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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventories <br />Table 1: 2005 vs. 2017 Community Emissions by Sector <br />Residential <br />99,144 <br />68,032 <br />-31.4% <br />Commercial/Industrial <br />189,166 <br />132,994 <br />-42.2% <br />Transportation – Local Roads <br />114,370 <br />80,191 <br />-29.9% <br />Transportation – State Highways <br />175,367 <br />142,810 <br />-18.6% <br />Transportation – Off-road <br />39,758 <br />54,332 <br />36.7% <br />Equipment <br />Caltrain and Freight Trains <br />snot included in inventory <br />1,754 <br />NA <br />Generated Waste <br />20,833 <br />11,924 <br />-42.8% <br />Wastewater and Water <br />1,523 <br />2,908 <br />90.9% <br />As shown in Table 1, Redwood City's GHG emissions have declined over time -22.7 percent since 2005. Major <br />contributors of this decline include a 42.2 percent reduction in Commercial and Industrial energy and a 31.4 percent <br />reduction in Residential energy. This 22.7 percent reduction is a good start, but Redwood City will have to greatly <br />increase its emission reduction rate in order to achieve its 50 percent by 2030 and carbon neutrality well before <br />2045 goals. <br />Emissions are described by category below <br />Electricity and Natural Gas Emissions <br />In 2017, electricity and natural gas emissions accounted for 36.5 percent of total 2017 GHG emissions in Redwood <br />City. Redwood City's total stationary energy consumption (electricity and natural gas consumed by residential, <br />commercial, and industrial buildings) was 145,143,176 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity and 10,821,023 therms of <br />natural gas, including municipal operations and direct access electricity customers. Direct access is when an end- <br />use customer buys electricity on the wholesale electricity market, rather than from Pacific Gas and Electric Company <br />(PG&E) or Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE). <br />Of the total 201,026 MT CO2e emitted due to energy use in buildings, natural gas accounts for a greater portion <br />(67.5 percent) of total emissions than electricity (32.5 percent). <br />City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 37 <br />