Description
Reducing fossil fuel use in County facilities has direct impacts to reduce GHG emissions and demonstrates for the community ways to transition to a decarbonized economy. King County will actively pursue investments and actions that reduce the consumption of natural gas, propane, and heating oil at County facilities. By the end of 2030, and for facilities consuming 5,000 metric million British thermal units (MMBTUs) or more of fossil fuels, all agencies will create fossil fuel elimination action plans that detail the projected end-of life date of each piece of fossil fuel-consuming equipment, and non-fossil fuel replacement and retrofit plans. The elimination plans are intended to be brief, actionable documentation of pathways and specific feasible technological solutions that include specific equipment types, timelines, notable barriers to be overcome, and resource need identification. This action impacts natural gas, propane, and heating oil-fueled equipment, with consideration given to GHG-reducing fuel and equipment replacement opportunities for fossil-derived diesel fueled electrical generators. Plans would include an exception of emergency backup systems and redundancies, like emergency generators. Emergency generator technology is not sufficiently advanced to move away from fossil fueled systems for most County facilities, although opportunities exist to fuel such generators with renewable diesel and other fuels as a bridge to capture some greenhouse gas emissions reductions.