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Cabrillo at First Mixed-Use Residential Air Quality, Global Climate Change, HRA, and Energy Impact Analysis 83 19386 5. ENERGY ANALYSIS EXISTING CONDITIONS This section provides an overview of the existing energy conditions in the project area and region. Overview California’s estimated annual energy use as of 2020 included: ▪ Approximately 272,576 gigawatt hours of electricity;23 ▪ Approximately 2,074,302 million cubic feet of natural gas per year;24 and ▪ Approximately 23.2 billion gallons of transportation fuel (for the year 2015).25 As of 2019, the year of most recent data currently available by the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), energy use in California by demand sector was: ▪ Approximately 39.4 percent transportation; ▪ Approximately 23.1 percent industrial; ▪ Approximately 18.7 percent residential; and ▪ Approximately 18.8 percent commercial.26 California's electricity in-state generation system generates approximately 190,913 gigawatt-hours each year. In 2020, California produced approximately 70 percent of the electricity it uses; the rest was imported from the Pacific Northwest (approximately 15 percent) and the U.S. Southwest (approximately 15 percent). Natural gas is the main source for electricity generation at approximately 48.34 percent of the total in-state electric generation system power as shown in Table 21. A summary of and context for energy consumption and energy demands within the State is presented in “U.S. Energy Information Administration, California State Profile and Energy Estimates, Quick Facts” excerpted below: ▪ California was the seventh-largest producer of crude oil among the 50 states in 2019, and, as of January 2020, it ranked third in oil refining capacity. ▪ California is the largest consumer of both jet fuel and motor gasoline among the 50 states and accounted for 17% of the nation’s jet fuel consumption and 11% of motor gasoline consumption in 2019. The state is the second-largest consumer of all petroleum products combined, accounting for 10% of the U.S. total. ▪ California’s total energy consumption is the second-highest in the nation, but, in 2018, the State’s per capita energy consumption ranked the fourth-lowest, due in part to its mild climate and its energy efficiency programs. ▪ In 2019, California ranked first in the nation as a producer of electricity from solar, geothermal, and biomass energy and second in the nation in conventional hydroelectric power generation. 23 California Energy Commission. Energy Almanac. Total Electric Generation. [Online] 2021. https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2020-total-system-electric-generation. 24 Natural Gas Consumption by End Use. U.S. Energy Information Administration. [Online] October 18, 2021. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_sum_dcu_SCA_a.htm. 25 California Energy Commission. Revised Transportation Energy Demand Forecast 2018-2030. [Online] April 19, 2018. https://www.energy.ca.gov/assessments/ 26 U.S. Energy Information Administration. California Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector. California State Profile and Energy Estimates.[Online] October 18, 2021 https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA#tabs-2 836/27/2022 Planning Commission 2 –136