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SMART COLUMBUS ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM QUARTER 6 ACTIVITY REPORT: JUL – SEP 2018
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report describes project status updates, financial data and observations of the Smart Columbus
Electrification Program over the time period from July – September 2018 (Q6). The reporting period for
financial expenditure data for the City of Columbus was through September 30, 2018.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND STATUS The overall goal of this project is to measurably decrease light-duty transportation greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions expressed in equivalent metric tons of carbon dioxide (MTeCO2) as a result of grid
decarbonization; electric vehicle (EV) fleet adoption; transit, autonomous and multi-modal systems
(implemented via USDOT grant agreement); consumer EV adoption; and charging infrastructure during the
grant period compared to a baseline year (2016).
Priority 1: Decarbonization Objective: In partnership with power providers, by 2030 install 905 MW of utility scale renewable energy
generation capable of serving the Columbus region, procure a minimum of 1.2 million MWh of renewable
energy for the City of Columbus between 2017 and 2022, and save 480 GWh consumed through energy
efficiency and smart grid programs during the time period of the grant.
Q6 Key Highlights:
339,000+
ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE (AMI) METERS
INSTALLED TO DATE
23% COMPLETE WITH PRELIMINARY
DESIGN ON THE O’SHAUGHNESSY DAM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
THE DIVISION OF
POWER PUBLISHED SPECIFICATIONS
REQUIRING ALL NEW STREET LIGHTS TO
BE LED
12 DC SOLAR
UNITS DEPLOYED
IN Q6
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Priority 2: Fleet Adoption Objective: Work with public, private and academic sectors to place in operation 790 EVs into their fleets by
the end of the grant period.
Q6 Key Highlights:
1 NEW PUBLIC
FLEET EV PURCHASE AND
2 NEW COMMITMENTS
SECURED IN Q6
3 NEW PRIVATE
FLEET EV PURCHASES AND
25 NEW COMMITMENTS
SECURED IN Q6
COLUMBUS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL PURCHASE 32 NEW FLEET EVS
$30,000 AWARDED TO YELLOW CAB OF
COLUMBUS THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDER (TSP)
REBATE PROGRAM
7 PRIVATE FLEET ASSESSMENTS
COMPLETED TO DATE
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Priority 3: Transit, Autonomous and Multi-Modal Systems in the City Objective: Ensure a comprehensive, multi-modal approach to decarbonizing the Columbus region’s mobility
options.
Q6 Key Highlights:
1,000 ELECTRIC
SCOOTERS WERE
DEPLOYED IN THE COLUMBUS
REGION
SELECTED MAY MOBILITY TO
OPERATE LOW-SPEED, SELF-
DRIVING SHUTTLES THAT WILL DRIVE
PASSENGERS AROUND THE SCIOTO MILE
6 ELECTRIC BIKES WERE DEPLOYED
WITH THE COLUMBUS POLICE
DEPARTMENT
10 MILES OF BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE ADDED IN Q6
Priority 4: Consumer EV Adoption
Objective: Increase EV market adoption as evidenced by the percentage of light duty EV registrations in
Columbus and the surrounding seven-county region, attaining 1.8% of all new and used light duty vehicle
registrations by the end of the three year grant period, representing a 486% increase from the 2015 baseline
of 0.37%.
Q6 Key Highlights:
$100,000
AWARDED TO EIGHT IGNITE ACTION FUND RECIPIENTS
19 RIDE & DRIVE
ROADSHOW EVENTS IN Q6
2,370 TEST DRIVES
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HOSTED 4 EVENTS TO CELEBRATE
NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK
250 EVS FOR SALE IN
23 DIFFERENT
MODELS FROM
47 DEALERSHIPS
IN CENTRAL OHIO
11 CENTRAL OHIO AUTO DEALERSHIPS WERE INDUCTED INTO
THE NEW ELECTRIFIED DEALER PROGRAM
Priority 5: Charging Infrastructure
Objective: Support the acceleration of EV adoption through installation of charging infrastructure, with the
goal of 925 new charging ports by the end of the grant period.
Q6 Key Highlights:
86 CHARGING PORTS WERE
INSTALLED AT THREE CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
POSTED THE APPLICATION FOR ROUND 2
OF THE MULTI-UNIT DWELLING (MUD)
INCENTIVE FUNDING
25 APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED FOR AEP OHIO’S EV CHARGING INCENTIVE PROGRAM
12 NEW WORKPLACE
CHARGING PORTS WERE INSTALLED IN Q6
AT TWO SITES
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Playbook: Q6 Key Highlights:
177 ARTICLES PUBLISHED ABOUT
SMART COLUMBUS IN Q6
6 VIDEOS
FINALIZED ABOUT DIFFERENT ELECTRIFICATION INITIATIVES
SOFT LAUNCH OF THE PLAYBOOK WEBSITE. THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC WEBSITE WILL LAUNCH IN OCTOBER.
PROJECT BUDGET AND SCHEDULE REVIEW The reporting period for financial expenditure data for the City of Columbus was based on invoices received
through September 30, 2018. See page 49 for a more detailed analysis.
Activities within the schedule are progressing according to plan. Q6 saw an accelerated effort on Priority 5
with planning for the next rounds of charging infrastructure.
See Appendix B for
comprehensive timelines.
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Year 2 Spend Year 2 Commitments Year 2 Total
Year 2 Budget Analysis
Year 2 Spend: $690,824
Year 2 Commitments: $625,000
Year 2 Total: $1,315,824
Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3
Priority 4
Priority 5
Playbook
Program Management
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MAJOR ITEMS UPCOMING IN Q7 (OCT – DEC 2018) AEP will prepare and submit a filing to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) for specific
renewable projects. The Columbus Division of Power (DOP) will be working on ways to increase participation of city
facilities in the EcoSmart Choice program. Columbus DOP will deliver the detailed design memorandum for the O’Shaughnessy Dam project. AEP Ohio will continue Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation activities. DOP plans to
issue their AMI Request for Proposal (RFP) in Q7. The Columbus Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will issue the Notice to Proceed for the Smart
Street Lighting System consultant. The City of Columbus is working on charging infrastructure deployment for the next 32 units. They
plan to purchase the 32 fleet EVs when charging installation begins.
Convert fleet commitments to procurement to reach procurement goal for end of Year 2. Host an October Private Fleet Electrification Workshop to drive next step action and procurement. Release Round 2 of the Transportation Service Provider (TSP) rebate program. Begin testing for the autonomous shuttle service in October 2018 and prepare for deployment. Decide on rules and regulations governing the operations of mobility devices. Apply feedback from Forth Mobility recommendations.
Deliver the final report from Navigant. Use the Navigant research to improve consumer adoption
programs and make research publicly available via Playbook.
Launch and begin to optimize the Consumer Education Campaign.
Partner with Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) to engage students to design public art for a
public charger. Launch The Ohio State University (OSU) Research & Innovation series in October. Execute four Ride & Drive events in October. Launch the integrated survey platform for test drives.
Host two Mobility Ambassador workshops for best practice sharing and a celebration of successes. Share best practices from Ignite Action Fund projects through the Playbook and media outlets. Launch a website landing page for the Experience Center, with online scheduling for test drives. Add all of the existing Electrified Dealers to the online lead management.
Expand Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) engagement to Audi, VM, Volvo, Jaguar Land
Rover, Hyundai and Kia.
Certify five more dealers as Smart Columbus Electrified Dealers. Finalize the plan for the 2019 LEAF Smart Columbus incentive. Process and award incentives for AEP Ohio’s EV Charging Incentive Program.
Review and award applications for Year 2 Multi-Unit Dwelling (MUD) funding incentives. Release the Public Access Charging Request for Bid (RFB). Arrange funding for charging for 75 remaining City of Columbus fleet EV purchases.
Develop a scope of improvements for remaining fleet EV chargers in order to finalize locations,
numbers and expected costs. Launch the Playbook to the public by the end of October. Make international connections at EVS31 in Kobe, Japan, and Smart Cities World Congress in
Barcelona, Spain.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 1
Project Description and Status ....................................................................................................................... 1
Project Budget and Schedule Review ............................................................................................................ 5
Major Items Upcoming in Q7 .......................................................................................................................... 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 7
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 9
QUARTER IN REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 10
Priority Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Priority 1 – Decarbonization ..................................................................................................................... 10
Priority 2 – Fleet Electric Vehicle Adoption ............................................................................................... 15
Priority 3 – Transit, Autonomous and Multi-Modal Systems in the City .................................................... 22
Priority 4 – Consumer Electric Vehicle Adoption ...................................................................................... 24
Priority 5 – Charging Infrastructure ........................................................................................................... 37
Playbook ................................................................................................................................................... 44
Contracts and Partner Agreement Status ..................................................................................................... 48
Implementation Plans ................................................................................................................................... 48
Risk Management and Policy Register ......................................................................................................... 48
Budget and Cost Management ..................................................................................................................... 49
Smart City Schedule ..................................................................................................................................... 50
Performance Measurement Plan .................................................................................................................. 50
ACTIVITY LOGS .......................................................................................................................................... 51
Priority 1 Activity Log .................................................................................................................................... 51
Priority 2 Activity Log .................................................................................................................................... 55
Priority 4 Activity Log .................................................................................................................................... 59
Priority 5 Activity Log .................................................................................................................................... 63
Playbook Activity Log .................................................................................................................................... 70
APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................................. 71
Appendix A – Quarterly Indicators and Metric Targets ................................................................................. 71
Appendix B – Schedule ................................................................................................................................ 84
Appendix C – Risk and Policy Register ........................................................................................................ 88
Appendix D – Polk Data ................................................................................................................................ 93
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Appendix E – Communications and Publications
Appendix F – Fleet Assessment Example – Alliance Data
Appendix G – Private Fleet Commitments To Date
Appendix H – Speaking Engagements
Appendix I – Ride & Drive Roadshow Phase 2 Summary
Appendix J – Executive EV Purchases To Date
Appendix K – Ignite Action Fund Round 2 Overview
Appendix L – Ignite Action Fund Round 2 Application
Appendix M – Workplace Charging Ports Installed To Date
Appendix N – Consumer Awareness Survey Findings
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The new Storyteller, Donna Marbury, started on July 9th. Her role includes publishing content and material for the Playbook.
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QUARTER IN REVIEW This section will give an overview on items that happened during Q6 for each of the five project priorities,
program management, priority implementation and coordination items.
PRIORITY OVERVIEW Progress during Q6 is detailed below for the following priorities: Decarbonization; Fleet Electric Vehicle
Adoption; Transit, Autonomous and Multi-Modal Systems in the City; Consumer Electric Vehicle Adoption;
and Charging Infrastructure.
PRIORITY 1 – DECARBONIZATION
Initiative 1.1 – Utility-Scaled Renewables
Strategy 1.1.1 – AEP Solar and Wind Generation
Key Highlights:
AEP Ohio filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) “Amendment to the 2018 Long-
Term Forecast Report of Ohio Power Company” on September 19th to demonstrate the need for at
least 900 MW of renewable projects in Ohio. See
http://dis.puc.state.oh.us/TiffToPDf/A1001001A18I19B53347A02011.pdf.
AEP Ohio filed with PUCO on September 27th for an application for an order approving the inclusion
of two solar energy resources totaling 400 MW of nameplate capacity in the Company’s Renewable
Generation Rider. See http://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=18-1392.
Next Steps:
Prepare and submit filing to PUCO for specific renewable projects to meet the need.
Strategy 1.1.2 – AEP Research and Development (R&D) to Advance Clean Energy
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
Maintain awareness of potential R&D opportunities.
Strategy 1.1.3 – AEP Distributed Generation Coordination of New Customer Installation
Key Highlights:
Applications to AEP Ohio for interconnection are increasing September over August.
Interconnection service applications ensure proper connection and operation of other sources of
power to work in parallel with AEP Ohio’s transmission and distribution systems. This provides
safety for employees and the public, and maintains reliability and quality of electric service.
Next Steps:
AEP Ohio continues to accept and process applications.
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Strategy 1.1.4 – Solar Generator Deployment (DC Solar)
Key Highlights:
Yellow Cab of Columbus obtained a total of eight DC Solar
charging trailers (16 ports) and are using them to charge their
new EV fleet.
DC Solar continues to work with the City of Columbus
Recreation and Parks Department to deploy units at city parks.
One DC Solar unit has been provided for various events throughout Columbus, including Smart Columbus Ride & Drive Roadshow events.
One mobile solar lighting tower unit has been provided to The Ohio State University (OSU).
Two DC Solar charging units (2 ports each) are now deployed at the State of Ohio facilities on West
Broad Street near I-70. The four charging ports are open to the public.
Next Steps:
Continue to collect data from the deployed trailers.
Continue to work with the City of Columbus departments.
Strategy 1.1.5 – Columbus Division of Power (DOP) Green Power
Key Highlights:
DOP has offset 24,142 MWh of power so far in 2018 through the EcoSmart Choice program.
In August, DOP began remarketing the EcoSmart Choice program and promoting the newly
reduced pricing via social media.
In late August, DOP developed a newsletter with data regarding both the EV Rebate and EcoSmart
Choice programs to be mailed out to customers in their monthly bill and emailed through the billing
portal.
Modification of the COBE purchase power agreement has been finalized. COBE is not currently
generating power due to mechanical issues at the plant.
Next Steps:
In Q7, DOP will work with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Director’s office, American
Municipal Power and the new City Energy Manager on ways to increase participation of city
facilities in the EcoSmart Choice program.
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Strategy 1.1.6 – City of Columbus Wastewater Treatment Plant, Co-Generation
Key Highlights:
Preliminary design plans for the Jackson Pike Co-Generation Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
are complete. Detailed design is to begin. The goal is to use biogas from City WWTPs as fuel for a
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, which will consume all the biogas being produced and
supply half of the power at two WWTPs.
The Southerly Co-Generation WWTP project has been postponed due to a digester expansion
project. The preliminary design work at Southerly showed the digesters producing significantly less
biogas than the digesters at Jackson Pike due to differences in the way the two plants operate their
processes.
Next Steps:
DPU has some capital work underway at Southerly that will improve the digesters. DPU expects to
reactivate the Southerly Co-Generation project in a few years, after digesters are improved and the
available biogas fuel increases.
Strategy 1.1.7 – Columbus Division of Power Hydroelectric Improvements
Key Highlights:
All field inspections on the O’Shaughnessy Dam improvements project are complete and a
consultant is working on preliminary engineering tasks. The preliminary design phase is 23 percent
complete.
The DOP received the technical memorandums, which make recommendations about specific
pieces of equipment in the powerhouse.
Next Steps:
Deliver the detailed design memorandum in Q7.
Construction is expected to begin in late 2019.
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Initiative 1.2 – Grid Modernization and Efficiency
Strategy 1.2.1 – AEP Energy Efficiency
Key Highlights:
AEP Ohio is on track for energy efficiency program participation goals. Numbers will be reported
after the annual compliance filing on or before May 15, 2019.
Next Steps:
Continue marketing and outreach to engage residential and business customers in energy
efficiency programs.
Continue working with City of Columbus neighborhood associations to promote Community Energy
Savers as a way to increase participation and earn awards for an efficiency project in their
communities.
Strategy 1.2.2 – AEP Smart City Vehicle to Home Research
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
Maintain awareness of potential research opportunities.
Strategy 1.2.3 – AEP gridSMART 2.0 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Deployment
Key Highlights:
AEP Ohio has installed 339,908 AMI meters in the Smart Columbus service area to date. The
project is around 64% complete.
Next Steps:
Continue AMI installation activities.
Strategy 1.2.4 – AEP Microgrids and Battery Storage
Key Highlights:
AEP Ohio has begun initial discussions with potential site hosts for a candidate project.
Next Steps:
Continue discussions to reach consensus among project participants on the project.
Strategy 1.2.5 – AEP Smart Lighting
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
AEP Ohio is interested in supporting and partnering with the City on smart street lighting.
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Strategy 1.2.6 – Columbus Division of Power Grid Modernization (AMI)
Key Highlights:
The DOP’s AMI Request for Proposal (RFP) was reviewed by the DPU Director and city attorney.
Next Steps:
DOP plans to issue the AMI RFP in Q7.
Strategy 1.2.7 – Columbus Division of Power Street Light Technology Conversion
Key Highlights:
The DPU team reviewed all proposals for the Smart Street Lighting System consultant and selected
a partner for the street light technology conversion assessment.
DOP published specifications requiring all new street lights to be LED.
https://www.columbus.gov/utilities/standards/Street-Light-Specifications/
Next Steps:
DPU will issue the Notice to Proceed (NTP) to the consultant once the Director has approved.
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PRIORITY 2 – FLEET ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION
Initiative 2.1 – Public Fleets
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus has achieved more than 40 percent of its goal to introduce 300 EVs to public
fleets by 2020. The City of Columbus is leading the way in this effort, deploying 93 EVs in 2018,
and announcing plans to purchase 32 more in the coming months.
Smart Columbus is following up with public fleets to confirm EV purchase letters of commitment.
Public fleet vehicle purchase commitments to date are noted below.
PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLE PROGRESS TO DATE
Firm or Municipality Quantity Purchased Additional Expected
City of Columbus 93 107
Columbus Regional Airport Authority 2 Applied for 5 GSE units through
the Volkswagen grant
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission 0 2 (expected in Q7)
City of Hilliard 2 0
City of Dublin 5 5
Franklin County 11 Additional vehicles pending
County approval of more charging
The Ohio State University 3 (1*) 47
City of Westerville 2 0
City of Whitehall 2 0
City of Worthington 0 2 (expected in Q7)
Franklin County Engineer 2 0
Central Ohio Transit Authority 0 10 (expected 2019)
City of New Albany 0 1* (expected in Q7)
City of Delaware 0 1* (expected in Q7)
TOTAL 122 175-180
* indicates Q6 commitments
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WCMH (the local NBC affiliate) and Columbus
Business First interviewed Brandi Braun and John
King of Fleet Management about Smart Columbus’
public fleet initiatives.
The City of Columbus finalized the 2019 Cooperative
EV purchase agreement pricing and contract
structure with Mike Albert Leasing, Ricart and Byers.
This is available to all public and many private fleets
throughout the region.
The Smart Columbus team continued its outreach, education, analysis and technical assistance work
with public fleets and private fleets. The team promoted the 2018 Midwest Green Fleet Forum & Expo
(Sept. 24-26), headline sponsored by Smart Columbus and featuring full educational tracks on Smart
Mobility and Electrification, including an EV vendor expo and Ride & Drive. This event featured
leading electrification and smart mobility experts from local, state and national levels, along with
multiple breakout training sessions, networking opportunities, and a showcase of charging and fuel
technologies. Full information is available at www.midwestgreenfleets.com.
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) submitted a proposal to the Ohio Volkswagen
Mitigation Grant Fund focused on replacing five diesel powered Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
units with five new fully Battery Electric GSE units.
Next Steps:
The City of Columbus is working on charging infrastructure deployment for the next 32 units. They
plan to purchase the 32 fleet EVs when charging installation begins.
The City of Columbus will purchase an additional 75 EVs in the second and third quarters of 2019.
The Department of Public Service (DPS) will provide the charging infrastructure to support the EVs.
Continue outreach, education, analysis and technical assistance work with public fleets throughout
Year 2 of the performance period.
Continue working with all partners to facilitate vehicle rebates and incentives, provide administrative
tracking and reporting of activities and deliverables, and offer informational resources on lessons
learned and best practices.
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Strategy 2.1.1 – Training and Technical Assistance Workshops
Key Highlights:
The City of Columbus is partnering with Columbus
State Community College (CSCC) on a series of in-
depth, technical automotive trainings. These college-
level classes begin October 21, 2018 through May
11, 2019. The classes will be made available at a
reduced rate to all Municipal Equipment
Maintenance Association-OH members (i.e. other
public fleets). Columbus has eight technicians
included in the classes. The courses are:
o AUTO 2190 - Hybrid Vehicles: Theory and
Operation: This course presents the theory and
operation of hybrid vehicles. This is an informative
course designed to provide a general overview of
various hybrid vehicle systems. Proper safety
precautions and procedures needed to service the
basic systems of hybrid vehicles will be discussed.
o AUTO 2391 - Advanced Alternative Fueled
Vehicles: Diagnosis and Repair: This course builds
on the fundamentals of automotive engine
performance and electrical systems building on the
information and skills obtained in AUTO 2360 and
AUTO 2380. Compressed natural gas, propane, bi-
fuel, hydrogen and other alternative fueled vehicles
will be explored. System safety, diagnosis, live car
servicing and various manufacture’s systems will be
explored through lecture and lab activities.
o AUTO 2390 - Advanced Hybrid Vehicles: Diagnosis
and Repair: This course builds on the fundamentals
covered in AUTO 2190 Hybrid Vehicles Theory and
Operation. The emphasis of this course will focus on high voltage systems: safety, service, diagnosis and
repair. This course is designed to complement the knowledge learned in AUTO 2190, 2280 and 2360 to
prepare student to pass the ASE Light Duty Hybrid/EV Specialist Test (L3).
Next Steps:
CSCC classes to begin in October 2018.
Partners will continue to plan additional quarterly technical trainings throughout Year 2 of the grant
period.
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Initiative 2.2 – Private Fleets
Key Highlights:
145 private fleet EVs have been committed, with 25
private EVs purchased to date.
OhioHealth and MedSpeed fleet vehicles launched
telematics monitoring for fleet assessment. The
purpose is to track vehicles – location, speed, engine
load, RPM – to project which EVs would be the best
fit for replacement.
Seven baseline fleet assessments have been
completed to date, including the following: Denison
University, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, The
Columbus Dispatch, Land Grant Brewing Company,
Yellow Cab of Columbus, Alliance Data, OhioHealth,
VAT Transportation, AAA Ohio, Cardinal Health and
Capabilities Inc. An additional 23 fleets are currently
in the process of collecting data for fleet assessment.
Many of these have historically collected little-to-zero
data on vehicle operation, which has caused delays
in data collection and assessment. Smart Columbus
has given extra attention to these fleets to educate
them about the necessary data required for informed
fleet transition decisions, which is beginning to help these fleets with their fleet electrification process.
See Appendix F for an example of a fleet assessment report.
Example EV Telematics Study: For those fleets requiring a more in-depth analysis of operation and
or economic fit with EV technology, a telematics analysis is offered. Below is an example of a one-for-
one replacement of a 2015 Nissan Rogue with a 2018 Nissan LEAF: 15,095 miles/year.
Next Steps:
Convert fleet commitments to procurement to reach procurement goal for end of Year 2.
Deploy additional telematics assessment for select fleets to determine best fit models for operation.
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Strategy 2.2.1 – Secure Purchase Pledges
Key Highlights:
Private fleet commitments for EV purchases have been secured from the following in Q6. See
Appendix G for all private fleet commitments to date.
PRIVATE FLEET VEHICLE PURCHASE COMMITMENTS IN Q6
Organization Quantity Purchased New Commitments*
Alliance Data 0 1
Columbus NEP 3 6
Mill Creek Insurance 0 4
VAT Transportation 0 5
Capabilities Inc. 0 3
Motorists Insurance Group 0 1
Able Roofing 0 5
TOTAL 3 25
*Commitments do not include purchases in Q6 or prior commitments.
Next Steps:
Private fleets will be continuously cultivated for electrification pledges through engagement and fleet
assessment services.
Strategy 2.2.2 – Network Development
Key Highlights:
More than 300 transportation professionals attended the 2018 Midwest Green Fleet Forum.
Members of the Smart Columbus team were feature panelists and speakers during the forum, with
key discussion around private fleet electrification and barrier reduction. Fleets were also assembled
for a Smart Columbus Fleet Meeting during the conference to discuss Smart Columbus resources
and fleet assessments.
Next Steps:
Smart Columbus will be hosting an October Private Fleet Electrification Workshop to drive next step
action and procurement.
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Initiative 2.3 – Transportation Service Providers (TSPs)
Key Highlights:
In July, the Smart Columbus team worked with
Transportation Service Providers (TSPs) to award
Yellow Cab of Columbus the $30,000 first round of
the TSP Rebate Program, signing the agreement
with owner and CEO Morgan Kauffman.
o Yellow Cab of Columbus worked with Smart
Columbus to finalize a purchase order for 20
Chevy Bolt EVs by Q7.
Eight DC Solar units with 16 charging points are in operation at the Yellow Cab of Columbus
headquarters.
In September, Yellow Cab of Columbus displayed its new Chevy Bolt taxis at the Midwest Green
Fleet Forum and Expo conference. Several of the company’s staff also attended training sessions at
the conference.
Throughout Q6, the Smart Columbus team finalized Round 2 of the Smart Columbus TSP Rebate
Program. Round 2 is designed to offer rebates to both traditional taxi service providers and drivers for
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft, to spur TSP EV adoption
throughout central Ohio.
o Round 2 of the rebate program is currently in final review. It is expected to be voted on by the Columbus
City Council and publicly released in Q7.
The Central Ohio Regional Transit Authority (COTA) continued its plans to electrify one of its major
bus routes, with an expected purchase of up to 10 dedicated electric buses to serve the route during
the performance period of this grant.
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Next Steps:
Continue to gather survey data from regional TSPs.
Continue to work with key regional TSPs, including Yellow Cab of Columbus, COTA and the Mid-Ohio
Regional Planning Commission’s (MORPC) ride share program to further EV purchase commitments
and deployment of vehicles and charging.
Implement available TSP vehicle rebate programs to further catalyze deployment of EVs in additional
TSP fleets throughout the seven-county central Ohio region.
Continue to work with public agencies to get EV commitments.
Provide continued EV Technician Training.
Strategy 2.3.1 – Recruit TSP Partners
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus provided information on the first round of the TSP Rebate Program (available only
to traditional taxi service providers) to Yellow Cab of Columbus and all traditional taxi owners
registered with the City of Columbus.
The Smart Columbus team continued outreach efforts to traditional taxi service providers and TNCs
(i.e. Uber, Lyft, etc.). The Smart Columbus team interfaced with the city’s Vehicle for Hire Board
about Round 1 of the TSP Rebate Program and will be working with them on outreach for Round 2.
Next Steps:
Finalize TSP Rebate Program eligibility for Round 2.
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PRIORITY 3 – TRANSIT, AUTONOMOUS AND MULTI-MODAL SYSTEMS IN THE CITY
6 Connected Electric Autonomous Vehicles (CEAVs)
Key Highlights:
In July, The Ohio Department of Transportation’s
DriveOhio initiative, in partnership with Smart
Columbus and OSU, announced the issuance of a
request for proposals to identify a technology
partner that will deploy, operate and maintain a
low-speed, self-driving, “autonomous” shuttle
service around the Scioto Mile in downtown
Columbus. In September, Smart Columbus
announced that May Mobility will operate low-
speed, self-driving shuttles that will begin driving
passengers around the Scioto Mile loop.
In July, Smart Columbus released the first in a
series of a systems engineering document, known
as a Concept of Operations, for the Connected
Vehicle Environment pilot. The Concept of
Operations conveys a high-level view of the
system to be implemented from the viewpoint of
multiple stakeholders including deployment area
residents in Linden neighborhood, COTA and the
City of Columbus DPS. The document is the
culmination of months of research and end-user
engagement and serves to frame the overall
system, sets the technical course for the project,
and serves as a bridge between early project motivations and the technical requirements.
Next Steps:
Testing for the autonomous shuttle service is intended to start in October 2018 and deployment is
anticipated in December 2018, with continuation of service into 2019.
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Electric Bikes
Key Highlights:
In August, Smart Columbus placed the six e-bikes procured
through the Electrification Program into operation with the
Columbus Police Department. The e-bikes’ pedal-assist
electric motor enables officers to travel more quickly—up to
28 miles per hour—and arrive at calls while conserving
energy for their work. Mayor Andrew Ginther celebrated the
deployment of the e-bikes by participating in a story with
10TV, the local CBS affiliate, on the e-bikes. The story may
be viewed at: https://www.10tv.com/article/smart-columbus-
provides-pedal-power-police.
Next Steps:
Columbus Recreation and Parks is discussing opportunities
for e-bike deployment with CoGo Bike Share. The main
issues they are looking at are the locations and charging
infrastructure for the bikes.
City Bike Infrastructure
Key Highlights:
The City of Columbus added 10 miles of bike infrastructure in Q6:
o 5.9 miles of bike boulevard (bike boulevard pavement markings and signs);
o 1.7 miles of shared-use path; and
o 2.4 miles of shared lane (sharrow pavement markings and signs).
Next Steps:
Continue construction and planning of bike infrastructure.
Expanded Shared Mobility
Key Highlights:
500 Bird and 500 Lime electric scooters deployed in the
Columbus region in July.
In September, Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther
announced proposed legislation for e-scooters and dockless
rental bikes. In addition, city council approved rules to protect
pedestrians and other mobility device users. The law will go
into effect in October.
Next Steps:
The City of Columbus will be discussing and deciding on rules and regulations governing the
operations of mobility devices.
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PRIORITY 4 – CONSUMER ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION Key Highlights:
In September, Smart Columbus hosted Forth Mobility to get feedback on electrification programs.
Next Steps:
Evaluate and apply feedback from Forth Mobility recommendations.
Initiative 4.1 – Research and Assessment
Strategy 4.1.1 – Consumer Research
Key Highlights:
Navigant was contracted to conduct Phase 2 research on the Logic Model and Research Plan to
link consumer adoption activities to outcomes.
Next Steps:
Deliver the final report from Navigant.
Use Navigant research to improve consumer adoption programs and make research publicly
available via the Playbook.
Share results between consumer adoption activities and outcomes publicly via the Playbook.
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Initiative 4.2 – Increase Consumer Awareness for EVs
Key Highlights:
Drive Electric Columbus and Smart Columbus teamed up to host four events to celebrate National
Drive Electric Week (Sept. 8-16).
Conducted strategic planning to inform the Consumer Education Campaign.
Next Steps:
Continue to host EV focused events in the community with partners.
Launch and begin to optimize the Consumer Education Campaign.
Strategy 4.2.1 – Community Events
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus took advantage of the robust festival season during the summer months and
engaged with thousands of community members at area events. In total, the Smart Columbus team
distributed 5,609 pieces of branded collateral throughout the quarter. See Appendix H for the full list
of events in Q6.
In July, Smart Columbus gave away more than 300 branded materials at the Columbus Jazz & Ribs
festival.
In August, during OSU Welcome Week, Smart Columbus distributed 4,000 branded materials to off
campus students.
Twenty people attended The Big Table conversations about electric cars, hosted by Smart Columbus
and Clean Fuels Ohio’s (CFO) Drive Electric Ohio program. Participants were divided into two
groups, which took turns test driving the cars and talking about how EVs can improve the quality of
life.
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Drive Electric Columbus and Smart Columbus teamed up to
host four events to celebrate National Drive Electric Week
(Sept. 8-16).
o Sept. 6: the Drive Electric Week Eve event at the Experience
Center brought together EV owners in the Columbus region.
Smart Columbus distributed 32 EV new owner’s gift bags
during the event.
o Sept. 11: the Smart Columbus team tabled and attended CFO’s
EV Tailgate at Land Grant Brewing.
o Sept. 13: Smart Columbus hosted an ‘E’VIP EV test drive event
for Columbus region executives and community leaders at the
Experience Center.
o Sept. 15: Smart Columbus hosted 50 members of the
community and 18 drives for the Elevate Your Ride Open
House, a family-friendly event that encouraged EV test drives
at the Experience Center.
o Smart Columbus conducted Surprise and Delight activations at
Huntington National Bank’s Easton location and the Easton
shopping center to increase awareness of Smart Columbus, its
EV adoption goals and foster EV advocacy among EV owners.
Dropped 130 swag bags on EV windshields parked at
Acceleration Partner and public charging stations, which
contained Smart Columbus swag and a letter declaring
owners a Smart Columbus “EVIP,” along with a call to
action to sign up for emails about EV owner gatherings.
Smart Columbus intercepted and surprised 10 owners at
Huntington and 7 at Easton, and celebrated their choice
to go electric. The team also handed out 150 donuts and
97 servings of ice cream to passersby, and used the
opportunity to educate non-owners on EVs.
Next Steps:
Co-host the Smart Women, Smart Columbus event with
YWCA, COTA and EmpowerBus in October.
Launch the OSU Research & Innovation series in October.
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Strategy 4.2.2 – Local Media Relations
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus was mentioned in 132 local media stories, earning 6.6 million local media
impressions and 177 total stories, earning 14.4 million impressions.
Smart Columbus issued five news releases related to the Electrification Program:
o Smart Columbus awards $30,000 in rebates to Columbus Yellow Cab to electrify central Ohio taxis.
o Smart Columbus offering $175,000 for EV charging stations at apartments and condominiums in
second round of incentive funding.
o Columbus Police Department rolls out six e-bikes funded by Smart Columbus Electrification Program.
o Smart Columbus celebrates upcoming National Drive Electric Week with rollout of electric vehicles in
fleets throughout the region.
o Eleven car dealerships partner with Smart Columbus to accelerate EV adoption in central Ohio.
Smart Columbus surpassed our 2018 local media relations goals of 100 placements and 4.5 million
impressions in just four months. The team recalibrated the goals to be 75 placements and 225,000
impressions per quarter. The Year 2 local media relations goals represented an intended increase
over the Year 1 media relations benchmark; however, Smart Columbus is earning significantly more
media mentions during Year 2 for three primary reasons:
o Conducting more newsworthy activities as the delivery of both grants mature. The program is issuing more frequent news releases on Electrification Program initiatives, as well as USDOT grant deliverables.
o Engaged Approach Marketing, a local public relations firm, in May 2018. Approach is helping Smart Columbus to more aggressively pursue proactive media coverage about the program.
o Opened the Smart Columbus Experience Center in June, which was a significant media moment during
Q5. The opening alone generated more than 25 local placements in local print, TV and radio outlets.
Next Steps:
Issue news releases for the next phase of the TSP Rebate Program and the Playbook launch.
Strategy 4.2.3 – Social Media
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus continued a cadence of social media posts and amplified its paid social efforts.
