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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