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SOE 2019 Candidate Indicators <br />* This would be a good opportunity to add indicators on Environmental Justice beyond just energy prices <br />a Indicator Name <br />Definition <br />2014 <br />soE <br />Staff Comments <br />Data Sources /links <br />Data Update <br />Data <br />Estimate of "Action- ability" <br />Schedule <br />Quality <br />by BOCC <br />Point Source Emissions <br />Aggregate measurements of NOX, VOCs, <br />Yes <br />2014 report did not include GHGs <br />Annual <br />Some- via zoning <br />and other GHGs <br />Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled <br />Total daily vehicle miles traveled <br />Yes <br />Considerable <br />Overall Emissions Estimates <br />Aggregate measurements of NOX, VOCs, <br />Yes <br />2014 report did not include GHGs <br />Some- via zoning <br />and other GHGs <br />Facilities with Air Permits <br />Number of facilities with emissions permits <br />No <br />DEQ <br />Some- via zoning <br />Innovations in Energy Conservation by OC <br />Qualitative report of innovation in energy <br />Yes <br />Brennan <br />Annual <br />Considerable <br />Government <br />conservation <br />Renewable Electrical Energy Supply <br />Supply of energy from renewable sources <br />No <br />NC Solar Energy Assoc <br />Annual <br />Considerable on county -owned <br />properties <br />Energy Usage Intensity (EUI) is a good standard <br />Energy Usage Efficiency <br />Efficiency of energy usage <br />No <br />measure here and baseline might be found on <br />Duke Power and Piedmont Electric <br />Monthly /NA <br />Some <br />EUI through the Energy Star program <br />Household Energy Usage <br />Avg energy usage per household <br />No <br />Not available. Would need to be estimated <br />Annual? <br />Minor <br />through GHG inventory <br />Lead Paint <br />Energy Prices <br />Safe Wastewater Management <br />Acid Deposition <br />Proximity to Waste Treatment Facilities <br />(TSDFs) <br />Eutrophication <br />% of housing units built before 1960, as a <br />measure of lead paint exposure <br />Price of conventional energy <br />Describes ability to effectively and safely <br />dispose of wastewater <br />Precipitation that includes acidic components <br /># of TSDFs within 5 km <br />Concentration of N and P <br />Eliminated Indicators <br />No All NC Piedmont lakes eutrophic. DWR basin reports <br />