From June-September, our social following saw a 400% month-over-month growth. The increase is
being driven by increased EV content and enhanced channel management by Approach Marketing.
Next Steps:
Continue proactive social cadence and paid posts.
Strategy 4.2.4 – Electric Asset Branding
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus developed bumper stickers for the new owner’s gifts and fleet vehicles.
Next Steps:
Partner with the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) to engage students to design public art
for a public charger during Q7.
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Strategy 4.2.5 – Smart Columbus Experience Center
Key Highlights:
Since the Smart Columbus Experience Center opened the week of June 25, we hosted 4,075 people,
who have taken 123 drives to date. Of those drives, 18% opted in to be contacted by a dealer. The
center is designed to serve as an EV showroom, with EV test drives available to the public. The
center also provides education on the future of mobility, with exhibits developed by Smart Columbus
and EV/technology demonstrations donated by more than 20 partners.
Hosted U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (OH-13) for a visit and tour of the Experience Center on
August 20, and hosted U.S. Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-2) for visit and tour of the
Experience Center on August 28.
A number of National Drive Electric Week events (Sept. 8-16) were held at the Experience Center.
See Strategy 4.2.1 for more information on the events.
Smart Columbus held two Big Table events in August – EV 101 & Test Drives, and one hosted by
U.S. Undersecretary of Energy Paul Dabbar.
Smart Columbus hosted a “EV 101” community conversation with 20 members of the public at the
Experience Center around electrification and completed over 10 test drives.
Added the AEP Smart Grid and Smart Ohio augmented reality experience to the Experience
Center, which highlights smart meter technology, EVs, EV charging and more.
Next Steps:
Launch the OSU Research & Innovation series in October.
Co-host the Smart Women, Smart Columbus event with YWCA, COTA and EmpowerBus.
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Initiative 4.3 – Drive Consumer Consideration for EVs
Strategy 4.3.1 – Test Drives
Substrategy 4.3.1.1 – Test Drives at the Smart Columbus Experience Center
Key Highlights:
Completed 123 test drives at the
Experience Center. Of those test
drives, 99 drivers completed their
pre and post-drive surveys. This is a
statistically valid sample to represent
the program. All drivers and riders
completed liability waivers.
18% of drivers opted-in to be
contacted by a dealer.
Improved processes, routes and
responsibilities for facilitating test
drives at the Experience Center.
Next Steps:
Rotate vehicles to make the Nissan
LEAF available for test drives.
Integrate the Connected Vehicle
Environment with the test drive
program.
Expand EV educational opportunities
in the showroom for a deeper
education before and after the test
drive experience.
Consider providing gifts as an incentive for test drives.
Launch a pre-registration platform allowing the public to register up to 2 weeks in advance of their
drive from a personal electronic device or on-site. Currently, the platform is only able to schedule
same day drives on-site.
Launch strategies to increase foot traffic to the Experience Center for test drives and EV education.
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Substrategy 4.3.1.2 – Ride & Drive Roadshow
Key Highlights:
Hosted 19 Ride & Drive events in Q6 with 2,370 test drives and 353 dealership opt-ins, for a 15%
opt-in rate. Over the life of the project, 7,173 test drives have been conducted at 63 events, 60% of
the way to the goal of 12,000. JP Morgan Chase holds the record for the most drives in one day,
with 276. Overall, JP Morgan Chase completed 903 drives between July 30 and August 3 for Smart
Commute Week. CAS holds the record for the second-highest drives in one day, with 239 drives.
For the full list of events and results, see Appendix I – Ride & Drive Roadshow Summary.
Next Steps:
Execute four Ride & Drive Roadshow events in October.
Conduct a robust data dive on Ride & Drive Roadshow survey results to date to understand areas
of impact and opportunity.
Strategize how to maximize Ride & Drive Roadshow impact in 2019.
Launch the integrated survey platform for test drives that feeds data into Qualtrics for faster and
more accurate reporting as well as for OSU research purposes.
Substrategy 4.3.1.13 – Extended Test Drives for Executives
Key Highlights:
No extended test drives were recorded, and there was little interest for the option. Only Tesla
vehicles are available in a plug-and-play fashion for this offering.
Executive EV adoption grew from 29 to 30 during Q6. New executives who purchased EVs are
included in the following table. See Appendix J – Executive EV Purchases To Date for the full list.
COMPANY NAME TITLE VEHICLE PURCHASED
Steiner Pat Steiner Chief Administration Officer BMW i3
Next Steps:
Require Mobility Ambassadors for Cohort 2 to help facilitate at least one extended test drive for a
member of their organization’s leadership.
Continue active messaging and celebration of executives who purchase EVs.
Continue to apply peer pressure in the Columbus Partnership Boardroom.
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Strategy 4.3.2 – Workplace Electric Vehicle Adoption Campaign
Substrategy 4.3.2.1 – Accelerator Partners Program
Key Highlights:
In August, the Smart Columbus team hosted a Mobility Ambassador event where Ambassadors
had the opportunity to ask questions to a range of service providers about contracting,
communication best practices, safety and tracking. Service providers included COTA, Gohio
(MORPC), EmpowerBus, Chariot, Yellow Cab of Columbus and SHARE. The event was hosted at
Grange Insurance and engaged partners in many phases of mobility benefit package development
and execution including L Brands, IGS, Huntington, Motorists Insurance, CAS, and Grange
Insurance. The team planned this event in response to requests from Ambassadors. The photo
below shows the Smart Columbus team with 38 Mobility Ambassadors.
Continued to work on recruiting 50 more Acceleration Partners.
Continued to offer one-on-one coaching, data collection and benefit deployment assistance.
Next Steps:
Host a Mobility Ambassador workshop for best practice sharing in October 2018 and a Celebration
of 2018 successes in December 2018.
Launch the second cohort of Mobility Ambassadors in December 2018 from newly committed
Acceleration Partner organizations.
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Substrategy 4.3.2.2 – Workplace Campaigns (Ignite Action Fund)
Key Highlights:
In July, Smart Columbus awarded $100,000 of funding in Round 1 of the Ignite Action Fund to eight
organizations launching electrification and smart mobility projects: Alliance Data, Steiner, Columbus
Zoo and Aquarium, White Castle, State Auto, CoverMyMeds, Battelle, and OhioHealth.
Nearly $26,000 were awarded to Alliance Data and the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to fund
electrification projects, with funds from PGAPh. In total, $1.8 million is being leveraged with combined
funds from Acceleration Partner companies to create and promote drive electric and drive less
programs to Columbus region employees. As of September, Alliance Data awarded all 15 of their
rebates for EV purchases/leases via their program supported by the Ignite Action Fund in less than
four months. They also awarded three additional rebates to associates living outside of Central Ohio,
which was solely funded by Alliance Data.
On August 7, the Smart Columbus team hosted a kick-off meeting for Ignite Action Fund recipients to
celebrate their projects and prepare them for success.
In August, Smart Columbus announced that the next round of Ignite Action funding will be supporting
EV rebates launched in 2018 by Acceleration Partner organizations, in an effort to further drive sales
in this calendar year. Applications will be evaluated and approved on a rolling basis. The application
period will close in late October to ensure time for execution in 2018.
Launched Round 2 of the Ignite Action Fund focused on EV purchase/lease rebates. Targeting
three companies for this round of funding. See Appendix K for an overview of Round 2 and
Appendix L for the Round 2 application.
Next Steps:
Continue to support partners as they execute projects and report results.
Share best practices identified through Ignite Action Fund projects through the Playbook and media
outlets.
Strategy 4.3.3 – Consumer Focused Education Campaign
Substrategy 4.3.3.1 – Website
Key Highlights:
2,934 unique visitors from inside the seven-county area visited the Smart Columbus website,
www.smart.columbus.gov, which was launched on June 30th.
Next Steps:
Launch a landing page for the Smart Columbus Experience Center, with online scheduling for test
drives at the center.
Launch and/or refine site content to support the Consumer Education Campaign.
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Substrategy 4.3.3.2 – Digital Education
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus and Fahlgren Mortine developed the creative and media strategies for the
Consumer Education Campaign, drawing insight from the Electrification Coalition, New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority, Forth, Veloz, Electrify America and others.
In September, the Consumer Education Campaign team, led by Fahlgren Mortine, developed
creative concepts for digital, media and website marketing campaigns and presented it to the
internal team and the Forth review committee. The team refined the creative campaign based on
feedback.
The Consumer Education Campaign readied to shoot creative for the campaign.
The Consumer Education Campaign team issued a RFP to local and national media outlets to
develop media strategy for the campaign that incorporates TV, streaming TV, radio, Waze,
programmatic digital media and paid search.
Next Steps:
Begin consumer awareness campaign in Q7 and optimize it in time for holiday/end of the year sales
activities.
The Consumer Education Campaign team will begin to produce the campaign creative.
The creative assets of the campaign will be launched in Q7 and refined based on initial and
continuous data.
Substrategy 4.3.3.3 – B2B Marketing
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
Continue to refine campaign objectives and scope for initial implementation in Q7.
Strategy 4.3.4 – EV Loyalty Program
Key Highlights:
In September, the creative for collateral insert in the new owner’s gift was finalized.
o Smart Columbus developed a strategy to distribute the new owner’s gifts through Electrified Dealer
participants and non-participants.
In September, 44 new owner’s gifts were distributed during National Drive Electric Week events.
Next Steps:
Continue to engage dealers to distribute new owner’s gifts.
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Initiative 4.4 – Improving Consumer Sales Experience of EVs
Key Highlights:
As of September 2018, there were 250 EVs in 23 different models for sale from 47 dealerships in
central Ohio. This represents an increase from 184 EVs in June 2018.
During Q6, Smart Columbus witnessed consistently high availabilities of the Nissan Leaf and Prius
Prime, the most affordable BEV and PHEV models, respectively, available in the United States.
Strategy 4.4.1 – Lead Management and Sales Support
Key Highlights:
In Q6, the first two dealers were added to the online lead management tool developed by Fahlgren
Mortine.
Next Steps:
Add all of the existing Electrified Dealers to the online lead management.
Strategy 4.4.2 – Dealer Preparedness and EV Readiness
Substrategy 4.4.2.1 – Dealer and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Engagement
Key Highlights:
Increased the number of EVs sold in the Columbus market from 18 in Q5 to 23 in Q6.
Certified 11 local dealers as Smart Columbus Electrified Dealers.
Launched National Drive Electric Week incentives at each Electrified Dealership.
Next Steps:
Expand OEM engagement to Audi, VM, Volvo, Jaguar Land Rover, Hyundai and Kia.
Add two additional vehicles to be sold in the Columbus market.
Add a SUV/CUV option into the Experience Center line up for test drives.
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Substrategy 4.4.2.2 – Dealer Certification
Key Highlights:
On September 12, during National Drive Electric Week, Smart Columbus inducted 11 central Ohio
auto dealerships into its new Electrified Dealer program, designed to help radically increase EV
adoption in the region. Through the program, dealers have committed to carry PHEV models,
educate sales staff and shoppers on EVs and share data with Smart Columbus to help drive
continued efforts to increase EV adoption.
The first Electrified Dealers collectively carry 16 EVs and PHEVs models ranging from sedans to
SUVs to minivans. The first inductees to the Smart Columbus Electrified Dealer program and the EV
and PHEV models they carry are:
o Buckeye Honda — Honda Clarity
o Buckeye Nissan — Nissan LEAF
o Byers Chrysler Dodge Jeep — Chrysler Pacifica
Hybrid
o Byers Volvo — Volvo XC60 PHEV and Volvo XC90
PHEV
o Dave Gill Chevrolet — Chevy Bolt and Chevy Volt
o MAG BMW — BMW 330e, BMW530e, BMW i3,
BMW i8 and BMW X5 xDrive 40e
o Ricart Ford — Ford Fusion Energi
o Ricart Mitsubishi — Mitsubishi Outlander
o Ricart Nissan — Nissan LEAF
o Ricart Kia — Kia Optima PHEV
o Tansky Toyota — Toyota Prius Prime
Next Steps:
Certify five more dealers as Smart Columbus Electrified Dealers.
Add new brands to the group of Electrified Dealers, including Jaguar Land Rover and Mercedes-
Benz.
Provide a winning gift and public recognition to the top selling Electrified Dealer.
Substrategy 4.4.2.3 – Smart Columbus Dealership Certification EV Sales Training
Key Highlights:
Conducted eight EV sales trainings throughout Q6.
Next Steps:
Conduct an additional five dealer trainings for Electrified
Dealer certification.
Enhance the dealer training to be more interactive and
improve the EV sales approach.
Conduct a second dealer training to the first round of
Electrified Dealers.
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Strategy 4.4.3 – Group Purchase Programs
Key Highlights:
Continued to help AEP market its Nissan LEAF group purchase program.
Engaged Nissan on a Smart Columbus-specific group purchase program for the 2019 LEAF.
Launched the Ignite Action Fund, which created group purchasing incentives at workplaces.
Nissan was added as an Accelerator Partner organization, with a national footprint to Nissan’s
group purchase plan.
Next Steps:
Finalize the plan for the 2019 LEAF Smart Columbus incentive.
Begin conversations with added OEMs on conducting a Smart Columbus group purchase program.
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PRIORITY 5 – CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE Key Highlights:
In August, AEP Ohio announced a program to expand EV charging station availability as part of the
Smart Columbus initiative. The project creates a rebate incentive program for the hardware, network
services and installation of charging infrastructure for up to 300 Level 2 charging stations and 75 DC
Fast charging stations. The $10 million program offers rebates for site owners to install charging
stations, with 10 percent of the stations to be located in low-income areas.
The program helps participants by offsetting a
portion of their charging equipment and
installation costs. Maximum amounts vary based
on the type of station, the type of owner and the
public’s ability to access the station. Local
governments installing publicly-available charging
stations may be able to do so with no cost after
participating in the program.
Local governments, businesses and apartment complex owners interested in providing EV charging
are encouraged to apply for the program. Applicants must be commercial or industrial customers in
the AEP Ohio service territory. Complete program details and application materials are available
at www.aepohio.com/evcharge.
The EV charging program and microgrid projects are funded by the Smart City Rider, a new charge
that will end in four years. These programs will provide AEP Ohio, the PUCO and others with
information that will inform the expansion of these technologies throughout the state. To date, 25
applications for the AEP Ohio EV Charging Station Incentive Program have been received,
representing 80 total Level 2 ports at workplace, public and multi-family charging sites. AEP Ohio
has pre-approved applications for 58 ports to begin design work.
Next Steps:
AEP Ohio will process and award incentives for their charging program.
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Initiative 5.1 – Residential Charging
Strategy 5.1.1 – Develop Multi-Unit Dwelling (MUD) Infrastructure Plan
Key Highlights:
Continued to work with Year 1 developers to ensure projects are on-track for completion by the end
of Q7. Successful projects from the first round of Smart Columbus MUD funding include:
PROJECTS AWARDED IN ROUND 1 (FIRST HALF)
Developer Entity Name Site Address # of EV Spaces
Anticipated Date of
Activation
SP+ Neil Avenue Garage
(NWD Investments)
300 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215 4 12/1/2018
SP+ John McConnell Garage
(NWD Investments)
355 John McConnell Blvd
Columbus, OH 43215 4 12/1/2018
SP+ Grandview Yard North
(NWD Investments)
1125 Rail Street
Grandview Heights, OH 43212 4 12/1/2018
SP+ Chestnut Street Garage
(NWD Investments)
44 E. Chestnut Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 12/1/2018
SP+ Arena Crossing Garage
(NWD Investments)
425 N. Front Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 12/1/2018
Champion Sunbury Pointe Endeavors, LLC 2183 Rushmore Lane
Sunbury, OH 43074 6 11/1/2018
Champion Oak Creek Apartments/LLC 9000 Oak Village Blvd
Lewis Center, OH 43035 6 9/30/2018
Casto Riverside Sunshine LLC 260 McDowell Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 11/1/2018
NEP Liberty Street 250 Liberty Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 12/1/2018
TOTAL 40
PROJECTS AWARDED IN ROUND 1 (SECOND HALF)
Developer Entity Name Site Address # of EV Spaces
Anticipated Date of Contract
Completion
NEP Preserve Crossing 6400 Preserve Crossing Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43230 4 Oct. 2018
NEP Polaris 801 Polaris Parkway
Columbus, OH 43230 4 Oct. 2018
NEP Market Street 7079 Market Street
New Albany, OH 43054 4 Oct. 2018
NEP Waldon Street 700 Waldron Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 Oct. 2018
Kaufman Gravity Project, LLC 500 W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215 4 Oct. 2018
TOTAL 20
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In August, Smart Columbus posted the solicitation for applications for a new round of MUD incentive
funding.
o $175,000 in additional funding is available to encourage EV charging infrastructure at MUDs.
o Incentives can be redeemed for a value of up to $3,500 per plug or parking space, with a maximum of
$25,000 awarded to any one site.
o Funding will be awarded based on several factors including geographical distribution of projects, outreach
and education plans developed for the proposed project, timeline for completion and proposed budget.
o Applications are available on the Smart Columbus website and the team will begin to review applications
in October 2018.
Next Steps:
Begin performing site visits at Year 1 MUD developments to ensure EVSE equipment is properly
installed and operational.
Review and award applications for Year 2 funding incentives.
