogen production
represent the largest individual
sources in the industrial sector,
contributing 35% of the total.
• Industrial sector emissions dropped
7 MMTCO2e (9 percent) compared
to 2019. The decrease is driven by
lower emissions from both the
refining sector and the oil and gas
production sector.
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Emissions from
residential &
commercial sector
decreased in 2020
• In 2020, residential and
commercial sector emissions
decreased by 1.7 MMTCO2e
compared to 2019 due to less
need for residential space
heating in winter and a
reduction in commercial fossil
gas use likely due in part to the
effects of the pandemic.
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The combined emissions from ozone depleting
substances (ODS) and their substitutes continued
to drop in 2020
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METHODOLOGICAL
UPDATES
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2022 Edition Inventory Updates
• Completed the integration of MRR third-party verified emissions
and data
– Aligns total emissions from the combustion of diesel and fossil
natural gas with MRR data
– Including alignment with MRR emission factors
• Corrections based on enhanced review and QAQC
– previous inventories used reported refinery gas as all refinery
fuel gas (RFG)
– reported refinery gas has been corrected to reflect that it’s both
RFG and fossil natural gas
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2022 Edition Inventory Updates
(continued)
• Refined assumption of fossil denaturant content of ethanol from
5.4% to 2.5%
• Other updates that are minor or involve recategorizing emissions
from one sector to another.
Technical Updates document will be available by the end of
the month.
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With updates, 2019 emissions are about 3.3%
lower than previous edition
Inventory
released in
2021
Inventory
released in
2022
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With updates, 2019 emissions are 3.3% lower
than previous edition
Inventory
released in
2021
418.2 MMT
Inventory 13.7 MMT
released in
404.5 MMT
2022
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