Water-Energy Nexus Registry Workshop #1 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Water-Energy Nexus Registry Workshop #1 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1

Welcome Jordan Faires Program Associate The Climate Registry 2

Agenda  Housekeeping & Introductions  Welcome from John Blue, California Environmental Protection Agency  Remarks from Ray Bennett, Irvine Ranch Water District  Water-Energy Nexus Registry Overview  Program Goals & Objectives  Program Development & Stakeholder Process  Key Considerations for Program Development  Lunch Break (12:30 – 1:00 pm)  Greenhouse Gas Accounting Overview and Training 3

Wi-Fi Network: TSDF-Public Password: 1mpactSD 4

Webinar Attendees Attendees are on • mute Ask questions at • any time by typing them into the GoToWebinar questions box Webinar will be • paused for lunch at 12:30pm and resume at 1:00pm 5

The Climate Registry Designs, builds and operates • greenhouse gas reporting programs and registries Currently operates a North • America-wide voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program • Provide support, capacity-building, software tools to participating organization 6

The Climate Registry Amy Holm Alex Carr Peggy Kellen Chelsea Hasenauer Director of Programs Director of Special Director of Policy Policy Associate and Operations Projects Kelli Wright Alissa Benchimol Ryan Cassutt Program Coordinator, Program Program Associate, Voluntary Program Coordinator, Water- Government 7 Energy Initiatives Services

Welcome from California Environmental Protection Agency John Blue Manager of Climate Programs California Environmental Protection Agency 8

Ray Bennett, Irvine Ranch Water District Ray Bennett Water Resources and Energy Planner Irvine Ranch Water District 9

Water-Energy Nexus Registry: Introduction and Program Requirements Peggy Kellen, Director of Policy, The Climate Registry 10

Enabling Legislation – SB 1425 SB 1425, Pavley Signed by Governor Brown in • September, 2016 Requires CalEPA to “oversee the • development of a registry for greenhouse gas emissions that result from the water-energy nexus using the best-available data.” “Participation in the registry shall be • voluntary and open to any entity conducting business in the state.” 11

Key Tasks in SB 1425 Help entities establish entity-wide greenhouse 1. gas (GHG) emissions baselines. Enable consistent recording and verification of 2. voluntary entity-wide GHG emissions and reductions. Create consistent and transparent methodology 3. for water suppliers of all sizes/types to monitor trends in the GHG intensity of delivered water. Recognize and promote participants making 4. voluntary GHG emissions reductions. 12

How You’ll Benefit Resilience – Facilitate infrastructure and • program investment decision-making Completeness – New analytic tools, • better databases for evaluation and stronger operational profiles Consistency – An industry standard can • support funding or program development Tell your story – Better communicate • energy, GHG and resilience efforts to customers, boards and local officials 13

What is the Water-Energy Nexus Registry? The California Water-Energy Nexus Registry is a voluntary GHG reporting program and platform that will: Build capacity for calculating corporate • GHG inventories Document entity-wide emissions • baselines and reductions over time Support consistent communication of • GHG intensity of delivered water Promote achievement of GHG • emissions reductions 14

Water-Energy Nexus Registry Timeline Summer 2018-Spring 2019: Program • development • Workshop #1: June 2018, Southern California • Workshop #2: October 11, 2018 • East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, CA • Workshop #3: early Spring 2019, Central Valley Spring 2019 : Software opens for reporting • 2019-2021: Program operational • • Ongoing training, support and recognition 15

Program Development Process Summer 2018 – Spring 2019 16

What will be developed? Modular protocols and guidance that will define how to: • Measure, report, and track entity-wide carbon footprints, focusing on water sector operations, • Report annual extraction, consumption, delivery, storage, and/or treatment of water, and • Calculate and report relevant emissions intensity metrics 17