Continue outreach to developers for Year 2 funding incentives.
Develop outreach materials.
Strategy 5.1.2 – Residential Charging Research and Assessment
Key Highlights:
The City of Columbus worked with a consultant and the DPU Finance Assistant Director to study
rates and assess EV charging.
AEP Ohio began researching potential technical configurations for residential off-peak charging and
demand response programs.
Next Steps:
AEP Ohio will continue their research.
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Initiative 5.2 – Public Access Charging
Key Highlights:
AEP Ohio launched its Commercial EV Charging Station Incentive Program to provide incentives
for business customers to install public access charging. See page 37 for additional information. In
July 2018, Smart Columbus began developing targeted outreach to potential public charging site
hosts to encourage them to apply.
Both broad and targeted outreach included a focus on
specific industry leadership, such as MORPC on the
public side and the Urban Land Institute on the private
side, in order to have a wider impact through their
membership bases.
Mapping of tiered priority charging locations was
included in this outreach for both public and private
entities whose physical site locations lined up with data
from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) public charging siting study.
Outreach to individual public entities about the available rebate incentives included the cities of
Dublin, Delaware, Whitehall and Grove City.
Smart Columbus reviewed potential charging sites for the CCAD public art project and identified
key constraints in branding, policy and engineering.
Due to aesthetics and downtown streetscape standards, members of the Smart Columbus charging
work group worked with AEP, DOP and DPS in order to consider the use of a commercial pedestal
enclosure instead of an exposed frame for the electrical equipment for the EV chargers to be
installed as part of the pilot project RFP at Mound and Fulton streets.
Next Steps:
Awaiting appendix finalization, the City of Columbus plans to release the Public Access Charging
Request for Bid (RFB) in Q7.
On October 23rd, Smart Columbus is presenting to the Downtown Arts Commission for the CCAD
public art project for public chargers in the City of Columbus. Potential sites include the existing
chargers at Goodale Boulevard and Gay Street or the future chargers at Mound and Fulton Streets.
Assist in finalizing the ODOT 2G plans for the utility equipment setup for meter, transformer and
panel for public DC fast charging.
Assist in plan review of public chargers.
Outreach materials developed during the AEP program will be retooled for future rebate programs
based around public charging.
AEP Ohio to process and award incentives for public access charging.
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Initiative 5.3 – Workplace Charging
Key Highlights:
Two new workplace charging sites with a total of 12 charging ports were added in Q6, as detailed in
the table below. See Appendix M – Workplace Charging Ports Installed To Date for the full list.
WORKPLACE CHARGING PORTS ADDED IN Q6
Organization Number and Type of Charging Ports
Big Lots 6 – Level 2
Cardinal Health 6 – Level 2
TOTAL 12 – Level 2
205 charging ports have been installed at 25 workplace sites to date, with an additional 12 sites
committed to date.
AEP Ohio launched its EV Charging Station Incentive program to provide incentives for business
customers to install workplace charging. See page 37 for more information.
Supported nine workplace charging applications to the AEP EV Charging Station Incentive
Program.
Next Steps:
Support additional workplace charging sites to apply to AEP incentive funding.
Continue tracking workplace charging deployments as they become operational.
AEP Ohio to process and award incentives for workplace charging.
Huntington Big Lots MORPC
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Initiative 5.4 – Fleet Charging
Key Highlights:
The City of Columbus has installed 94 fleet chargers to date. Overall, 165 chargers have been
installed to date, including chargers at the CRAA, MORPC, OSU, City of Dublin, Franklin County
and Yellow Cab of Columbus.
86 charging ports were installed at three city-owned properties as part of the Part 1 City of
Columbus fleet charging project. These projects were designed to utilize Level 2 charging stations
to power the city fleet vehicles that were delivered earlier this year. These stations include power
management and data collection features that will allow the Smart Columbus team to capture vital
information on the usage of the vehicles. The properties included:
o City of Columbus Parking Garage, 141 N. Front Street – 50 charging ports;
o City of Columbus Department of Fire Facility, 3639 Parsons Avenue – 20 charging ports; and
o City of Columbus Central Outpost Building, 1155 McKinley Avenue – 16 charging ports.
The Smart Columbus team identified potential locations for the next phase of fleet charging. The
final engineering designs for an additional four fleet sites (10 ports) are underway and the chargers
are expected to be installed by March 31, 2019. These locations include:
o City of Columbus Refuse Facility, 4262 Morse Road – 2 charging ports;
o City of Columbus Fleet Management, 4211 Groves Road – 2 charging ports;
o City of Columbus Refuse Collection, 2100 Alum Creek Drive – 4 charging ports; and
o City of Columbus Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 E. Broad Street – 2 charging ports with potential
undergrounding for future chargers.
Data from the fleet chargers were successfully integrated into the Smart Columbus Operating
System.
Next Steps:
Find and request funding for charging for 75 remaining City of Columbus fleet EV purchases.
Develop a scope of improvements for the remaining fleet EV chargers in order to finalize locations,
numbers and expected costs.
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Initiative 5.5 – Building and Zoning Changes to Support EV Charging
Key Highlights:
The City of Columbus’ Director of Building & Zoning Services assigned a member of his staff to
assist with drafting city code changes to support future EV adoption. This staff member is currently
drafting code language for an EV parking policy.
Compiled various EV readiness and ‘right to charge’ policies from municipalities, consultants and
stakeholders to gain an understanding of current policies, best practices and their impact on EV
adoption. Using these resources, Smart Columbus began developing policy options for the City of
Columbus to support sustainable city wide EV infrastructure development.
Next Steps:
Finish draft policies for EV readiness and ‘right to charge’ laws and submit them to Building &
Zoning Services to draft the code language.
Begin outreach to the Columbus development community for opportunities for feedback and
recommendations on how EV charging policies can be best developed to benefit all stakeholders
involved.
Decide how to best apply recent fire code changes for EV charging to upcoming projects.
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PLAYBOOK
Content Generation
Smart Columbus E-Book
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
E-book will be developed at the end of the grant term.
Content Development and Management
Key Highlights:
The new Storyteller, Donna Marbury, started on July 9th. Her role includes publishing content and
material for the Playbook.
Met with Civitas Marketing, OSU, Columbus DOP and other Smart Columbus team members and
partners to generate and add content to future editorial calendars.
Organized and created content from existing program archives in preparation of the Playbook
launch.
The Smart Columbus team and the City of Columbus Department of Technology experienced
challenges with the website’s content management system during Q6. These technical challenges
delayed the launch of the Playbook section of the website and deployment of assets in the
Playbook.
Next Steps:
Continue to schedule and create content for the Playbook based off of lessons learned and Smart
Columbus programs.
Playbook Delivery Platform – Website
Key Highlights:
The Playbook website had a soft launch in
September. The Playbook will be a hub for the
articles, program archives, videos and other content
generated by Smart Columbus on the learnings and
processes of decarbonization and advancing
electrification.
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Next Steps:
Launch the Playbook to the public by the end of October 2018.
Playbook Content: Best Practice Documents and Multimedia Storytelling
Key Highlights:
Generated and collected best practices documents for the Playbook.
Created a Ride & Drive Roadshow video with Civitas Marketing. The video is still being finalized.
Finalized a series of six videos about different Electrification Program initiatives. The videos can be
found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxa4_Xzz00Ed3fpxlVD6BBw/videos. Videos topics
include:
o Program Overview;
o DC Solar’s partnership with Ohio Dominican University to provide solar panels that help light parking
lots and increase safety for students;
o The City of Columbus’ process of purchasing EVs to use in its fleet;
o The Acceleration Partners program;
o Smart Columbus Live; and
o Installing EV charging at MUDs.
Next Steps:
Continue to develop multimedia storytelling concepts based on upcoming programs and lessons.
Smart Webinars
Key Highlights:
Held webinars on the connected vehicle environment, multi-modal trip planning and the common
payment system, event parking management, the connected EV environment and mobility
assistance for people with cognitive abilities. Click here for a list of published webinars.
Created a plan for Smart Columbus webinars through Q7, with topics including: EV charging at
MUDs, the plan to electrify the taxi business (Smart Columbus TSP Rebate Program) and
Experience Center Live tour and the Acceleration Partner program.
Next Steps:
Schedule and execute webinars in Q7 based on the launch of the Playbook.
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Content Dissemination
Smart Columbus E-Book
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
E-book will be developed at the end of the grant term.
Attending and Presenting at EV-related and OEM Dominated Conferences
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus continues to be a part of community events and take part in pertinent speaking
engagements. In Q6, members of the Smart Columbus team attended the EUCI Smart Cities
Conference, Tennessee Sustainability Transportation Forum, Midwest Green Fleets Forum and
International EV Symposium in Kobe, Japan, among other events and engagements. See Appendix
H for the full list of Q6 speaking engagements.
Next Steps:
In Q7, the Smart Columbus team is scheduled to present at LACoMotion in Los Angeles, and is
planning to schedule other opportunities.
Media Relations and PR
Key Highlights:
Smart Columbus issued five news releases about the Electrification Program.
Smart Columbus was featured in 177 articles during Q6, earning 14.4 million impressions. See
Appendix E for the list of publications and breakdown of regional, national and trade publications.
Next Steps:
Continue to develop and pitch media and public relations strategies through Q7.
Social Media
Key Highlights:
Finalizing B2B social media plan to launch in Q7.
Next Steps:
Social media for the Playbook will be implemented in Q7 along with the public launch of the
Playbook.
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Learning Exchanges
Key Highlights:
The Smart Columbus team attended and spoke at the Tennessee Sustainability Transportation
Forum, International EV Symposium in Kobe, Japan, and the US Ignite Forum in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Smart Columbus connected with the following cities/countries in Q6:
o Tulsa, Oklahoma;
o Raleigh, North Carolina;
o Montreal, Canada;
o Dayton, Ohio;
o Dresden, Germany;
o Seattle, Washington; and
o Charlotte, North Carolina.
Next Steps:
Continue to be opportunistic and drive new learning opportunities to cities.
Make international connections at EVS31 in Kobe, Japan, and Smart Cities World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Host officials from the city of Detroit, Michigan in Q7.
Develop an International Advisory Committee
Key Highlights:
Nothing to report at this time.
Next Steps:
The Columbus Partnership will be doing this in alignment with the grant, with the intent to identify
and convene this group in Year 2. It will be paid for separately and will be wider in scope.
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CONTRACTS AND PARTNER AGREEMENT STATUS
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS Implementation plans were submitted in prior quarters. No new implementation plans will be submitted.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND POLICY REGISTER Smart Columbus made progress on the Risk and Policy Register during Q6. See Appendix C for the
document.
PARTNER CONTRIBUTION Q6 STATUS UPDATE
American Electric Power (AEP) $22.8M No new updates.
The Ohio State University (OSU) $7.5M No new updates.
Columbus Partnership $7.5M No new updates.
DC Solar $5.4M
DC Solar deployed 12 trailers in
Q6 at $150,000 each, for an
additional $1.8M.
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) $600,000 No new updates.
FleetCarma $900,000 No new updates.
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BUDGET AND COST MANAGEMENT Q6 saw an increase in project expenditures as activities ramped up. The reporting period for financial expenditure data for the City of Columbus
was based on invoices received through September 30, 2018.
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Year 2 Budget Analysis
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Program Budget Analysis
Year 2 Spend: $690,824 Year 2 Commitments: $625,000 Year 2 Total: $1,315,824
Program Spend: $2,976,673 Commitments: $1,391,839 Total To Date: $4,368,512
APRIL 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2018
Priority 1 $ 99,950 $ 90,000 $ 189,950
Priority 2 $ 537,200 $ 405,000 $ 942,200
Priority 3 $ 2,351 $ 75,000 $ 77,351
Priority 4 $ 1,521,465 $ 274,839 $ 1,796,304
Priority 5 $ 612,050 $ 547,000 $ 1,159,050
Playbook $ 22,140 $ 0 $ 22,140
Program $ 181,517 $ 0 $ 181,517
Management
Actual Spend Commitments* Total
*Budget commitments
are estimated money
set aside by the PMO
for specific initiatives in
the grant program.
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SMART CITY SCHEDULE Activities within the schedule are progressing according to plan. Q6 saw an accelerated effort on Priority 5
with planning for the next rounds of charging infrastructure. See Appendix B for the schedule.
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN The Performance Measurement Plan was submitted to PGAPh with the Q5 report. No new updates were
made to the plan.
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ACTIVITY LOGS
PRIORITY 1 ACTIVITY LOG
ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Initiative 1.1 Utility-Scaled Renewables
Carryover Activities
1
AEP will identify and
interview consultants for
implementing the Utility
Scale Renewables
projects.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Completed
AEP issued a RFP for projects and
implementers in 2017.
2 AEP will review renewable
RFP responses.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Completed
AEP Ohio filed with PUCO on September
19th for the “Amendment to the 2018
Long-Term Forecast Report of Ohio
Power Company” to demonstrate the
need for at least 900 MW of renewable
projects in Ohio. See
http://dis.puc.state.oh.us/TiffToPDf/A1001
001A18I19B53347A02011.pdf.
3
AEP will maintain AEP
Ohio website
interconnection service for
customers to install new
distributed generation
projects.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Ongoing
Customers may fill out applications in
digital format and submit via email.
4
AEP will initiate research
on advanced clean energy
technologies.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Completed
AEP Ohio provided grants to two Ohio
universities.
Q6 Activities
1
AEP will continue program
for customer driven
distributed generation
projects and report on new
distributed generation
projects.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Ongoing
The number of applications submitted
have been increasing month over month.
2
Continue deployment of the
10 solar generators from
DC Solar.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus Ongoing
DC Solar deployed 12 additional units in
Q6: eight charging trailers at Yellow Cab
of Columbus, two charging trailers at the
State of Ohio West Broad site, and one
charging trailer for the City of Columbus.
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
One trailer is being used for lighting at
OSU.
3
Develop new marketing
material for EcoSmart
program with new pricing.
Patti Austin, DOP Complete
DOP has been marketing via social media
and developed a newsletter that is going
to be mailed out to customers in their
monthly bill and emailed through the
billing portal.
4
Continue plans for using
biogas from City
wastewater treatment
plants as fuel for Combined
Heat and Power.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress
Plans for the Jackson Pike WWTP are in
progress. The preliminary design work at
Southerly showed the digesters producing
significantly less biogas than the digesters
at Jackson Pike, due to differences in the
way the two plants operate their
processes.
DPU has some capital work underway at
Southerly that will improve the digesters.
We expect to reactivate the Southerly co-
generation project in a couple years, after
we improve those digesters and the
available biogas fuel increases.
5
Columbus Division of
Power to continue design
of rehabilitation of
hydroelectric plants.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress
All field inspections are complete and
consultant is working on preliminary
engineering tasks. We have received the
technical memorandums, which make
recommendations about specific pieces of
equipment in the powerhouse. We expect
to receive the Detailed Design
Memorandum in Q7. The design phase is
23% complete.
Initiative 1.2 Grid Modernization and Efficiency
Carryover Activities
1
AEP to continue running
Community Energy Savers
program.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Ongoing
Community Energy Savers program
continues to be available for interested
communities.
2
AEP will contract with
research partner on Vehicle
to Home research.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Not Started
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
3
Columbus Power to
execute agreements with
vendors for Advanced
Metering Infrastructure.
Kristian Fenner,
DOP In Progress
The AMI RFP is being reviewed by the
Director and City Attorney.
4
Select team and refine
scope for Street Light
Technology Conversion.
Patti Austin, DOP Complete
The DPU team has reviewed all proposals
and selected a team for the street light
technology conversion assessment.
5
Microgrid: Identify sites
meeting PUCO defined
criteria for potential
locations.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Complete
Potential sites have been identified for
further consideration.
6
Microgrid: Begin
conducting preliminary
engineering and design
analysis.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio Complete
High level, preliminary engineering and
design analysis has been completed on a
potential candidate site.
7
CES: AEP Ohio with Smart
Columbus representative(s)
to develop strategy to
reach out to Columbus civic
associations to raise
awareness of CES
eligibility, requirements and
benefits.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio has begun discussions with
City staff on the potential use of CES to
support goals of increasing residential
energy efficiency audits.
8
CES: Civic associations to
self-identify interest in
participating.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio team has met with
representatives from the Linden
Neighborhood to present the CES model
and explore their interest.
9
Columbus Power continue
planning Advanced
Metering Infrastructure –
locations, communications,
IT and data management.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress The AMI RFP is being reviewed by the
Director and City Attorney.
10
Columbus Power to award
the contract for city for
Street Light Technology
Conversion.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress A team has been selected and will be
awarded upon Director approval.
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Q6 Activities
1
Microgrid: Continue
engineering and design
analysis.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
Engineering and design analysis is
proceeding on one candidate project.
2
Microgrid: Facilitate
conversations with potential
site hosts.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
Initial discussions have begun with
potential site hosts.
3
CES: AEP Ohio supports
civic associations that
chose to participate by
facilitating meetings,
developing baselines,
assisting with setting goals
and selecting community
projects, co-developing
implementation plans,
preparing marketing
materials and tracking and
reporting progress.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio has begun discussions with
City staff on potential use of CES to
support goals of increasing residential
energy efficiency audits. AEP Ohio’s team
has met with representatives from the
Linden Neighborhood to present the CES
model and explore their interest.
