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California’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality by 2045

Christopher Easter

June 2025

Senior Air Quality Specialist

Rules & Strategic Policy

Panel: Roadmap to Achieving Neutrality – Major Economies’ Perspectives

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Outline

California Air Resources Board (CARB) Scoping Plan

Regional and Local Climate Action Plans

Climate Technology Financing

Bay Area Climate Rulemaking

Q&A

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California’s Climate Policy Road Map�

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2022 Scoping Plan - CA’s latest plan to achieve statewide climate targets

Source: CA Air Resources Board

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2022 Scoping Plan’s Ambitious Actions to Deliver Benefits

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California has lowered emissions while growing the economy, heavy lifting ahead

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Implementing Scoping Plan Goals Locally

What is a Climate Action Plan?
Local entities (Cities/Counties) are on the “front lines” in dealing with both GHG reductions and climate impacts

Wildfires
Extreme Heat Events
Drought
Coastal flooding

Ideally, we are optimizing air quality and climate emission reductions (Co-Benefits)

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City of San Jose Climate Smart Dashboard

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Financing Climate Projects

Post Inflation Reduction Act – More emphasis on State and private mechanisms

Collaboration with Air District and iBank

iBank: The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) is a state-owned, state-run financial institution. The banks purpose is to aid the development and financing of infrastructure projects, Extending from this the bank created the California Lending for Energy and Environmental Needs Center (CLEEN) to help address greenhouse gas emissions within the state.

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avoids carbon-based fuels

Use renewable energy
Switch to electricity
Switch to green hydrogen fuels

reduces greenhouse gases

Improves energy efficiency
Convert methane to CO2
Reuses waste

sequesters carbon

Apply compost to soil
Use exhaust to make concrete

Technology that...

What is Climate Tech?

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Project Highlights

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Alta Irrigation District

Recharge Basin Projects $13M

Capture groundwater

Mitigate drought conditions

Flood protection

Water Conservation

Organics Processing Facility $40M

SB 1383 compliance

Divert waste from landfill

251,000 tons per year

City of San Diego

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City of San Diego - $40 million to help finance the Organics Processing Facility at the Miramar Landfill. The $80.5 million Project shall consist of a ± 25,000 square-foot Intake Facility, including processing equipment, a conveyor system, stormwater and wastewater controls, and ancillary systems. The Project will bring the City into compliance with SB 1383, which is intended to reduce statewide landfill disposal of organic waste and will increase the City’s capacity to process compostable organic waste from approximately 40,000 tons per year (tpy) to over 251,000 tpy. The Project is also expected to create 156 construction jobs and 45 new permanent jobs.

Enterprise Fund – Environmental Services (Fund)

Alta Irrigation District London West Pond Project and Traver North Pond Project – The Project entails the construction of a total of 120-acre recharge facility. The Projects will capture more groundwater to mitigate conditions created by drought.

The benefits both projects will provide are ground water mitigation, flood protection, water conservation and service a Disadvantage community.

The Project components will include multiple recharge/regulation cells, canals and pipelines, control structures, turnouts, interconnection structures, booster pumps, electrical power and connections to existing London Pond monitoring wells and various appurtenances.

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Program Impact

Water

4.8%

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$68.5M

$86.4M

$42.5M

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Local Rulemaking

Regulation 13-5 Climate Pollutants – Industrial Hydrogen Plants

- Limit of 15 pounds per day and 300 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of total organic compounds (includes CH4),

- Alternate compliance option to reduce GHG emissions by 90%

Operators will be required to monitor flowrate and report on emissions

Potential Future Regulations of Methane

Regulation 9-4 and 9-6 Inorganic Rules with Climate Benefits

Electrification leads to NOx, PM and CO2e emissions benefits

Regulation 8 Organic Compounds (Multiple Rules with Climate Co-Benefits) – (8-8) Wastewater Collection and Separation Systems, Regulation 8-18 Equipment Leaks, Regulation 8-15 – Emulsified and Liquid Asphalt, Regulation 8-30 – Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Operations, Regulation 8-34 – Solid Waste Disposal Sites

These Rules limit emissions of TOCs that contain significant volumes of CO2e

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��Air District zero nitrogen oxides�(NOx) standards adopted in March 2023, will support improvements to regional air�quality and public health�

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Co-Benefits of Electrification

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Questions/Feedback

Christopher Easter

Senior Air Quality Specialist – Rules & Strategic Policy

ceaster@baaqmd.gov

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