Three Ways To Get Involved Working Group Advisory Committee Subscriber 18

Working Group • Up to 8 hours/month for 8 months • Provide feedback on draft materials before they are published for public comment • Feedback on discussion points for working group calls and in-person workshops #2 and #3 Target: 20-30 experts from relevant and diverse organizations 19

Advisory Committee • Larger than Working Group • Attend workshops • Receive quarterly webinar updates • Opportunity to provide feedback and comment during quarterly webinars and on public comment periods 20

Subscribers • All interested stakeholders • Receive: • Periodic email updates • Invitations to in-person meetings • Announcement of the public comment period • Other Registry-related communications 21

Materials to Guide Stakeholder Process Gap Analysis Key Issue Areas List Draft Protocols & Guidance 22

Gap Analysis Identify program requirements • that are distinct or additional to TCR’s existing protocols and tools Survey and compare existing • methodologies and summarize findings 23

Draft Protocols Adapt sections of existing TCR 1. protocols and guidance Includes General Reporting Protocol, Local Government Operations Protocol, Electric Power Sector Protocol, General Verification Protocol Develop new c ontent addressing: 2. • best practices • water sector operations • entity-wide GHG emissions reductions 24

Key Issue Areas Where TCR needs additional • feedback and guidance from stakeholders Provide as a list of questions • Feedback to inform: • • Best practices included • Data inputs/submissions • Report formats • Key software functionality 25

Meeting Schedule Between August, 2018 and April, 2019: Five to seven Working Group meetings • Four Advisory Committee meetings • Two of these meetings will be held in person as workshops (October and April, 2019) & will be open to the public. Others will be conducted via webinar or teleconference. Additional ad-hoc calls may be scheduled • with key experts as needed Draft to be circulated for public comment • in early 2019, to ensure broad engagement 26

Adoption & Launch Final set of protocols and • guidance documents will be adopted by TCR after stakeholder process Tools, trainings and resources • will be built on protocols Program launch: May 2019 27

Program Development Timeline June- August 2018 Conduct gap October 11, analysis, 2018 develop key Stakeholder April 2019 issue areas Workshop #2 Stakeholder for working East Bay Workshop group, draft Municipal #3 (Central protocols Utility District Valley) August – January- October 2018 February 2019 Initial Working Public Group & comment May Advisory period on draft 2019 Committee protocols and Program calls and guidance Launch feedback 28

Get Involved Interested in being part of the conversation? Join our listserv: policy@theclimateregistry.org Complete our survey on the Water- Energy Nexus Registry webpage to apply to join the working group. 29

Key considerations: Program development Chelsea Hasenauer, Policy Associate The Climate Registry

Key considerations: Leverage existing efforts Registry program design – identify and leverage: Existing institutions Existing protocols and data sets Existing support and tools for measurement, reporting, and verification Registry system requirements – identified through program design: Data input and output requirements Validation requirements User-specific support 31

Key considerations: Existing guidance Goals for the gap analysis: Customize TCR’s existing emissions 1. guidance for the water sector in California. Identify best practices in water data 2. measurement, tracking, reporting, and verification. Ensure that reported data enables 3. recognition and incentives for GHG reductions.

Key considerations: Overview of key concepts • Activity data measurement • Benchmarking • Measuring reductions • Reporting • Public disclosure • Verification standards

Key considerations: Activity data measurement Relevant Measurements Relevant Protocols and Data Institutions Annual entity-wide • TCR • GRP • CARB • CARB guidance carbon footprints • US EPA • US EPA guidance from operations • ICLEI Annual water data • DWR • Urban Water Management Plan • SWRCB guidebook • CDP • Conservation reporting & SB7x7 • WWF • Water loss audits • Sustainable GW mgmt. • Water Footprinting/accounting Methods for GHG • TCR • WEG Guidance, EPS Protocol • DWR • UWMP Guidebook - Appendix O intensity of delivered • CPUC • CPUC energy intensity defaults and water (e.g., metric • UC Davis cost effectiveness calculator tons CO 2 /AF) • UC Davis CWEE methods