4
EE: AEP Ohio reports
savings estimates for
seven counties in Smart
Columbus after filing
annual compliance report
with Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio.
Sherry Hubbard,
AEP Ohio In Progress
Annual compliance report for 2018 to be
filed with Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio on or before May 15, 2019.
5
Columbus Power develop
specifications and prepare
terms and conditions for
Advanced Metering
Infrastructure.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress The AMI RFP is being reviewed by the
Director and City Attorney.
6
Columbus Power to issue
notice to proceed for LED
street light construction.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress
The NTP for construction will be issued
once the smart street light technology
assessment has been completed.
7 All new street lights
installed to be LED. Patti Austin, DOP Ongoing
DOP published specifications requiring all
new street lights to be LED.
https://www.columbus.gov/utilities/standar
ds/Street-Light-Specifications/
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PRIORITY 2 ACTIVITY LOG
ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Initiative 2.1 Public Fleets
Carryover Activities
1
Continue to assist other
regional government
entities with EV technical
and safety training.
Andrew Conley,
CFO Ongoing
Hosted the Midwest Green Fleets
Forum & Expo, sponsored by Smart
Columbus, which featured dedicated
educational tracks on Electrification,
Smart Mobility and EV Ride & Drives.
2
City of Columbus and other
committed fleets accept
delivery and begin use of
EVs.
Kelly Reagan,
City of Columbus Ongoing
Fleets continue to commit, purchase
and deploy vehicles. See Appendix A
– Quarterly Indicators and Metric
Targets for details.
Q6 Activities
1
Continue to work with other
regional governments /
institutions to identify
electric fleet acquisition
opportunities.
Andrew Conley,
CFO Ongoing
Continuing to meet with, advise and
assist numerous public fleets
throughout the seven-county central
Ohio region.
2
Provide outreach and
education, analysis, vehicle
demonstrations and
additional resources to
public fleets, as needed.
Andrew Conley,
CFO Ongoing
Hosted the Midwest Green Fleets
Forum & Expo, sponsored by Smart
Columbus, which featured dedicated
educational tracks on Electrification,
Smart Mobility and EV Ride & Drives.
3
Secure additional public
fleet pledges/commitments
to deploy EVs and charging
infrastructure in their
jurisdictions.
Andrew Conley,
CFO Ongoing
Additional commitments were recently
secured from the cities of New Albany,
and Whitehall, and grant applications
were submitted by COTA and CRAA.
4
Continue working with
public fleets on
implementation of EV and
EVSE deployment plans,
including helping public
fleets sign on to City of
Columbus cooperative
purchase/bid package to
streamline acquisitions.
Kelly Reagan, City of Columbus;
Andrew Conley,
CFO
Ongoing
The City of Columbus finalized the
2019 Cooperative EV purchase
agreement pricing and contract
structure with Mike Albert Leasing,
Ricart and Byers. This is available to
all public and many private fleets
throughout the region.
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
5
Plan and host regional
technical workshop and/or
training session for regional
fleets.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Ongoing
The Midwest Green Fleets Forum &
Expo provided numerous Q6 training
workshop sessions. See
http://www.midwestgreenfleets.com/.
Initiative 2.2 Private Fleets
Carryover Activities
1
Coordinate with Consumer
Adoption on Group
Purchase programs and
OEM dealer engagement
strategies that will support
Fleet Transition goals.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
We have active engagement with
dealers and OEMs on fleet adoption,
although it has shown to be less
important than finding actual
convertible fleets, which is where effort
is focused.
2 Continue with baseline fleet
analysis for private sector.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Continued efforts with numerous
private fleets to provide analysis,
training and other resources to support
EV deployment.
3
Update/establish total fleet
vehicles available to
transition opportunity.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Secured three new private fleet
purchases and 25 new commitments in
Q6.
4
Update/establish fleet
purchasing options for
pledged companies.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Mike Albert Fleet Solutions has made
used EV purchasing options available
for Smart Columbus fleets to purchase
in Q6 and Q7.
Q6 Activities
1
Assist private entities with
installing charging
infrastructure.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Continued efforts with numerous
private fleets to provide assessment of
charging need for fleet deployment.
2 Continue to contact private
fleet managers.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Continued outreach to private fleet
managers and organizations, while
also using membership-based
organizations (chambers of commerce,
industry groups, etc.) to maximize
message and outreach.
3
Assist private fleet
managers with EV
technical and safety
training.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Provided technical and safety training to fleets, as needed, for procured vehicles.
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
4
Assist private fleet
managers with
procurement specifications.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Provide recommended vehicles to
ensure optimal performance and cost
savings for operation.
5 Continue to receive private
fleet pledges.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Secured three new private fleet
purchases and 25 new commitments in
Q6.
Initiative 2.3 Transportation Service Providers
Carryover Activities
1
Coordinate with other fleet
and Consumer Adoption
programs to ensure
competitive pricing for
Group Purchase
Programs.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
The City of Columbus finalized the
2019 Cooperative EV purchase
agreement pricing and contract
structure with Mike Albert Leasing,
Ricart and Byers. This is available to
all public and many private fleets
throughout the region. Yellow Cab of
Columbus is purchasing through Mike
Albert Leasing.
2
Develop detailed strategy
and associated timelines for
TSP EV adoption.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
Awarded Round 1 of the TSP Rebate
Program to Yellow Cab of Columbus.
Finalized Round 2, which expands
eligibility to TNC drivers and is
expected to launch in Q7.
3 Assist TSPs with securing
an additional 30 EVs
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
Ten vehicles were purchased by
Yellow Cab of Columbus, 10 more
were committed, and up to 30 more
can funded through Round 2 of the
TSP Rebate Program.
Q6 Activities
1
Continue to contact TSP
fleet managers and
assessing opportunities.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney, City of Columbus
Ongoing
Outreach was performed to all licensed
cab drivers/companies; contacts with
Lyft and Uber, working closely with
Yellow Cab of Columbus.
2
Continue to provide
outreach, education,
analysis, vehicle
demonstrations and other
technical assistance to TSP
fleets as needed.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
Hosted the Midwest Green Fleets
Forum & Expo, sponsored by Smart
Columbus, which featured dedicated
educational tracks on Electrification,
Smart Mobility, and EV Ride & Drives.
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ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
3
Secure additional
pledges/commitments from
TSP fleets in the region.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
10 vehicles purchased by Yellow Cab
of Columbus, 10 more committed, and
up to 30 more funded through TSP
Rebate Program Round 2.
4
Continue to assist TSP
fleet managers with EV
technical and safety
training.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
Yellow Cab of Columbus exhibited and
participated in the Midwest Green
Fleets Forum & Expo, sponsored by
Smart Columbus, which featured
dedicated educational tracks on
Electrification, Smart Mobility, and EV
Ride & Drives.
5
Continue to market
consumer EV incentives to
TSP contract drivers.
Andrew Conley, CFO
Kevin McSweeney,
City of Columbus
Ongoing
Awarded Round 1 of the TSP Rebate
Program to Yellow Cab of Columbus.
Finalized Round 2, which expands
eligibility to TNC drivers and is
expected to launch in Q7.
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PRIORITY 4 ACTIVITY LOG
ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Initiative 4.1 Research and Assessment
Q6 Activities
No activities for Q6.
Initiative 4.2 Increase Consumer Awareness for EVs
Q6 Activities
1
Be opportunistic about
integrating EV promotion
into large scale events
throughout City.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership
McKinzie Harper,
Columbus Partnership
Ongoing
Continue to host activations at the
Experience Center and in the
community promoting EVs.
2
Establish a regular
cadence of media pitches
to deliver a steady
drumbeat of news to the
local community.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Issued five news releases related to
the Electrification Program.
3
Regularly and consistently
issue social media content,
engage with residents and
local influencers and
leverage paid spend to
expand the reach of Smart
Columbus’ social media
channels.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Smart Columbus was mentioned in
132 local media stories in Q6, earning
6.6 million local media impressions.
4 Launch fall semester
design project with CCAD.
McKinzie Harper,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Continuing to work with CCAD
students through Q7.
Initiative 4.3 Drive Consumer Consideration for EVs
Carryover Activities
1 Execute Ride & Drive
Roadshow.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Executed 19 events in Q6. Tracking
well to achieve program goals.
2 Cultivate new pledges for
workplace engagement.
Jordan Davis,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Prospects were identified and the team
is scheduling meetings.
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3 Schedule dates for Ride &
Drives for Year 2.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Completed
The team is now focusing on offering
2019 events to new partners.
4 Launch B2B campaign. Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership In Progress Devising strategy for Q7/Q8 execution.
Q6 Activities
1
Continue speaking to
company executive
leadership teams.
Jordan Davis,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing Tracking well.
2
Continue identifying and
engaging with Mobility
Ambassadors.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Tracking well. Engaging the next
cohort of Ambassadors in December,
and then are integrating them with
cohort 1 that launched in March 2018.
3
Announce final selections
of recipients for the Ignite
Action Fund.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Awarded $100,000 to eight
organizations in Round 1. The team is
now accepting applications for Round
2.
4
Develop and distribute
communications toolkit
materials to employer
representatives.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Distributed to existing partners. Will
share with Round 2 partners in
December.
5
Continue recruiting new
companies to join the
Acceleration Partner
Program.
Jordan Davis,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Prospects have been identified and the
team is scheduling meetings.
6 Continue to distribute New
EV Owner’s Gift.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Distributed 44 gifts during National
Drive Electric Week. A majority of the
gifts will be distributed in October and
November.
7
Give extended test drives
to Columbus Partnership
members.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Interest lower than expected for this
option. Tracking low.
8
Continue conducting test
drives at Showroom, on
Ride & Drive Roadshow,
and providing extended test
drives for executives.
Alex Slaymaker,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Overall, test drives tracking well and
driving perception shift.
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9
Develop, test and refine
campaign creative
concepts.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Creative campaign shoot scheduled for
October 8-10th. Creative campaign is
expected to go live in November, with
refinements/optimization in December.
10
Develop playbook asset on
the findings of the creative
concept testing.
Donna Marbury,
Electrification Coalition Ongoing To be developed in December.
11 Deliver digital leads to
Columbus dealers.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Have been delivering using 2020’s
online secure tool, but have begun
training dealers on our secure online
lead tool.
12 Measure and optimize B2B
campaign.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership In Progress Re-evaluating strategic direction.
Initiative 4.4 Improving Consumer Sales Experience of EVs
Carryover Activities
1
Assess current dealership
engagement and make
necessary adjustments.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Dealership engagement has been very
good, and we have added 11
Electrified Dealers.
2
Continue to educate
dealers about EVs and how
to increase sales.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Trainings for dealers have gone well,
but the training could be improved.
Doing that over next few weeks.
3
Establish lead
management processes
and protocols.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Training the dealers on how to use the
secure online tool we have created.
4
Receive best practices
from other cities for used
EVs.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Stalled
Have yet to have engagement with
other cities on used car sales.
5
Continue discussions about
OEMs supplying EV
models for Experience
Center at new Smart
Columbus office.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
We are expanding our OEM reach as
well as dealers for Experience Center.
We also keep current partners
engaged to extend terms for current
vehicles.
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6
Determine how to assess
and track success of
Dealer Training Program.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
The dealer training program success,
as of now, will be tracked by sales data
that dealers report back to us.
Q6 Activities
1
Begin the rollout of the
Smart Columbus
Dealership Certification
Program.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Complete
Certified 11 Electrified Dealers during
National Drive Electric Week.
2
Actively engage with local
dealership owners and
OEM leadership.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Have done that well already, but will
continue to improve.
3 Facilitate dealer trainings. Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Conducted 10 trainings already, and
will continue to improve the training.
4
Continue lead generation
efforts across consumer
consideration strategies
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Ride & Drives continue to be
successful, but process needs
improvement. Experience Center and
online leads have launched as well,
but need improvement on process.
5
Negotiate group purchase
rates for fleet and
consumer purchases of
new and used vehicles.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Has been difficult, outside of working
with Nissan. Will look to expand
vehicle options next quarter.
6 Conduct dealer trainings. Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership Ongoing
Have conducted eight trainings this
quarter. Will conduct another five new
dealer trainings next quarter.
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PRIORITY 5 ACTIVITY LOG
ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Initiative 5.1 Residential Charging
Carryover Activities
1
Develop a decision-
making criterion for L1
and L2 station
installations (MUD).
Megan Stein, CFO Removed Changed to all L2 stations.
2
Begin installation of MUD
EV charging
infrastructure.
Megan Stein, CFO In Progress MUD developers have begun the
installation of EVSE equipment.
3
Columbus Power will
study rates for EV
charging as part of larger
utility rate update.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress
Columbus is working with a consultant
and the DPU Finance Assistant
Director to study rates and to assess
EV charging.
4
AEP will research
successful smart
charging integration
and off-peak charging
programs or demand
response programs.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio began researching potential
technical configurations for residential
off-peak charging and demand
response programs.
5
Installation of up to
(pending on PUCO
approval) 250 Level 2
residential charging ports
(AEP).
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
PUCO authorized AEP Ohio to offer an
EV Charging Station Incentives
Program of $10.4 million to business
customers to install 250 Level 2
charging ports, which will include 60
ports for MUDs.
6
Conduct inspections of
completed MUD
projects.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started Inspections expected to begin in
November 2018.
7
Submit requests for
rebate payments to
Smart Columbus.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started Rebate requests expected to begin in
December 2018.
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8
Provide payments to
developers for completed
projects.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
Payments are expected to be issued
beginning in November/December
2018.
9 Begin to collect data. Megan Stein, CFO Not Started Data collection is expected to begin in
January 2019.
10 Oversee education
activities. Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
Education activities are expected to
begin once all EVSE stations are
installed.
11
Advise developers in
installing signage
consistent with city
recommendations for
Year 1 projects.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
Developers have been provided with a
template of required signage and will
install signage once EVSE equipment
is installed.
12
Address any site
engineering issues with
Year 1 projects.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started No issues have been identified to date.
13
Ensure appropriate
signage for Year 1
projects.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
Assurance of appropriate signage will
be reviewed during site visits prior to
rebates being issued.
14
Publish new (revised)
MUD grant program
solicitation.
Megan Stein, CFO Complete
New MUD incentive program was
announced on August 20th.
https://smart.columbus.gov/News/Sma
rt-Columbus-offering-$175,000-for-
electric-vehicle-charging-stations-at-
apartments-and-condominiums-in-
second-round-of-incentive-funding/
15
Conduct broad outreach
to developers to
encourage applications
for funding for Year 2.
Megan Stein, CFO In Progress Developing outreach materials for a
broad outreach campaign.
16 Recommend projects for
Year 2 funding. Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
No applications for funding have been
received to recommend for award.
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17
Qualify, at minimum,
three EVSE vendors to
participate in AEP Ohio
grant program.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Complete
Two network management system
providers, ChargePoint and
GreenLots, representing seven
equipment manufacturers were
prequalified.
18
Develop AEP Ohio
branding
recommendations for
grant program charging
stations.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Complete
AEP Ohio branding will be required for
all charging stations installed with
grant funding; AEP Ohio reserves the
right to remove its branding at its
discretion.
19
AEP Ohio to publicly
release grant application
to public for incentivized
rebates.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Complete
AEP Ohio publicly launched its EV
Charging Station Incentives Program
on August 16th. Funding will be
reviewed in three waves with the third
wave anticipated in Q9 (April – June
2019)
20 Process first wave of
grant applications.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio has received 25 grant
applications for 80 Level 2 ports in a
mix of sites: workplace, public and
MUDs.
Q6 Activities
1 Continue to administer
Year 1 MUD projects. Megan Stein, CFO In Progress
Administration continues for Year 1
awards. All EVSE stations will be fully
installed and operational by December
31st.
2 Announce Year 2
awards. Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
No applications have been received
yet for Year 2 funding.
3
Help PMO secure
contracts for Year 2
awards.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
Contracts will be issued once
applications are received and awards
are made.
4
Develop marketing and
outreach strategy to help
developers engage and
educate tenants.
Megan Stein, CFO Not Started
A strategy will be developed to
educate tenants once applications are
received.
5
Develop appropriate
signage templates and
recommendations.
Megan Stein, CFO In Progress
Developers have a template of
required signage. Smart Columbus is
designing additional program signage.
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6 First wave of installations
to be finalized.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio has pre-approved
applications for 58 ports to begin
design work.
7 Continuation of AEP Ohio
grant program.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio will continue their grant
program until it is fully subscribed.
Initiative 5.2 Public Access Charging
Carryover Activities
1 Utilization Tracking
Mechanism.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus In Progress
This is being completed under Initiative
5.4 for chargers at Groves Road and
other City fleet sites.
2 Design and specifications
for sites completed.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus In Progress
Design changes are being made for
the Mound/Fulton project. Proposal is
to use Milbank as pedestal in lieu of
uni-strut design. Ludlow Street
awaiting agreement.
3
Determine highest
market needs for
charging sites in the
region, apply best
practices to develop lists
of owners/hosts of public
access charging sites.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus
Ed Ungar, HNTB
Dr. Stan Young, NREL
Complete
Team is working with local
governments and businesses that
have been identified as priority sites.
