PATHWAYS FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA TO ACHIEVE ITS GHG REDUCTION GOALS

view of energy infrastructure that recognizes the • Maintain the operational and financial health of the value and coordinates the gas and electric gas system to allow for continued investment in systems to manage decarbonization affordability infrastructure and programs that align with the 2050 and resiliency provides the greatest overall target. [...] The goal of the in this study achieve 95% of the domestic reductions characterization was to identify, understand, and define required by 2050.13 The remaining emissions are GHG mitigation options relevant for BC and to develop a assumed to be addressed with continued advances in common understanding of initiatives to implement in the technology and changing consumer behaviors, as well model and a. [...] Guidehouse only modelled the production of synthetic methane when the requirement for renewable gas exceeded both the technical potential of RNG and the physical limit of hydrogen (i.e., 5% of the fuel mix). [...] The cost of each pathway is roughly the same until the mid-2030s, when the costs of the Electrification Pathway rises much higher than the Diversified Pathway. [...] However, the opportunities for advancement in electrification may be reaching saturation and the development and improvement of some of these technologies is declining (e.g., the rate of solar PV cost declines is expected to slow down in the coming decade).30 There is more opportunity for R&D and efficiency improvements in the gas supply and corresponding end-use equipment that can be investigated.