Climate targets: Energy

• NDC content

  1 target

  • 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035
    Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2020 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    United States of America's INDC

• National laws and policies

  10 targets

  • 32% CO2 emission reductions from the utility power sector by 2030 against a 2005 baseline
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2005
    Source:

    Clean Power Plan

    Executive | 2015

  • A carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035
    Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2035 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

    Executive | 2021

  • Either 3% annual energy intensity reduction or 30% total reduction by 2015 against a 2003 baseline
    Energy | Intensity target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2003
    Source:

    Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management

    Executive | 2007

  • Produce 1,000,000,000 gallons annually of cellulosic biofuels by 2015
    Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2015
    Source:

    Energy Policy Act 2005 (Energy Bill)

    Legislative | 2005

  • 25% improvement in energy efficiency by 2012 against a 1990 baseline
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2012 | Base year: 1990
    Source:

    Energy Policy Act 2005 (Energy Bill)

    Legislative | 2005

  • 85% monthly total gas production to be captured, increasing to 98% by 2026
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2026 | Base year: 2015
  • At least 7.5% renewable energy of total Federal Government consumption by 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter
    Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2013 | Base year: Business as usual scenario
    Source:

    Energy Policy Act 2005 (Energy Bill)

    Legislative | 2005

  • At least 10% renewable electric and alternative energy in agency building electric and thermal energy by 2016-2017, then 13% by 2018-2019, 16% by 2020-2021, 20% by 2022-2023, 25% by 2025
    Energy | Trajectory target | Target year: 2025 | Base year: 2016/7, 2018/9, 2020/1, 2022/3, 2025 on
  • At least half renewable energy consumed comes from new renewable sources
    Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 0 | Base year: Business as usual scenario
    Source:

    Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management

    Executive | 2007

  • 1.2-1.4 power usage effectiveness in new data centers and less than 1.5 for existing data centers
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 0 | Base year: Business as usual scenario

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