4 Construct first 5 fast
charging projects (AEP). Ryan Houk, AEP Not Started
Construction will begin after the EV
Charging Station Incentives are pre-
approved.
5
Continue to develop
public siting
methodology.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Not Started
PUCO order sets forth “first come, first
served” requirement for awarding EV
charging station incentives. Additional
siting methodology planning will
depend upon information gained after
installations are activated and data is
available.
6
Release rebate program
to begin soliciting EVSE
installations.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio Complete
AEP Ohio publicly launched an EV
Charging Station Incentives Program
on August 16th. Funding will be
reviewed in three waves with the third
wave anticipated in Q9.
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Q6 Activities
1 Install 5 Level 2 charging
ports.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus
80%
complete
Four L2 sites installed at the State
facility located at 1970 W Broad Street.
2
Continue development of
partnerships with site
hosts and secure
commitments.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus
Ed Ungar, HNTB
Dr. Stan Young, NREL
In Progress
Contact was made with Columbus
Recreation and Parks, Dublin,
Delaware, Whitehall, et. al. A larger
outreach campaign is underway to
promote public charging within AEP’s
program and for future available funds.
3
Confirm city permitting
and planning functioned
as intended for initial
installations.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus Complete
Chargers are being installed at
Walmart on Hilliard-Rome Road under
the city permit process.
4
Install 4 DC fast charging
stations and 8 Level 2
charging ports.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
Discussions are underway with three
business customers interested in
potential grant applications for DC fast
charging.
5 Continue engaging and
educating citizens.
Ryan Houk,
AEP Ohio In Progress
AEP Ohio launched its informational
website, http://www.aepohio.com/ev to
increase understanding of EVs and
their benefits.
Initiative 5.3 Workplace Charging
Carryover Activities
1
Assist private entities
with site plans, charging
specifications and
construction.
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Provide connection with vendors,
contractors, and best practices for
siting and speccing workplace
charging sites.
Q6 Activities
1
Continue discussions
with potential site hosts
and secure
commitments.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition
Ryan Houk, AEP Ohio
In Progress
AEP Ohio has held discussions with
more than 50 business customers who
have expressed initial interest.
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2
Provide facility managers
with any needed training
and assistance.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition
Ryan Houk, AEP Ohio
In Progress
AEP Ohio continues to engage in
dialog with interested parties.
Technical assistance is provided when
necessary. Charging providers are
educating interested parties as well
and serve as additional sources of
information.
3
Provide education
materials and
communications
assistance to support
efforts with employees.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition
Ryan Houk, AEP Ohio
In Progress
Continuing to distribute workplace
charging guide to workplaces and
private site owners in preparation for
projects to apply to AEP Ohio’s EV
Charging Station Incentive Program.
4 Determine long term plan
for workplace charging.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition
Ryan Houk, AEP Ohio
In Progress
AEP Ohio has begun efforts to develop
a strategy to increase the share of
businesses applying for workplace
charging in waves 2 and 3 of the EV
Charging Station Incentive Program.
5 Install 20 workplace
charging ports.
Zach McGuire,
Columbus Partnership
Matt Stephens-Rich,
Electrification Coalition
Ryan Houk, AEP Ohio
In Progress
AEP Ohio has pre-approved
applications for 20 workplace ports to
begin design.
Initiative 5.4 Fleet Charging
Carryover Activities
1
Complete installation of
96 chargers for
Columbus Fleet.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus In Progress
Per the City Inspector, one item needs
to be considered at the 141 N. Front
Street Garage by the electrical panel
manufacturer.
2
Begin developing plans
for Year 3 charging
station installations for
Columbus fleet.
Cristina Parady,
Brian Waibl Polania
City of Columbus
In Progress
Four locations were added. Awaiting
the Scope of Improvements document
from the Division of Finance for the
final phase.
3
Continue to advise and
work with Columbus
Fleet to determine needs:
number, locations,
specifications, etc.
Cristina Parady,
Brian Waibl Polania,
City of Columbus
In Progress
Phase 2 charging design plans are
close to completion. They are waiting
on final fleet duty cycle analyses for
Phase 3 in order to develop the scope
of improvements.
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4
Continue to advise and
work with other public
fleets to determine
needs: number,
locations, specs, etc.
Andrew Conley,
CFO In Progress
Continuing to assist in outreach,
advise and planning around EVSE
deployment for public fleets.
Q6 Activities
1
Continue developing
plans for charging station
installations for
Columbus fleet.
Cristina Parady,
Brian Waibl Polania,
City of Columbus
In Progress
Plans are 80% complete for 10 fleet
charging ports at four unique fleet
sites.
Initiative 5.5 Building and Zoning Changes to Support EV Charging
Carryover Activities
1 Common Charging
Payment System.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus In Progress
Working with the Multi-Modal Trip
Planning App and Common Payment
System.
2 Charging station
specifications complete.
Bud Braughton,
City of Columbus In Progress
Working on design for a pedestal
(Milbank or equivalent).
3
Finalize model site plan
and specifications for
installation of charging
ports.
EIT 1, CoC Not Started
Waiting for the implementation of
public chargers on Mound Street and
Fulton Street.
4
Columbus Power
will continue researching
successful smart
charging integration
and off-peak charging
programs.
Patti Austin, DOP In Progress
Columbus is working with a consultant
and the DPU’s Finance Assistant
Director to study rates and to assess
smart charging integration and off-
peak charging programs.
Q6 Activities
1
Review impact of policy
changes on initial charger
installations.
EIT 1, CoC Not Started
Waiting for the implementation of
public chargers on Mound Street and
Fulton Street.
2
Determine if additional
policy updates are
needed for future
installations.
EIT 1, CoC Not Started
Waiting for the implementation of
public chargers on Mound Street and
Fulton Street.
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PLAYBOOK ACTIVITY LOG
ITEM TASK LEAD STATUS NOTES
Carryover Activities
1 Launch Smart Columbus
website Phase 2.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership Completed
Phase 2 of the Smart Columbus
website was launched in July 2018.
2 Q6 playbook editorial
calendar.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership Completed Submitted to PGAPh in July 2018.
3
Date for Advisory
Committee set and
invitations to participants
distributed.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
The Columbus Partnership will be
doing this in alignment with the grant,
with the intent to identify and convene
this group in Year 2. It will be paid for
separately and will be wider in scope.
Q6 Activities
1
Smart Columbus to issue
two national news releases
on program
accomplishments or
learnings.
Jennifer Fening,
Columbus Partnership In Progress
Produced five news releases on
program accomplishments and
learnings in Q6.
2 Q7 playbook editorial
calendar.
Donna Marbury,
Electrification Coalition In Progress
Will be submitted to PGAPh in
October 2018.
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APPENDICES Included below are key components of the appendix for updates that happened during Q6. All other appendices are included as supplemental
documents. Please refer to the SharePoint site for these files. The documents are labeled according to their appendix number.
APPENDIX A – QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS The Quarterly Indicators and Metric Targets spreadsheet is used as a way to track actual indicator progress against the established
targets/goals for each priority of the project on a quarterly basis. The indicators are provided at the Project, Priority and Initiative level.
Performance indicators are addressed at three levels:
1. The overall project level;
2. The five project priorities (grid decarbonization; fleet EV adoption; transit, autonomous and multi-modal systems in the city; consumer
EV adoption; and EV charging infrastructure); and
3. The specific initiatives under each priority area.
The project, priority and initiative indicators are hierarchical. Priority indicators contribute directly to a project indicator, and similarly, initiative
indicators contribute directly to one of their respective priority indicators. Progress indicators are also defined. Progress indicators encompass
anything that can be numerically evaluated and reflect progress towards objectives, but do not contribute directly to higher level indicators.
Methods and data sources for estimating indicators and tracking progress towards targets are described in the Performance Measurement Plan.
The ‘Adjusted Targets’ spreadsheet outlines the current goals that have been established by the project working groups for each indicator. The
‘Progress’ spreadsheet reports the actual progress of each indicator toward the established targets. The ‘Progress_Y1_P4’ spreadsheet reports
the progress specifically for Year 1 Priority 4 Indicators. This has been separated out due to Priority 4 future program development changes
having been included in the main ‘Progress Tab’.
The ‘Progress’ spreadsheet includes highlighted cells to help clarify how the spreadsheet functions. Cells that are yellow are direct inputs. Cells
that are orange are calculations that are either summing values or converting values to a common unit. Cells that are green are calculations that
are converting the appropriate values into MTeCO2 used to calculate overall GHG emission reductions.
Timelines for indicators that are contingent upon PUCO approval will be adjusted as approval is received.
See the attached Appendix A – SCC-P7-Quarterly Indicators and Metric Targets-Q6.xlsx for more detail.
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Below are some clarifications for the targets and progress KPIs:
Targets
The values in the cells highlighted yellow are still being developed as part of the Year 3 plan.
The values in the cells highlighted pink are using Year 1 forecasted values for the Life of Project (LOP) total instead of Year 1 goal totals.
Progress
The MWh of Columbus Division of Power Green Power sold (row 26) was updated for Q5 from an estimated value to actual. As a result,
the Columbus DOP Green Power sold as a percent of Total Power sold (row 37) was also updated.
The total number of ‘other government fleet vehicles’ for Q5 was reduced by two, as two of the purchase orders were delayed due to
bureaucratic reasons.
GHG reductions for EVs in Priority 2 and Priority 4 were updated to show the quarterly reductions in GHGs as cumulative, since it is
assumed that the EVs purchased in prior quarters of the grant period are still in operation and still contributing to a reduction in the region’s
emissions.
As part of Priority 3, the bike infrastructure lane miles (row 104) have been updated from what was shown in previous quarters to be
consistent with how the Electrification Plan defines the metric – including bike lanes, sharrows and shared-use paths.
The consumer ‘Estimated equivalent number of EVs purchased’ (row 109) was changed from an estimated to an actual (135 EVs changed
to 134 EVs).
The estimated number of social media followers that was previously reported for Q5 has increased with actuals (row 120).
The ‘Total Number (cumulative) of Companies with Mobility Ambassadors Identified’ (row 136) that was previously reported for Q5 has
decreased from 38 to 34 with actuals.
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Targets
Year 2 (2018) LOP
Q5 Q6 Q7
Q1-Q7
Goal
Total
Q1-Q7
To Date
2019
Total Total
Project Goals Result Result Result Result Result Result Result
% GHG emission reductions from baseline year 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.11% 0.16% 0.23% 0.96%
Total GHG reductions/savings from baseline year (MTCO2) 38,897 39,276 39,868 29,450 41,182 60,719 249,391
Priority 1 - DecarbonizationPriority Indicators
#1: MW of renewable energy capacity installed 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 0 0 5.96 0 905 905
#2: MWh of renewable energy consumed 11,847 12,337 13,167 11,473 32,005 66,355 76,920 281,520 147,185 242,860 690,620 1,215,000
#3: MWh of energy saved (new renewable energy or energy efficiency) 57,000 57,023 57,090 40,122 40,235 40,235 40,000 280,000 291,705 160,000 40,000 480,000
Initiative 1.1: Utility Scale Renewables
Initiative Indicators
#1: Renewable energy MW capacity installed (Strategies 1.1.1, 1.1.7) 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 0 0 5.96 0 905 905
Utility Scale Wind Capacity Installed, MW (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 900 900
Utility Scale Wind Energy Generated, MWh (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Utility Scale Solar Capacity Installed, MW (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Utility Scale Solar Energy Generated, MWh (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Capacity Installed for New AEP Distributed Energy Customers, MW (Strategy 1.1.3) 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 - - 5.96 - - -
Columbus DOP Hydroelectric Capacity Installed, MW (Strategy 1.1.7, installed capacity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 5 5
#2: Renewable energy MWh consumed (Strategies 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7) 11,847 12,337 13,167 11,473 32,005 66,355 76,920 281,520 147,185 242,860 690,620 1,215,000
MWh for New AEP Distributed Energy Customers (Strategy 1.1.3) 43 156 745 2,096 3,608 5,275 - - 11,923 - - -
MWh of renewable energy consumed through DC Solar mobile generators*, EV charging ports, and lighting towers (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 6 8 8 8 23 54
MWh of Columbus Division of Power Green Power sold (Strategy 1.1.5) 11,804 12,176 12,414 9,369 28,389 61,056 76,920 281,520 135,208 242,860 675,620 1,200,000
MWh from City of Columbus Wastewater Treatment Plant, Co-Generation (Strategy 1.1.6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 5,000 5,000
MWh from Columbus Division of Power Hydroelectric Improvements (Strategy 1.1.7, generated energy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - - 10,000 10,000
Progress Indicators 0
#1: No. of New AEP Distributed Energy Customers (Strategy 1.1.3) 35 21 60 36 36 31 25 175 219 100 25 300
#2: Number of Deployments of mobile solar generators, EV charging ports, and lighting towers (DC Solar) (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 22 0 0 0 24 0 39 46 15 54
Number of mobile solar generators deployed* (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Number of EV charging ports deployed (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 3 0 0 0 22 39 25 15 54
Number of mobile solar lighting towers deployed (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 18 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
#3: Columbus DOP Percent increase of MWh of Green Power sold (Strategy 1.1.5) (original) -7.0% -4.1% -2.2% -26.2% - 1.5% - 2.5% 4%
#3: Columbus DOP Green Power sold as a percent of Total Power sold (Strategy 1.1.5) (updated) 5.7% 5.7% 5.3% 4.3% 12.6% 25.0% 25% 25.0% 25.0% 28.4% 29.0% 29%
Initiative 1.2: Grid Modernization and Efficiency
Initiative Indicators
#3: Combined MWh saved from strategies 1.2.1, 1.2.5, and 1.2.7 57,000 57,023 57,090 40,122 40,235 40,235 40,000 280,000 291,705 160,000 40,000 480,000
MWh saved from AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency Participation (Strategy 1.2.1) 57,000 57,000 57,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 280,000 291,000 160,000 40,000 480,000
MWh saved from AEP Smart Lighting Program (Strategy 1.2.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MWh saved from Columbus DOP LED street lights installed (Strategy 1.2.7) 0 23 90 122 235 235 705 0
Progress Indicators 0
#1: GWh saved as a result of energy efficiency efforts (Strategy 1.2.1) 57 57 57 40 40 40 40 280 291 160 40 480
#2a: AEP AMI meters installed (Strategy 1.2.3) 0 6,600 3,400 72,860 99,676 157,372 100,000 400,000 339,908 128,000 528,000
#2b: AEP Micro Grids installed (Strategy 1.2.4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
#3: AEP Smart Lighting Program Smart controller unit installed (Strategy 1.2.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
#4: Columbus Division of Power AMI meters installed (Strategy 1.2.6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,000 10,000
#5: Columbus Division of Power LED street lights installed (Strategy 1.2.7) 0 218 628 297 0 0 4,700 1,143 4,500 9,200
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS
Year 3 (2019)
After
Year 3
Year 1 (2017-2018)
Q1*
Apr-Jun
Q2
Jul-Sep
Q3
Oct-Dec
Q4
Jan-Mar
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Q1-Q7
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2019
Total Total
Project Goals Result Result Result Result Result Result Result
Priority 2 - Fleet AdoptionPriority Indicators
Fleet Electric Vehicles Purchased 4 3 100 31 15 4 203 341 157 446 3 790
Fleet Electric Vehicles Placed In Operation 4 0 5 0 23 29 81 221 61 456 113 790
Initiative 2.1: Public Fleets
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 3 3 95 12 8 1 98 206 122 91 3 300
No. of EVs placed in operation 3 0 5 0 12 6 28 136 26 91 73 300
City of Columbus - EVs purchased 0 0 93 0 0 0 70 170 93 37 30 200
City of Columbus - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100 1 107 30 70 200
The Ohio State University - EVs purchased 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 26 3 24 50
The Ohio State University - EVs placed in operation 0 0 2 0 2 0 24 26 4 24 50
City of Dublin - EVs purchased 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 5 3 3 10
City of Dublin - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 5 3 3 10
Franklin County - EVs purchased 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 11 10 10
Franklin County - EVs placed in operation 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 11 10 10
Other Government Fleets - EVs purchased 0 0 0 3 7 0 4 6 10 24 30
Other Government Fleets - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 6 5 24 30
Progress Indicators
#1: Contacts made with other governments or institutions (Strategy 2.1.1) 16 34 10 40 60 100 14 75 260 40 115
