Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Master
Plan Update
Climate Action Subcommittee
July 5, 2023
Peter Martin
Deputy Director – Water Resources, Santa Rosa Water
1 CITY OBJECTIVES AND DRIVERS
• Council Work Plan FY 2023/24: Initiate development
of City-wide Fleet Electrification Master Plan
• Regulations: Compliance with the CA Air Resources
Board Advanced Clean Fleet Rule
• Council Goals: Sustainability initiatives and policies; net-zero emission goals
2 ADVANCED CLEAN FLEETS REGULATION
• May 2023 - Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Adopted
• Local governments: show progress on transition to Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) for medium-and heavy-duty on-
road vehicles (GVW > 8,500 lbs)
• 2024: 50% of vehicle purchases are ZEVs
• 2027: 100% of vehicle purchases are ZEVs
• Exemptions / Alternative compliance pathways
• Reporting & Certification begins January 2025 3
Statewide medium- and heavy-duty ZEV forecast
4 EV INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN
GOALS
• A roadmap to compliance
with ACF Regulations
• Strategy for continuity of
fleet operations, city
services
• Establish priority of
integration with city-
owned facilities
5 SCOPE – MUNICIPAL FLEET TRANSITION
EVALUATION
• Fleet Electrification Market Analysis
• Study existing fleet usage and availability of replacement ZEV vehicles
• Light-, Medium-, and Heavy-duty vehicles
• EV Vehicle and Charging Technology Strategies
• Operational Facilities Assessments
• Plan for types of charging stations (Level I, II, Fast Charging) to match usage
• Load Calculations / High-level costs for improvements 6 Municipal Fleet Transition Analysis
7 Function? Range and
Usage?
Where does it
reside?
When is it
used?
Vehicle Type and Future
Market Availability Facilities Assessments
Charger Deployment
strategy (Capital
Investment)
Financial and Funding
opportunities
Consideration for
integration with local
power suppliers
SCOPE – MUNICIPAL FACILITY ENERGY
AND RESILIENCY EVALUATION
• Off Grid / Renewable / Distributed
Energy Potential and Opportunities
• Use existing analyses where available
• Energy storage solutions
• Backup generation needs
• Load considerations and strategies for
home facilities
• Phasing for capital improvements,
financial strategies
8 https://new.abb.com/medium-voltage/packaging-and-solutions/energy-storage-solutions https://www.ysgsolar.com/blog/top-50-energy-storage-companies-2021-ysg-solar
SCOPE - PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
• Identify requirements for
private development projects
to incorporate public charging
in city right-of-way or
ownership
• Impact Fee Options, Incentive
Programs, Development
Standards
9 SCOPE - OTHER DELIVERABLES
• Meetings to present information to the
public and incorporate targeted
feedback
• Meetings and coordination with
targeted regional stakeholders that
have overlapping interests (RCPA,
Sonoma Clean Power, PG&E, and
others)
• Study Sessions and presentations to the
City Council and other subcommittees
10 PUBLIC CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE?
• The Parking Division has secured grant funding from the Metro Transportation Commission to evaluate:
• Parking fleet electrification
• Public charging needs (garages, city facilities, other access points) • Parking will present to Climate Action Subcommittee
11 FUNDING - EECBG
• Department of Energy’s Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block
Grant Program (EECBG) will become
available this year
• Santa Rosa’s block appropriation is
$210,000 for eligible activity of our
choice
• Funding can be used for local
governments to develop strategies for
deployment of clean energy programs
or projects
• Other funding from departments
according to fleet contributions
12 QUESTIONS?
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