The Clean Power and Electrification Pathway
Climate change and air pollution pose serious threats. Climate change effects, such as sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves, are now occurring. In California, while significant progress has been made, too many communities continue to experience asthma and other air quality-related health issues.
Our utility, Southern California Edison, has developed an integrated framework that we’re calling the Clean Power and Electrification Pathway to fight climate change and improve air quality. It builds upon existing state policies to achieve California’s environmental goals, include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050, as well as reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other health-harming pollutants in areas of the state with the highest levels of air pollution by 2032.
Using existing technologies, the Pathway calls for an electric grid with more carbon-free energy, which is used to clean other sectors of the economy. As the electric supply becomes cleaner, so do these other sectors, ensuring an efficient and affordable transformation that will generate good-paying jobs.
Njia ya Nishati safi na Umeme Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na uchafuzi wa hewa ni vitisho vikali. Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa, kama vile kuongezeka kwa kiwango cha bahari na mawimbi ya joto ya muda mrefu na kali zaidi, sasa yanatokea. Katika California, wakati maendeleo makubwa yamefanywa, jamii nyingi sana zinaendelea kupata pumu na masuala mengine ya afya yanayohusiana na ubora wa hewa. Kampuni yetu ya umeme ya Southern California Edison imebuni mfumo wa pamoja ambao tunauita Njia ya Nishati safi na Umeme ili kupambana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na kuboresha ubora wa hewa. Mkataba huo unazingatia sera za hali ya juu za kufikia malengo ya mazingira ya California, ikiwa ni pamoja na kupunguza uzalishaji wa gesi za chafu (GHG) kwa asilimia 40 kutoka viwango vya 1990 hadi 2030 na kwa asilimia 80 hadi 2050, na pia kupunguza oksidi za nitrojeni (NOx) na uchafuzi mwingine wa afya katika maeneo ya hali ya juu ya uchafuzi wa hewa hadi 2032. Kwa kutumia teknolojia zilizopo, Njia hiyo inatoa wito wa mtandao wa umeme na nishati zaidi isiyo na kaboni, ambayo hutumiwa kusafisha sekta zingine za uchumi. """Kama ugavi wa umeme unakuwa safi, ndivyo sekta hizi nyingine zinavyofanya, kuhakikisha mabadiliko ya ufanisi na ya bei nafuu ambayo yatazalisha ajira zenye kulipa vizuri."