#2: Municipal governments or institutions pledged to electrification (fleet analysis and vehicle acquisition plan) (Strategy 2.1.1) 0 0 5 6 5 2 2 15 18 5 20
#3: City of Columbus and public partner training sessions (Strategy 2.1.1) 1 3 1 1 4 3 1 5 13 4 9
Initiative 2.2: Private Fleets
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 1 0 5 9 7 3 75 95 25 355 450
No. of EVs placed in operation 1 0 0 0 11 13 38 65 25 345 40 450
Progress Indicators
#1: Private Sector training sessions (Strategy 2.2.1) 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 4 4 11
#2: Establish and distribute EV survey/assessment document (Strategy 2.2.1) 50 1,300 0 0 0 0 0 1,450 1,350 125 1,575
#3: New private company pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.2.1) 0 0 7 6 6 6 0 40 25 15 55
#4: New private fleet vehicles pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.2.1) 20 0 3 34 63 25 0 390 145 60 450
#5: Completed vehicle analysis acquisition plan (Strategy 2.2.2) 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 25 25 20 45
Initiative 2.3: Transportation Service Providers (TSPs)
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 0 0 0 10 0 0 30 40 10 0 40
No. of EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 20 10 20 40
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of contacts made with TSPs (Strategy 2.3.1) 0 0 3 5 7 2 4 20 17 10 30
#2: TSPs pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.3.1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 2 48 55
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS
Year 3 (2019)
After
Year 3
Year 1 (2017-2018)
Q1*
Apr-Jun
Q2
Jul-Sep
Q3
Oct-Dec
Q4
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2019
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Project Goals Result Result Result Result Result Result Result
Priority 4 - Consumer Electric Vehicle AdoptionPriority Indicators
#1: EV Market Penetration (EVs purchased divided by total vehicles purchased) 0.44% 0.60% 0.58% 0.77% 0.52% 0.85% 1.10% 1.10% 0.85% 1.80% 1.80% 1.80%
#2: Estimated equivalent number of EVs purchased 115 161 147 190 134 255 290 1,359 1002 1639 - 2998
#3: Number of Executives Driving EVs 5 0 0 13 3 1 8 30 30 15 5 50
Initiative 4.1: Research and Development
Progress Indicators
#1: Perceived Desirability, Consumer likelihood, Consumer perception to own an EV (Strategy 4.1.1) See Appendix N of PfMP for Consumer Awareness Survey Findings
Initiative 4.2: Increase Consumer Awareness for EVs
Progress Indicators
#1: Local Promotion - Number of impressions at community events (Strategy 4.2.1) 0 0 0 0 453,155 751,275 50,000 1,000,000 1,204,430 1,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000
#2: Local Promotion - Number of giveaways distributed at community events (Strategy 4.2.1) 0 0 0 0 1,502 5,609 500 8,500 7,111 200,000 240,000 448,500
#3: Local Promotion - Media Relations - Number of Local Media Placements (Strategy 4.2.2) 0 0 0 0 100 132 15 75 232 45 50 170
#4: Local Promotion - Media Relations - Number of Local Media Impressions (Strategy 4.2.2) 0 0 0 0 3,636,448 6,670,698 1,500,000 7,500,000 10,307,146 4,500,000 5,000,000 17,000,000
#5: Local Promotion - Number of Social Media Followers (Strategy 4.2.3) 0 0 0 0 5,425 956 250 3,000 6,381 4,000 6,000 6,000
#6: Local Promotion - Number of Social Media Impressions (Strategy 4.2.3) 0 0 0 0 142,820 618,878 30,000 82,500 761,698 100,000 125,000 307,500
#7: Local Promotion - Number of EV Assets with Smart Columbus branding (Strategy 4.2.4) 0 0 0 0 93 0 10 100 93 100 50 250
#8: Experience Center - Number of Visitors (Strategy 4.2.5) 0 0 0 0 1,355 2,720 1,000 5,000 4,075 5,000 200 10,200
#9: Experience Center - Number of EV Specific Events (Strategy 4.2.5) 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 4 10 10 2 16
Initiative 4.3: Drive Consumer Consideration for EVs
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Dealer Sales Leads generated 0 0 0 0 397 355 TBD 752 700 TBD TBD
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of Experience Center Test Drives Conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.1) - - - - 0 123 50 200 123 180 20 400
#2: Number of Ride and Drive Roadshow Events Conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 10 4 31 19 10 70 64 53 120
#3: Number of test drives conducted at the Ride and Drive Roadshow Events (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 810 369 3,624 2,370 1,000 7,800 7,173 6,000 12,000
#4: Number of attendees at Ride and Drive Roadshow Events (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 923 25,000 34,714 30,000 2,000 9,000 90,637 11,000 20,000
#5: Number of Dealer Sales Leads Generated from Ride and Drive Roadshow (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) 0 0 0 0 397 353 150 891 750 750 1,641
#6: Number of extended test drives conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 0 20 35
#7: Total Number (cumulative) of Active Companies in Accelerator Partner Program (Substrategy 4.3.2.1) 4 44 46 45 45 48 65 65 48 95 100 100
#8: Total Number (cumulative) of Companies with Mobility Ambassadors Identified (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 0 0 0 0 34 35 50 50 35 42 60
#9: Number of Ignite Action Fund Applications Received (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 15 19 15 30
#10: Number of Ignite Action Fund Recipients (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 8 10 20
#11: Number of Companies Introducing New Mobility Benefits (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 10 6 40 50
#12: Website - Number of unique visits to Website (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 0 2,026 480 201 14,002 6,988 40,000 100,000 23,697 125,000 150,000 375,000
#13: Website - Average time on Website (in minutes) (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
#14: Website - Number of dealer referrals from Website (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 0 0 0 0 0 3 TBD 3 TBD
#15: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign impressions (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#16: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign engagements (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#17: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign website referrals (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#18: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign dealer leads (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#19: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing impressions (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#20: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing engagements (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#21: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing Website referrals (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 0 TBD
#22: Number of New Owner's Gifts Distributed (Strategy 4.3.4) 0 0 0 0 0 44 150 450 44 600 50 1,100
Initiative 4.4: Improve Consumer Sales Experience of EVs
Initiative Indicators
#1: Total number of EV models available in the Columbus Market - 0 0 18 23 23 15 15 23 23 23 23
#2: Ratio of models sold at dealerships in Columbus vs. models sold in the U.S. - 0% 0% 46% 58% 58% 55% 55% 58% 65% 75% 75%
#3: Ratio of dealerships selling BEVs and/or PHEVs vs. total operating dealerships in the Columbus area - 0% 0% 51% 54% 58% 58% 60% 59% 70% 75% 75%
#4: Ratio of OEMs supplying BEVs and/or PHEVs in Columbus vs. OEMs supplying models in the U.S. - 0% 0% 85% 100% 100% 80% 80% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Progress Indicators
#1: Additional Number of Dealers Actively Engaged (Substrategy 4.4.2.1) 7 1 3 6 3 2 4 14 22 22 0 36
#2: Additional Number of OEMs Actively Engaged (Substrategy 4.4.2.1) 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 9 8 3 1 13
#3: Number of Dealers Certified (Substrategy 4.4.2.2) 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 16 11 15 31
#4: Percentage of Total Columbus Dealerships Certified (Substrategy 4.4.2.2) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 14% 17% 17% 14% 33% 33% 33%
#5: Number of Trainings Conducted (Substrategy 4.4.2.3) 2 0 0 0 0 8 5 10 10 50 62
#6: Number of Different Dealers with Trained Salespersons (Substrategy 4.4.2.3) 0 2 0 0 0 11 5 12 11 15 27
#7: Number of negotiated group purchase rates (Strategy 4.4.3) 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 2 6
#8: Number of BEV and PHEV models eligible for group purchase rates (Strategy 4.4.3) 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 5 2 5
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS
Year 3 (2019)
After
Year 3
Year 1 (2017-2018)
Q1*
Apr-Jun
Q2
Jul-Sep
Q3
Oct-Dec
Q4
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Priority 5 - Charging InfrastructurePriority Indicators
Number of electric charging station ports installed 65 67 57 24 81 109 133 391 403 526 8 925
L1 39 0 0 0 0 0 73 39 7 80
L2 26 65 57 20 81 109 123 376 358 466 8 850
DC Fast 0 2 0 4 0 0 10 15 6 60 0 75
Initiative 5.1: Multi-Unit Dwelling (MUD)
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Level 2 PMO MUD charging ports installed 0 0 0 0 2 0 30 90 60 2 30 90
#2: Number of Level 2 AEP Ohio MUD charging stations installed 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 20 0 40 60
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of MUD developers contacted to install EV Charging infrastructure (Strategy 5.1.1) 10 5 0 0 0 5 5 30 20 15 45
#2: Number of MUD developers who submitted application for MUD rebates (Strategy 5.1.1) 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 5 6 18
#3: Number of Level 2 PMO MUD charging ports proposed in approved Site Commitments/MUD Rebate approvals 0 0 48 24 0 0 0 60 72 30 90
Initiative 5.2: Public Access Charging
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Level 2 publicly accessible charging station ports installed – City of Columbus 7 7 0 0 4 6 10 5 30 25 24 30 0 5 60
#2: Number of DC fast charging stations installed - AEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 0 60 75
#3: Number of Level 2 publicly accessible charging station ports installed – AEP 0 7 0 0 0 0 15 30 7 60 90
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of meetings with potential site hosts 3 16 1 3 13 5 4 27 41 18 45
#2: Number of partnerships with site hosts and secure commitments 0 6 0 0 0 2 2 11 8 7 18
Initiative 5.3: Workplace Charging
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of workplaces offering EV charging 3 4 8 4 4 2 20 45 25 55 100
#2: Number of workplace charging ports installed 49 49 47 24 24 12 35 115 205 135 250
L1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0
L2 10 47 47 20 24 12 35 115 160 135 250
DC Fast 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Initiative 5.4: Fleet Charging Stations
Initiative Indicators
Number of level 2 charging station ports installed for Columbus and other public fleets 9 4 10 0 51 91 23 126 165 171 3 300
City of Columbus 0 0 0 0 24 70 0 96 94 104 200
The Ohio State University 1 0 2 0 12 2 23 26 17 24 50
City of Dublin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 10
Franklin County 8 4 8 0 12 0 0 0 32 10 10
Other Government Fleets 0 0 0 0 3 19 0 0 22 30 30
Initiative 5.5: Building and Zoning Changes to Support EV Charging
Progress Indicators
Number of Site plan test cases submitted for permit 1 3 0 1 2 5 0 9 12 3 12
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS
Year 3 (2019)
After
Year 3
Year 1 (2017-2018)
Q1*
Apr-Jun
Q2
Jul-Sep
Q3
Oct-Dec
Q4
Jan-Mar
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Project Goals Result Result Result Result Result Result Result
PlaybookInitiative Indicators
Number of people educated on Smart Columbus. Intent is to reach city officials, policy makers, business leaders and influencers. 0 0 0 0 157,688 673,452 200,000 500,000 831,140 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,500,000
B.2.1: Content Generation
Progress Indicators
#1: Website - Number of asset downloads, video views, webcast views (B.2.1.3) 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 750 1,250 1,000 1,750 2,000 5,000
#2: Website - Number of unique visitors outside the Columbus region (B.2.1.3) 0 0 0 0 6001 4054 20,000 30,000 10,055 70,000 150,000 250,000
#3: Website - Average minutes spent on site by visitors (B.2.1.3) 0 0 0 0 1.53 2.45 2 2 2.45 2 2 2
#4: Website - Number of newsletter signups (B.2.1.3) 0 0 0 0 0 147 250 1,700 147 1,000 2,700
#5: Content - Number of aggregated program archive documents published (B.2.1.4) 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 80 12 75 45 200
#6: Content - Number of learning tools created and published (B.2.1.4) 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 39 1 48 38 125
#7: Content - Number of organic webinars hosted (B.2.1.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 8 5 18
#8: Content - Number of media webinars sponsored (B.2.1.5) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 2 2 5
#9: Content - Number of webinar attendees (B.2.1.5) 0 0 0 0 0 850 100 300 850 500 350 1,150
B.2.2: Content Dissimenation
Progress Indicators
#1: E-Book - Number of city officials, policy makers, business leaders and influencers who receive Playbook e-book distribution (B.2.2.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 1,000
#2: Conferences - Number of national or international speaking engagements on electrification at priority conferences (B.2.2.2) 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 6 12 3 5 14
#3: Conferences - Number of estimated attendees at national or international speaking engagements (B.2.2.2) 0 0 0 0 100 650 100 300 750 300 500 1,400
#4: Media Relations and PR - Number of trade media placements on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 10 5 10 10 30
#5: Media Relations and PR - Number of trade media impressions on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0 0 8767 48873 180,000 400,000 57,640 400,000 500,000 1,300,000
#6: Media Relations and PR - Number of national media placements on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 5
#7: Media Relations and PR - Number of national media impressions on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 250,000 250,000 0 500,000 500,000 1,250,000
#8: Social Media - Number of impressions (B.2.2.4) 0 0 0 0 142820 618878 30,000 50,000 761,698 100,000 150,000 300,000
#9: Social Media - Number of click-throughs to the website (B.2.2.4) 0 0 0 0 0 818 2,500 3,500 818 5,000 7,500 16,000
#10: Learning Exchanges - Number of significant events hosted by Smart Columbus (B.2.2.5) 0 0 0 0 24 6 6 32 30 16 14 62
#11: Learning Exchanges - Number of conferences or speaking engagements presented by Smart Columbus (B.2.2.5) 0 0 0 0 45 46 15 120 91 60 70 250
#12: Learning Exchanges - Number of conferences or speaking engagements by Smart Columbus Partners, as tracked/reported to SC (B.2.2.5) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 TBD
#13: Learning Exchanges - Number of cities Smart Columbus has traveled to for learning and information exchange (B.2.2.5) 5 2 4 5 6 2 3 18 24 10 20 48
#14: Learning Exchanges - Number of meetings with cities beyond seven county region (B.2.2.5) 0 0 0 0 16 2 4 24 18 12 12 48
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC TARGETS
Year 3 (2019)
After
Year 3
Year 1 (2017-2018)
Q1*
Apr-Jun
Q2
Jul-Sep
Q3
Oct-Dec
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Project Goals
% GHG emission reductions from baseline year 0.15% 0.15% 0.15% 0.11% 0.16% 0.23% 0.00% 0.96%
Total GHG reductions/savings from baseline year (MTCO2) 38,897 39,276 39,868 29,450 41,182 60,719 0 249,391
Priority 1 - DecarbonizationPriority Indicators
#1: MW of renewable energy capacity installed 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 0.00 5.96
#2: MWh of renewable energy consumed 11,847 12,337 13,167 11,473 32,005 66,355 0 147,185
#3: MWh of energy saved (new renewable energy or energy efficiency) 57,000 57,023 57,090 40,122 40,235 40,235 0 291,705
Initiative 1.1: Utility Scale Renewables
Initiative Indicators
#1: Renewable energy MW capacity installed (Strategies 1.1.1, 1.1.7) 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 0.00 5.96
Utility Scale Wind Capacity Installed, MW (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utility Scale Wind Energy Generated, MWh (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utility Scale Solar Capacity Installed, MW (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utility Scale Solar Energy Generated, MWh (AEP) (Strategy 1.1.1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Capacity Installed for New AEP Distributed Energy Customers, MW (Strategy 1.1.3) 0.31 0.15 3.86 0.46 0.45 0.74 5.96
Columbus DOP Hydroelectric Capacity Installed, MW (Strategy 1.1.7, installed capacity) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conversion to MTCO2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#2: Renewable energy MWh consumed (Strategies 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7) 11,847 12,337 13,167 11,473 32,005 66,355 0 147,185
MWh for New AEP Distributed Energy Customers (Strategy 1.1.3) 43 156 745 2,096 3,608 5,275 11,923
MWh of renewable energy consumed through DC Solar mobile generators*, EV charging ports, and lighting towers (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 6 8 8 8 23 54
MWh of Columbus Division of Power Green Power sold (Strategy 1.1.5) 11,804 12,176 12,414 9,369 28,389 61,056 135,208
MWh from City of Columbus Wastewater Treatment Plant, Co-Generation (Strategy 1.1.6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MWh from Columbus Division of Power Hydroelectric Improvements (Strategy 1.1.7, generated energy) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conversion to MTCO2 6,682 6,958 7,426 6,471 18,051 37,424 0 83,012
Progress Indicators
#1: No. of New AEP Distributed Energy Customers (Strategy 1.1.3) 35 21 60 36 36 31 219
#2: Number of Deployments of mobile solar generators, EV charging ports, and lighting towers (DC Solar) (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 22 0 0 0 24 0 46
Number of mobile solar generators deployed* (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Number of EV charging ports deployed (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 3 0 0 0 22 25
Number of mobile solar lighting towers deployed (Strategy 1.1.4) 0 18 0 0 0 1 19
#3: Columbus DOP Green Power sold as a percent of Total Power sold (Strategy 1.1.5) (updated) 5.7% 5.7% 5.3% 4.3% 12.6% 25.0% 25.0%
Initiative 1.2: Grid Modernization and Efficiency
Initiative Indicators
#3: Combined MWh saved from strategies 1.2.1, 1.2.5, and 1.2.7 57,000 57,023 57,090 40,122 40,235 40,235 0 291,705
MWh saved from AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency Participation (Strategy 1.2.1) 57,000 57,000 57,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 0 291,000
MWh saved from AEP Smart Lighting Program (Strategy 1.2.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MWh saved from Columbus DOP LED street lights installed (Strategy 1.2.7) 0 23 90 122 235 235 705
