Thank you for visiting EWEB's Climate Guidebook! EWEB's Climate Guidebook v3.0 is an in-depth, extensive reference document that seeks to serve the needs of a variety of internal audiences (EWEB staff) and external audiences (customer-owners and community members). It is meant to be perused like an encyclopedia.
Introduction to the Climate Guidebook
Climate Policy
Power Supply & Transmission
Customer Decarbonization
Climate Impacts on EWEB – Resiliency & Adaptation
EWEB’s Internal Operations
1.1 Climate Guidebook Purpose, Structure, and Release Schedule
1.1.1 Background Leading to the Development of the Climate Guidebook
1.1.2 Timing for Future Updates
1.2 Who Should Use this Document
1.3 Public Outreach Plan
1.3.1 Phase 1: January 2023 – March 2024
1.3.2 Phase 2: April 2024 – December 2024
2.1 Climate Policy Introduction and Policy Language from SD15
2.2 Global / Federal Initiatives
2.2.1 Global Efforts & the Paris Accord
2.2.2 U.S. Federal Policy
2.3 Regional Initiatives
2.3.1 The U.S. Electricity Grids
2.3.2 Regionalization and Organized Markets
2.3.3 Regional Climate Policies
2.3.4 Regional Climate Forecasts & Analyses
2.3.5 Neighboring State Initiatives
2.4 State of Oregon Initiatives
2.4.1 Climate Action Plan (CAP) – Executive Order 20-04
2.4.2 HB 2021 - Oregon Clean Electricity Standard (CES)
2.4.3 Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP)
2.4.4 SB 1547, Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Plan
2.4.5 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
2.4.6 Emissions Performance Standard (EPS)
2.4.6 Advanced Clean Car II Rule
2.5 Local Eugene Initiatives
2.5.1 Eugene Climate Recovery Ordinance (CRO) and Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0
2.6 EWEB’s Climate Guidebook Principles to Guide Policy and Programs
2.6.1 EWEB’s Carbon Policy & GHG Reduction Principles
2.6.2 EWEB’s Distributed Generation Principles
2.6.3 EWEB’s Green Hydrogen Principles
2.6.4 EWEB Rate Design Principles
3.1 Power Supply and Transmission Introduction and Policy Language from SD15
3.2 Load Forecast
3.3 2025 Demand Side Potential Assessment
3.4 Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Process
3.3.1 2025 Energy Resources Study
3.3.2 2023 IRP
3.5 Electrification Study (Phase 1 - 2020, Phase 2 - 2021)
4.1 Customer Decarbonization Introduction and Policy Language from SD15
4.2 Green Options Programs
4.2.1 Live Green – Energy Conservation for Residential Customers
4.2.2 Work Green – Energy Conservation for General Service Customers
4.2.3 Move Green – Transportation Electrification
4.2.4 Lead Green – Advanced Solutions for Climate Innovators
5 Climate Impacts on EWEB – Resiliency & Adaptation
5.1 Climate Impacts on EWEB Introduction and Policy Language from SD15
5.2 Expected Physical Changes for Lane County
5.3 Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
5.4 Implementation of Resiliency Policy-SD22
5.5 EWEB’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan and Associated Policies
5.6 Watershed Protection Programs
5.7 Second Source of Drinking Water Development
5.8 Emergency Water Stations
6 EWEB Internal Operations GHG Reductions
6.1 EWEB Internal Operations Introduction and Policy Language from SD15
6.2 EWEB’s Internal Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 2023
6.2.1 Inventory Protocols, Boundaries, and Scopes
6.2.2 EWEB's Progress Towards SD15 GHG Reduction Goals
6.2.3 EWEB's Scope 1 Emissions: Fleet Fuels, Natural Gas, and Refrigerants and SF6
6.2.4 EWEB's Scope 2 Emissions: Electricity and Steam
6.2.5 Next Steps for EWEB's Carbon Emissions Reporting
Appendix B: EWEB’s Climate Change Policy (SD15)
Appendix C: EWEB's Resiliency Policy (SD22)
Appendix D: EWEB's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy (SD23)
Appendix E: EWEB’s Carbon Intensity Guidance
The Challenges of the Existing Policy Context for GHG Reporting
Common Protocols and Resources for GHG Reporting
World Resources Institute (WRI) GHG Protocol
The Climate Registry
Relevant Emissions Factors
Resources for Entities Seeking Emissions Factors for Scope 2 GHG Calculations from Purchased EWEB Electricity
Resources for Entities Seeking to Estimate Emissions Reduction Benefits from Energy Efficiency or Clean Energy Projects
Resources for Entities Seeking to Estimate the GHG Impact of Transportation Electrification Projects and Potential Credit Generation Under the Oregon Clean Fuels Program
Appendix F: EWEB’s Role in City of Eugene’s CAP2.0
History and Implementation of Eugene’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0
Eugene Climate Collaborative (ECC), Large-Lever Shareholders
EWEB’s Commitments in CAP2.0
Transportation
Building Energy
Resiliency
