County of SonomaEV Readiness for your County Fleet
General Service ConferenceApril 4, 2013
Dave Head, Fleet Manager(Nearly Retired)
• Sonoma County’s Program
• Roadblocks to Implementation
• Sonoma County Guidelines
• Current State Developments
Overview
Transition of the County FleetICE – Internal Combustion Engine
To
Hybrid
To
Plug-in Hybrid
To
Electric Vehicles
Sonoma County Local Government Electric Vehicle PartnershipCounty of SonomaSonoma County Water AgencyNorthern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control DistrictRegional Climate Protection AuthorityOpen Space District
Cities:Santa Rosa SebastopolPetaluma WindsorRohnert Park HealdsburgCotati CloverdaleSonoma
Goal – “Promote Electric Vehicles to reduce GHG emissions and facilitate the planning and implementation of EV charging infrastructure.”
Local Government EV Vehicles and Infrastructure Workgroup
• Transform public fleets• Build baseline local EV infrastructure
EV Fleet National Demonstration Project – Bay Area Partnership
• Collaborate and Implement Regional EV Initiatives
Statewide EV Workgroup• Promote and align state wide efforts• State PEV Collaborative• Governor’s EV Infrastructure Workgroup
EV Partnership Components
EV Vehicles and Infrastructure Workgroup Goals
Facilitate Regional Efforts• Outreach EV charger installation guidelines to the Cities
for adoption and implementation - Proposed • Seek grant opportunities - Ongoing
Demonstrate EV Viability• Plan a baseline EV infrastructure network – Complete • Build the Sonoma County Electric Trail – Under Construction• Engage local businesses – Proposed • Make Sonoma County -
EV Friendly Tourist Destination in California
Transform Public Fleets • Assimilate EV vehicles in public fleets – Ongoing• Develop guidelines for EV charger installations –
Complete
Transform Public FleetsCurrent Hybrid and Plug In Vehicles
County of Sonoma/SC Water Agency/City of Santa Rosa:• Hybrid Light Duty Vehicles 296• Plug-in Hybrid Sedans 20• Extended Range Electric Vehicles 2• Hybrid Pick Up 1 • Electric Sedan 1• Neighborhood Electric Vehicles 9• Hybrid Medium Duty Trucks 5• Hybrid Buses 15 Total Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 349
Partnership EV Charger Installations
• County of Sonoma – 24• SCWA – 9 • City of Santa Rosa – 13 • City of Cotati – 3• City of Sonoma – 2• City of Sebastopol – 3• City of Rohnert Park – 1• City of Petaluma – 2• Town of Windsor – 3• Sonoma County Airport – 6
Locations in Design or Construction• City of Healdsburg – 2• City of Cloverdale – 2• Doran Regional Park – 2• Guerneville Veterans Hall - 2
Grant Reimbursement ProjectionsMTC Fleet Grant
County - 22 Vehicles/Chargers $585,000 SCWA - 5 Vehicles/Chargers $125,000
City of SR – 4 Vehicles/Chargers $100,500 Total MTC Fleet Grant $810,500
MTC – Public Charger Grant 25 public access EV chargers $230,000
ChargePoint America Grant /NSCAPCD Funds20 to 35 public access chargers
$385,000
TOTAL$1,425,500
Facilitate Regional Efforts
Demonstrate and Promote EV Viability
Electric vehicles are real and are here to stay! • Federal CAFE Standards increased to 54.5 MPG by 2025• Local governments must lead by example• Create Public Awareness• Create Synergistic Opportunities• Make It Real –
• “Sonoma County Electric Vehicle Trail”
Sonoma County Electric Trail
Roadblocks and Challenges to Implementation
• No clear guidance for charger installations
• Few trained installers
• Limited range of vehicles
• Fear of getting stuck
• Cost of upgrading old facilities
• Cost to meet ADA Compliance Standards
• Time it takes to get things done
http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/docs/misc/ev_prog_guidelines.pdf
Next Steps• Continue to assimilate electric vehicles into local public fleets
• Promote the adoption of EV charger installation guidelines by all local jurisdictions.
• Facilitate the adoption and assimilation of the Sonoma E.V. Charging installation guidelines into the State Building Code.
• Build the Sonoma County Electric Trail using EV charger guidelines.
• Implement a EV public outreach program
• Develop web based dissemination of public charger locations.
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