Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory & Action Plan
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2018 Greenhouse Gas Emissions InventorY
Results:
2018 GHG Inventory - Ouray & San Miguel Counties (~350,700 mtCO2e)
As part of the original 2010 regional GHG Inventory, the following analysis was provided to demonstrate the impact of GHG reduction actions compared to "Business-as-usual". Regional partners have been working to implement many of these recommendations as well as other actions in order to reduce emissions.
Usage Data 2018:
SMPA UTILITY DATA in kWh
Non‐renewable kWh Sales to Ouray and San Miguel Counties
(Commercial / Irrigation / Residential / Totals)
San Miguel County
Mountain Village
C: 24,694,410 / R: 25,404,317 / Total: 50,098,727
Norwood
C: 1,877,780 / I: 182 / R: 1,501,180 / Total: 3,379,142
Ophir
C: 2,303 / R: 467,860 / Total: 470,163
Sawpit
C: 51,347 / R: 101,536 / Total: 152,883
Telluride
C: 16,846,660 / I: 1,392 / R: 18,388,112 / Total: 35,236,164
Unincorporated
C: 12,886,250 / I: 77,341 / R: 19,024,768 / Total: 31,988,359
Total San Miguel County
C: 56,358,750 / I: 78,733 / R: 64,887,773 / Total: 121,325,256
Ouray County
Ouray
C: 6,386,692 / I: na / R: 5,187,847 / Total: 11,574,539
Ridgway
C: 4,970,852 / I: 9,059.00 / R: 3,137,011 / Total: 8,116,922
Unincorporated
C: 9,818,740 / I: 379,557 / R: 16,541,599 / Total: 26,739,896
Total Ouray County
C: 21,176,284 / I: 388,616 / R: 24,866,457 / Total: 46,431,357
Green block sales to Ouray and San Miguel Counties
The numbers below reflect the kWh for the number of Green Blocks Sold
kWh Sales of Renewable Energy to Ouray and San Miguel Counties
(Commercial / Residential / Totals)
San Miguel County
Mountain Village
C: 2,061,233 / R: 172,600 / 2,233,833
Norwood
C: 1,200 / R: 33,400 / 34,600
Ophir
R: 39,600 / 39,600
Sawpit
R: 800 / 800
Telluride
C: 602,270 / R: 689,800 / 1,292,070
Unincorporated
C: 153,600 / R: 599,900 / 753,500
Total San Miguel County
2,818,303 / 1,536,100 / 4,354,403
Ouray County
Ouray
C: 59,600 / R: 74,000 / 133,600
Ridgway
C: 81,800 / R: 92,400 / 174,200
Unincorporated
C: 13,200 / R: 320,600 / 333,800
Total Ouray County
C: 154,600 / R: 487,000 / 641,600
SMPA Solar Farm Sales 2018
(kWh produced)
San Miguel County
Mt Village 212,794
Ophir 19,458
Telluride 1,482,932
Unincorporated 97,289
Total SMC 1,812,472
Ouray County
Ouray 22,770
Ridgway 46,781
Unicorporated 43,884
Total Ouray County 113,435
Grand Total
1,925,907 KWh Produced
GHG emissions offset
1.396 thousand mt-CO2e
NATURAL GAS – SOURCE GAS DATA in therms
(Average Number of Customers / Total Therm Usage)
San Miguel County
Mountain VillagE
Residential 825 / 2,128,510
Commercial 198 / 2,241,285
Company 2 / 2,661
Government 4 / 6,050
MV Total 1,028 / 4,378,506
NORWOOD
Residential 205 / 119,258
Commercial 48 / 116,870
Norwood Total 253 / 236,128
PLACERVILLE
Residential 5 / 4,662
Placerville Total 5 / 4,662
SAWPIT
Residential 15 / 9,760
Commercial 1 / 1,168
Sawpit Total 16 / 10,928
TELLURIDE
Residential 1,164 / 1,040,885
Commercial 289 / 1,253,709
Government 1 / 21,279
Telluride Total 1,454 / 2,315,873
Other San Miguel County
Residential customers 884 / 1,184,529
Commercial Customers 131 / 261,967
Other San Miguel County Total 1,015 / 1,446,496
San Miguel County TOTALs
San Miguel County Residential Total
3,097 / 4,487,604
San Miguel County Commercial Total
679 / 3,904,989
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY TOTAL
3,776 / 8,392,593
Ouray County
Ouray
Residential 452 / 342,475
Commercial 98 / 249,785
Ouray Total 550 / 592,260
Ridgway
Residential 489 / 293,245
Total Commercial 110 / 240,748
Ridgway Total 599 / 533,993
Other Ouray County
Residential 520 / 503,397
Total Commercial 79 / 110,925
Other Ouray County Total
599 / 614,322
Ouray County TOTALs
Ouray County Residential Total
1,461 / 1,139,117
Ouray County Commercial Total
286 / 601,458
Ouray County Total
1,748 / 1,740,575
2010 Propane
Residential (Ouray County): 378,980gal
