G. ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY POLICY.pdf
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This is an Energy & Sustainability Policy document adopted by Metro (Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority) in California, establishing the agency's framework for controlling energy consumption and promoting energy efficiency, conservation, and sustainability initiatives. The policy outlines Metro's long-term objectives to reduce fossil fuel dependency through renewable energy sources, procure fuels and electricity at optimal economic costs, and minimize emissions, particularly carbon dioxide. Immediate objectives include aggressively pursuing renewable energy sources, capitalizing on available rebates and subsidies for energy and water conservation, conducting comprehensive energy audits across Metro divisions and facilities, and implementing fiscally prudent conservation measures. Additionally, all new facilities and projects, including transit corridor developments, must incorporate energy efficiency and conservation strategies, with buildings or structures exceeding 10,000 square feet required to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification as a minimum standard. The Board approved this policy on June 28, 2007.
Metro's adoption of this policy was driven by significant annual utility expenditures, approximately $30 million per year for electricity, gas, and water, with electricity costs alone totaling $26 million annually—$20 million allocated to propulsion power for the Red Line and other light rail systems and $7 million for bus and rail maintenance facilities, layovers, terminals, and headquarters operations. With utility costs expected to escalate due to periodic rate increases, Metro determined that embracing sustainability, energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable energy represents a primary pathway to controlling and reducing operational energy expenses. The policy was developed through a comprehensive review of energy policies adopted by comparable federal, state, and local agencies, incorporating best practices and input from affected Metro departments to ensure practical implementation and long-term cost effectiveness.
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Energy & Sustainability Policy
Summary of Policy The purpose of the Energy and Sustainability Policy is to control energy consumption and embrace energy efficiency, energy conservation, and sustainability to:
• Avoid unnecessary expenditure
• Help in protecting the environment
• Improve cost effectiveness, productivity, and working conditions
• Prolong the useful life of fossil fuels by using resources more efficiently
Metro's long term objectives are to:
• Reduce, whenever possible, Metro's use of fossil fuels through the use of ambient and renewable energy sources
• Buy fuels and electricity at the most economic cost
• Use fuels and electricity as efficiently as possible
• Reduce the amount of emissions, especially carbon dioxide (C02), caused by our required consumption
Metro's immediate objectives are to:
• Gain more control over our energy consumption by aggressively pursuing renewable energy sources, take advantages of rebates and subsidies for energy and water conservation wherever feasible, conduct energy audits of Metro divisions and facilities, and implement energy conservation measures where they are feasible and fiscally prudent.
• Construct all new facilities and projects, including new transit corridor projects, using energy efficiency and conservation strategies. For buildings or structures over 10,000 square feet, projects must be constructed to achieve leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification, at minimum.
Historical Perspective Metro spends approximately $30 million per year on utility costs for electricity, gas, and water alone, with $26 million of those costs being just for electricity. Of the $26 million expended on electricity, $20 million is for propulsion power for the Metro Redline and other light rail lines, whereas $7 million is for operation of our bus and rail maintenance facilities, layovers, terminals, and headquarters building. As the years progress, Metro also expects that these costs will rise along with periodic utility rate increases that will occur in future years. Staff believes that in this volatile and costly energy market, embracing sustainability, energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable energy sources is a primary pathway towards gaining control of, and reducing, Metro's energy costs.
In June 2007, the Board adopted the Energy and Sustainability Policy to control energy consumption and embrace energy efficiency, energy conservation, and sustainability. Adoption of the Energy and Sustainability policy will not only help to immediately lower our electrical and water bills, but will provide the baseline and business case to further our sustainability goals at Metro.
As staff began the formulation of the policy, staff performed a review of energy policies for other federal, state, and local
Energy & Sustainability Policy agencies to determine what other similar agencies had adopted. The policy was then written to incorporate lessons learned from our interagency review, as well as the comments of Metro staff in affected departments.
Last Board Action June 28, 2007
The Board approved on consent calendar the Energy & Sustainability Policy
See Also Compressed Natural Gas Hedging
| Summary of Policy |
| The purpose of the Energy and Sustainability Policy is to control energy consumption and embrace energy efficiency, energy conservation, and sustainability to: |
| Historical Perspective |
| Last Board Action |
| June 28, 2007 |
| The Board approved on consent calendar the Energy & Sustainability Policy |
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