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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 95 <br />CAP 2.0 would further reduce energy consumption and reliance on fossil fuel <br />energy resources. <br />Development consistent with the Housing Element Update is consistent with <br />the increasing reliance on renewable energy sources criterion for the <br />following reasons. New construction would be designed and constructed <br />consistent with the State’s Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards and <br />would be required to incorporate a series of renewable energy design and <br />energy efficiency features. Additionally, the CAP 2.0 contains several <br />measures which would further increase reliance on renewable energy <br />resources. <br />For these reasons, the Housing Element Update FEIR concluded energy <br />consumption associated with development consistent with the Housing <br />Element Update would not be wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary, consistent <br />with the energy considerations contained in CEQA Guidelines Appendix F, <br />and this impact would be less than significant. <br />Consistency with State or Local Plans for Renewable Energy or Energy Efficiency <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated development envisioned by the <br />Housing Element Update could result in an increase in new residential land <br />uses which could potentially obstruct a State or local plan for renewable <br />energy or energy efficiency. However, it should be noted that the Housing <br />Element Update does not expressly authorize construction of any <br />development. <br />New residential development facilitated by the Housing Element Update <br />would be required to comply with the General Plan policies and programs <br />and adherence to the development standards within Title 9 and Title 20 in the <br />Municipal Code as well as other applicable State and local regulations. In <br />addition, development consistent with the Housing Element Update would <br />have to comply with applicable State or regional plans for renewable energy <br />or energy efficiency that include Plan Bay Area 2050; BAAQMD 2017 Clean <br />Air Plan; 2007 State Alternative Fuels Plan; Executive Order N-79-20, requiring, <br />100 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in California to be zero-emissions <br />by 2035; 2008 Energy Action Plan Update; 2011 Energy Efficiency Strategic <br />Plan; and SB 100, requiring 100 percent of retail sales of electricity to be <br />generated from zero-carbon emission sources by the end of 2045. Moreover, <br />development consistent with the Housing Element Update would support the <br />CAP 2.0 strategies for renewable energy and energy efficiency by