Residential (San Miguel County): 304,709gal
Commercial (Ouray County): 50,000gal
Commercial (San Miguel County): 30,000gal
Transportation DatA
Vehicles registered in San Miguel County (2017)
Passenger Car: 6,140
Light Trucks: 2,595
Motorcycles: 589
Rec Trucks: 118
Total = 9,442
Vehicles registered in Ouray County (2017)
Passenger Car: 3,975
Light Trucks: 1,891
Motorcycles: 418
Rec Trucks: 129
Total = 6,413
CO average VMT = 9,106
VMT - OC & SMC* = 144,375,630
Average Daily Traffic Method = 140,669,541
Averages between methods = 142,317,528
Water Data
(Gallons / Number of Meters)
Telluride (incl. Lawson & other subdivisions) - Production 157,104,482 / 1,782
TMV (incl. Ski Ranches & Sky Field & TSG Snowmaking) 321,465,000 / 1,185
Norwood (incl Wrights mesa to Redvale) 61,190,000 / 779
Ophir 4,220,874 / na
Ridgway 75171750 / 630
Ouray (including ice park) 349,139,000 / 780
Total: 968,291,106 gallons / 5,156 meters
Wastewater
(gallons / number of taps)
Telluride (incl. TMV, Lawson, Hillside, Eider, Brown) 242,875,000 / na
TMV (included in Telluride data) (34.82% of total WWTP) 84,569,075 / 876
Norwood (incl. 4 subdivisions) 9,200,000 / 782
Ridgway 30,272,000 / 570
Ouray 100,259,600 / 780
Total: 382,606,600 gallons / 3,008 taps
Airport Data
Montrose Regional Airport Data
*65% of MTJ travel is assigned to our region
Enplanements: 105,360
Jet A: 2,118,002
Aviation Gas: 68,397
Telluride Airport
Enplanements: 18,191
Aviation Gas: 549,570
Jet Fuel (including Airlines):13,190,994
Food
1.85 mt-CO2e / person
Waste & Recycling
(Trash (cubic yards) / Tons / Recycle (cubic yards) / Tons)
Telluride*: 11,533 / 4,613 / 5,400 / 810
Placerville: 712 / 285 / 165 / 25
Norwood: 1,771 / 708 / 362 / 54
Ouray/Ridgway*: 7,586 / 3,034 / 1,024 / 154
Mtn Village*: 11,577 / 4,631 / 5,280 / 792
* based on actual numbers and market share conversion
Total:
33,179 Trash (cubic yards) / 13,272 Tons
12,231 Recycle (cubic yards) / 1,835 Tons
Reference: Sneffels Waste Diversion Planning Project, Dec 2016 by EcoAction Partners, based on 2015 waste data
Emissions Factors:
Electricity
SMPA (2017 Tri-State factor) 1.595 lb-CO2e/kWh
Natural Gas
Black Hills
11.68 lb-CO2e/therm
Propane
12.63 lb-CO2e/gallon
PTW (Tail-pipe)
Gasoline 20.02 lb-CO2e/gal
Diesel 22.44 lb-CO2e/gal
Jet Fuel 21.78 lb-CO2e/gal
Aviation Gasoline 18.30 lb-CO2e/gal
WTP (well to pump)
Gasoline 6.204 lb-CO2e/gal
Diesel 5.4 lb-CO2e/gal
Jet Fuel 4.0 lb-CO2e/gal
Cement
0.9 mt-CO2e/mt-cement
Waste
1.15 mt-CO2e/short ton
Food
1.85 mt-CO2e/person
Basic Information:
Ouray & San Miguel Counties Indicator Data
Population of County
Ouray County (2018) 4,982
San Miguel County (2018) 8,530
Total Sq. Ft. of Residential Area
Ouray County 6,894,674
San Miguel County 13,925,930
Number of Households
Ouray County 3,464
San Miguel County 6,140
Average Household Size (Persons/Household) 1.41
Total Sq. Ft. of Commercial Area
Ouray County 2,154,354
San Miguel County 1,725,998
Total No. of Commercial Units
Ouray County 486
San Miguel County 792
San Miguel County Visitor Information
Summer Visitor Count 123,414
Winter Visitor Count 82,276
San Miguel County Annual Population with Visitors 14,684
Ouray County Visitor Information
Ouray Visitor Count (annual) 500,000
Ridgway Visitor Count (Jan.-Sept.) 5,880
Ouray County Annual Population with Visitors 6,368
Download:
2017 Greenhouse gas emissions inventory
Since 2010, EcoAction Partners has been our region’s resource for collecting, analyzing and reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions data. In 2017, a comprehensive report was created covering 7 years of GHG data.
sneffels energy board
Recognizing the power of collaboration, EcoAction Partners formed the Sneffels Energy Board in 2009 to address sustainability at a regional level. The board was created to reduce GHG emissions and consumption of valuable natural resources in the region through coordinated community engagement, project implementation, and policy change at both local and state levels.