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Senate Committee on Environment

and Energy

January 24, 2013

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Minnesota Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Next Generation Energy

Act Reduction Goals

Biennial progress

reporting

Data spans 1970-2010

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Progress to meeting reduction goals

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector, 2010

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity

Generation, 2010

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from

Electricity Generation

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from

Transportation, 2010

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from

Transportation

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Changes in Emissions 2005-2010

Agriculture

Industrial

Residential

Waste

Electric Utilities

TransportationCommercial

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Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Preliminary projection of

transportation emissions

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Minnesota Climate Change

Advisory Group (MCCAG) Convened by Governor Pawlenty in 2007

56 Stakeholders representing a vast range of

public/private-sector organizations and citizen

interests

A consensus-building process to develop state-level

policy recommendations for reducing greenhousegas emissions

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216H.02 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CONTROL.

Subdivision 1. Greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal.

It is the goal of the state to reduce statewide greenhousegas emissions across all sectors producing those emissionsto a level at least 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2015, toa level at least 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, andto a level at least 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050.

The levels shall be reviewed based on the climate changeaction plan study.

Climate Action Plan to be based on

216H.02

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MCCAG Recommendations

About 50 specific policy recommendations in the

following categories:

Residential, Commercial and Industrial

Energy Supply

Transportation and Land Use

Agriculture, Forestry and Waste Management

Cap and Trade

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Summary of MCCAG Analysis

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50

75

100125

150

175

200225

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

MMtCO

2e

Year

Projected GHG

emissions

Projected GHG

Emissions after

Existing Actions

Next Generation

Energy Act Targets

Projected Emissions

After Quantified

MCCAG Reductions

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Contacts

David Thornton

Assistant Commissioner

Pollution Control Agency

Bill Grant

Deputy Commissioner

Department of Commerce