Conversion to MTCO2 32,148 32,161 32,199 22,629 22,692 22,692 0 164,521
Progress Indicators
#1: GWh saved as a result of energy efficiency efforts (Strategy 1.2.1) 57 57 57 40 40 40 291
#2a: AEP AMI meters installed (Strategy 1.2.3) 0 6,600 3,400 72,860 99,676 157,372 339,908
#2b: AEP Micro Grids installed (Strategy 1.2.4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#3: AEP Smart Lighting Program Smart controller unit installed (Strategy 1.2.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#4: Columbus Division of Power AMI meters installed (Strategy 1.2.6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#5: Columbus Division of Power LED street lights installed (Strategy 1.2.7) 0 218 628 297 0 0 1,143
Conversion to MTCO2
Priority 1 Subtotal GHG Reduction (MTCO2) 38,830 39,119 39,625 29,100 40,743 60,116 0 247,533
QUARTERLY INDICATORS AND METRIC PROGRESS
Year 1 (2017-2018) To Date
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Priority 2 - Fleet AdoptionPriority Indicators
Fleet Electric Vehicles Purchased 4 3 100 31 15 4 0 157
Fleet Electric Vehicles Placed In Operation 4 0 5 0 23 29 0 61
Initiative 2.1: Public Fleets
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 3 3 95 12 8 1 0 122
No. of EVs placed in operation 3 0 5 0 12 6 0 26
City of Columbus - EVs purchased 0 0 93 0 0 0 93
City of Columbus - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
The Ohio State University - EVs purchased 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
The Ohio State University - EVs placed in operation 0 0 2 0 2 0 4
City of Dublin - EVs purchased 0 0 0 4 1 0 5
City of Dublin - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Franklin County - EVs purchased 3 3 0 5 0 0 11
Franklin County - EVs placed in operation 3 0 3 0 5 0 11
Other Government Fleets - EVs purchased 0 0 0 3 7 0 10
Other Government Fleets - EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Conversion to MTCO2 2 2 5 5 11 15 0 15
Progress Indicators
#1: Contacts made with other governments or institutions (Strategy 2.1.1) 16 34 10 40 60 100 260
#2: Municipal governments or institutions pledged to electrification (fleet analysis and vehicle acquisition plan) (Strategy 2.1.1) 0 0 5 6 5 2 18
#3: City of Columbus and public partner training sessions (Strategy 2.1.1) 1 3 1 1 4 3 13
Initiative 2.2: Private Fleets
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 1 0 5 9 7 3 25
No. of EVs placed in operation 1 0 0 0 11 13 25
Conversion to MTCO2 1 1 1 1 7 18 0 18
Progress Indicators
#1: Private Sector training sessions (Strategy 2.2.1) 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
#2: Establish and distribute EV survey/assessment document (Strategy 2.2.1) 50 1,300 0 0 0 0 1,350
#3: New private company pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.2.1) 0 0 7 6 6 6 25
#4: New private fleet vehicles pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.2.1) 20 0 3 34 63 25 145
#5: Completed vehicle analysis acquisition plan (Strategy 2.2.2) 5 5 5 4 3 3 25
Initiative 2.3: Transportation Service Providers (TSPs)
Initiative Indicators
No. of EVs purchased 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
No. of EVs placed in operation 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Conversion to GHG (MTCO2) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of contacts made with TSPs (Strategy 2.3.1) 0 0 3 5 7 2 17
#2: TSPs pledged to electrification (Strategy 2.3.1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Priority 2 Subtotal GHG Reduction (MTCO2) 2 2 5 5 18 39 0 39
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Priority 3 - Transit, Autonomous and Multi-Modal Systems in the CityPriority Indicators
Total GHG reductions/savings from baseline year (MTCO2) 0
Progress Indicators
#1: Autonomous Electric Vehicles Deployed (USDOT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#2: Number of platooning truck trips (USDOT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#3: Number of electric bicycles deployed 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
#4: Bike infrastructure lane miles added 1.60 4.34 1.40 0.00 1.10 10.00 18.44
Priority 3 Subtotal GHG Reduction (MTCO2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Priority 4 - Consumer Electric Vehicle AdoptionPriority Indicators
#1: EV Market Penetration (EVs purchased divided by total vehicles purchased) 0.44% 0.60% 0.58% 0.77% 0.52% 0.85% 0.85%
#2: Estimated equivalent number of EVs purchased 115 161 147 190 134 255 1,002
#3: Number of Executives Driving EVs 5 2 6 13 3 1 30
Initiative 4.1: Research and Development
Progress Indicators
#1: Perceived Desirability, Consumer likelihood, Consumer perception to own an EV (Strategy 4.1.1)
Initiative 4.2: Increase Consumer Awareness for EVs
Progress Indicators
#1: Local Promotion - Number of impressions at community events (Strategy 4.2.1) 453,155 751,275 1,204,430
#2: Local Promotion - Number of giveaways distributed at community events (Strategy 4.2.1) 1,502 5,609 7,111
#3: Local Promotion - Media Relations - Number of Local Media Placements (Strategy 4.2.2) 100 132 232
#4: Local Promotion - Media Relations - Number of Local Media Impressions (Strategy 4.2.2) 3,636,448 6,670,698 10,307,146
#5: Local Promotion - Number of Social Media Followers (Strategy 4.2.3) 5,425 956 6,381
#6: Local Promotion - Number of Social Media Impressions (Strategy 4.2.3) 142,820 618,878 761,698
#7: Local Promotion - Number of EV Assets with Smart Columbus branding (Strategy 4.2.4) 93 0 93
#8: Experience Center - Number of Visitors (Strategy 4.2.5) 1,355 2,720 4,075
#9: Experience Center - Number of EV Specific Events (Strategy 4.2.5) 5 5 10
See Appendix N of PfMP for Consumer Awareness Survey Findings
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Project GoalsInitiative 4.3: Drive Consumer Consideration for EVs
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Dealer Sales Leads generated 397 355 752
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of Experience Center Test Drives Conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.1) - - - - 0 123 123
#2: Number of Ride and Drive Roadshow Events Conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 10 4 31 19 64
#3: Number of test drives conducted at the Ride and Drive Roadshow Events (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 810 369 3,624 2,370 7,173
#4: Number of attendees at Ride and Drive Roadshow Events (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) - - 923 25,000 34,714 30,000 90,637
#5: Number of Dealer Sales Leads Generated from Ride and Drive Roadshow (Substrategy 4.3.1.2) 397 353 750
#6: Number of extended test drives conducted (Substrategy 4.3.1.3) 0 0 0
#7: Total Number (cumulative) of Active Companies in Accelerator Partner Program (Substrategy 4.3.2.1) 4 44 46 45 45 48 48
#8: Total Number (cumulative) of Companies with Mobility Ambassadors Identified (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 34 35 35
#9: Number of Ignite Action Fund Applications Received (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 9 10 19
#10: Number of Ignite Action Fund Recipients (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 0 8 8
#11: Number of Companies Introducing New Mobility Benefits (Substrategy 4.3.2.2) 1 1 4 6
#12: Website - Number of unique visits to Website (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 0 2,026 480 201 14,002 6,988 23,697
#13: Website - Average time on Website (in minutes) (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 1.53 2.45 2.45
#14: Website - Number of dealer referrals from Website (Substrategy 4.3.3.1) 0 3 3
#15: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign impressions (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0
#16: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign engagements (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0
#17: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign website referrals (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0
#18: Education Campaign - Number of Education Campaign dealer leads (Substrategy 4.3.3.2) 0 0 0
#19: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing impressions (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0
#20: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing engagements (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0
#21: B2B Marketing - Number of B2B Marketing Website referrals (Substrategy 4.3.3.3) 0 0 0
#22: Number of New Owner's Gifts Distributed (Strategy 4.3.4) 0 44 44
Initiative 4.4: Improve Consumer Sales Experience of EVs
Initiative Indicators
#1: Total number of EV models available in the Columbus Market - 18 23 23 23
#2: Ratio of models sold at dealerships in Columbus vs. models sold in the U.S. - 46% 58% 58% 58%
#3: Ratio of dealerships selling BEVs and/or PHEVs vs. total operating dealerships in the Columbus area - 51% 54% 58% 58%
#4: Ratio of OEMs supplying BEVs and/or PHEVs in Columbus vs. OEMs supplying models in the U.S. - 85% 100% 100% 100%
Progress Indicators
#1: Additional Number of Dealers Actively Engaged (Substrategy 4.4.2.1) 7 1 3 6 3 2 0 22
#2: Additional Number of OEMs Actively Engaged (Substrategy 4.4.2.1) 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 8
#3: Number of Dealers Certified (Substrategy 4.4.2.2) 0 11 0 11
#4: Percentage of Total Columbus Dealerships Certified (Substrategy 4.4.2.2) 0 13.92% 13.92% 13.92%
#5: Number of Trainings Conducted (Substrategy 4.4.2.3) 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 10
#6: Number of Different Dealers with Trained Salespersons (Substrategy 4.4.2.3) 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 13
#7: Number of negotiated group purchase rates (Strategy 4.4.3) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
#8: Number of BEV and PHEV models eligible for group purchase rates (Strategy 4.4.3) 0 1 0 0 4 0 5
Priority 4 Subtotal GHG Reduction (MTCO2) 65 155 238 345 420 564 0 564
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Priority 5 - Charging InfrastructurePriority Indicators
Number of electric charging station ports installed 65 67 57 24 81 109 0 403
L1 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
L2 26 65 57 20 81 109 0 358
DC Fast 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6
Initiative 5.1: Multi-Unit Dwelling (MUD)
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Level 2 PMO MUD charging ports installed 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
#2: Number of Level 2 AEP Ohio MUD charging stations installed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of MUD developers contacted to install EV Charging infrastructure (Strategy 5.1.1) 10 5 0 0 0 5 20
#2: Number of MUD developers who submitted application for MUD rebates (Strategy 5.1.1) 3 0 2 0 0 0 5
#3: Number of Level 2 PMO MUD charging ports proposed in approved Site Commitments/MUD Rebate approvals 0 0 48 24 0 0 72
Initiative 5.2: Public Access Charging
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of Level 2 publicly accessible charging station ports installed – City of Columbus 7 7 0 0 4 6 24
#2: Number of DC fast charging stations installed - AEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#3: Number of Level 2 publicly accessible charging station ports installed – AEP 0 7 0 0 0 0 7
Progress Indicators
#1: Number of meetings with potential site hosts 3 16 1 3 13 5 41
#2: Number of partnerships with site hosts and secure commitments 0 6 0 0 0 2 8
Initiative 5.3: Workplace Charging
Initiative Indicators
#1: Number of workplaces offering EV charging 3 4 8 4 4 2 25
#2: Number of workplace charging ports installed 49 49 47 24 24 12 0 205
L1 39 0 0 0 0 0 39
L2 10 47 47 20 24 12 160
DC Fast 0 2 0 4 0 0 6
Initiative 5.4: Fleet Charging Stations
Initiative Indicators
Number of level 2 charging station ports installed for Columbus and other public fleets 9 4 10 0 51 91 0 165
City of Columbus 0 0 0 0 24 70 94
The Ohio State University 1 0 2 0 12 2 17
City of Dublin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin County 8 4 8 0 12 0 32
Other Government Fleets 0 0 0 0 3 19 22
Initiative 5.5: Building and Zoning Changes to Support EV Charging
Progress Indicators
Number of Site plan test cases submitted for permit 1 3 0 1 2 5 12
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PlaybookInitiative Indicators
Number of people educated on Smart Columbus. Intent is to reach city officials, policy makers, business leaders and influencers. 157,688 673,452 831,140
B.2.1: Content Generation
Progress Indicators
#1: Website - Number of asset downloads, video views, webcast views (B.2.1.3) 0 1,000 1,000
#2: Website - Number of unique visitors outside the Columbus region (B.2.1.3) 6,001 4,054 10,055
#3: Website - Average minutes spent on site by visitors (B.2.1.3) 1.53 2.45 2.45
#4: Website - Number of newsletter signups (B.2.1.3) 0 147 147
#5: Content - Number of aggregated program archive documents published (B.2.1.4) 0 12 12
#6: Content - Number of learning tools created and published (B.2.1.4) 0 1 1
#7: Content - Number of organic webinars hosted (B.2.1.5) 0 0 0
#8: Content - Number of media webinars sponsored (B.2.1.5) 0 4 4
#9: Content - Number of webinar attendees (B.2.1.5) 0 850 850
B.2.2: Content Dissimenation
Progress Indicators
#1: E-Book - Number of city officials, policy makers, business leaders and influencers who receive Playbook e-book distribution (B.2.2.1) 0 0 0
#2: Conferences - Number of national or international speaking engagements on electrification at priority conferences (B.2.2.2) 7 5 12
#3: Conferences - Number of estimated attendees at national or international speaking engagements (B.2.2.2) 100 650 750
#4: Media Relations and PR - Number of trade media placements on electrification (B.2.2.3) 1 4 5
#5: Media Relations and PR - Number of trade media impressions on electrification (B.2.2.3) 8,767 48,873 57,640
#6: Media Relations and PR - Number of national media placements on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0
#7: Media Relations and PR - Number of national media impressions on electrification (B.2.2.3) 0 0 0
#8: Social Media - Number of impressions (B.2.2.4) 142,820 618,878 761,698
#9: Social Media - Number of click-throughs to the website (B.2.2.4) 0 818 818
#10: Learning Exchanges - Number of significant events hosted by Smart Columbus (B.2.2.5) 24 6 30
#11: Learning Exchanges - Number of conferences or speaking engagements presented by Smart Columbus (B.2.2.5) 45 46 91
#12: Learning Exchanges - Number of conferences or speaking engagements by Smart Columbus Partners, as tracked/reported to SC (B.2.2.5) 4 0 4
#13: Learning Exchanges - Number of cities Smart Columbus has traveled to for learning and information exchange (B.2.2.5) 5 2 4 5 6 2 24
#14: Learning Exchanges - Number of meetings with cities beyond seven county region (B.2.2.5) 16 2 18
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APPENDIX B – SCHEDULE Snapshots of each of the priorities are located below. See the Smart Columbus Q6 Schedule Update.pdf for the full schedule.
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APPENDIX C – RISK AND POLICY REGISTER Risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive (opportunity) or negative (threat) effect on a project’s objectives. The Risk
Register is used to identify, rate, rank and mitigate risks prior to the start of a project. It assists the team by focusing attention on higher ranking
items requiring more analysis and mitigation strategies. The Risk Register is a living document to be updated on a periodic basis and reviewed
during the Monthly Project Review meeting. See the Q6 Risk and Policy Register.xlsx spreadsheet in addition to the snapshots included.
Risk Terminology
DEFINITION EXAMPLES
Risk: An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or
negative effect on one or more project objectives.1
Risk Acceptance: A risk response strategy whereby the project team decides
to acknowledge the risk and not take any action unless the risk occurs. 1
A potential change is design standards; reacting when and if it is
incorporated into the project objectives.
Risk Avoidance: A risk response strategy whereby the project team acts to
eliminate the threat or protect the project from the risk impact. 1
Usually involves change the project plan to eliminate the threat entirely.
Could include extending the schedule; reducing scope, changing the
strategy or approach. 1
Risk Mitigation: A risk response whereby the project team acts to reduce the
probability of occurrence or impact of a risk. 1
Taking early actions such as conducting workshops, partnering, draft
reviews, and other pre-emptive or non-conventional activities to lower the
likelihood of occurrence
Risk Transference: A risk response strategy whereby the project team shifts
the impact of a threat to a third party, together with the ownership of the
response. 1
When a Contractor has capabilities that the A/E does not possess,
transferring scope and responsibility contractually to the Contractor.
Risk Exploitation: A (opportunity) risk response strategy whereby the project
team seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with an upside risk by
ensuring the opportunity definitely happens. 1
Assigning an organization’s most talented resources to reduce the time to
completion or using new technologies or technology upgrades to reduce
cost and duration required to realize project objectives. 1
Risk Sharing: A (opportunity) risk response strategy whereby the project
team seek allocate some or all of the ownership of the opportunity to a third
party who is best able to capture the opportunity for the benefit of the project. 1
Forming risk sharing partnerships, teams, special-purpose companies, or
joint ventures, which can be established with the express purpose of
taking advantage of the opportunity so that all parties gain from their
actions. 1
Risk Enhancement: A (opportunity) risk response strategy whereby the
project team seeks to increase the probability and/or the positive impacts of an
opportunity. 1
Adding more resources to an activity to finish early. 1
1. Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® Guide) – Fifth Edition
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Priority 1 – Decarbonization
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Priority 2 – Fleet Electric Vehicle Adoption
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Priority 4 – Consumer Electric Vehicle Adoption
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Priority 5 – Charging Infrastructure
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APPENDIX D – POLK DATA IHS Markit (Polk) data is listed below through program Q5 (Q2 2018). Due to the report timing, Polk
data will only available through August 2018. Per IHS representative, the latest information will be
available on October 15th and will be provided to the Foundation on this date. For consistency, this data
will continue to be provided one quarter behind the report.
TIMEFRAME EV PHEV TOTAL (EV+PHEV)
TOTAL SALES %
Jan 2017 21 18 39 7,281 0.54%
Feb 2017 14 15 29 8,786 0.33%
Mar 2017 24 23 47 10,030 0.47%
2017 Q1 Total 59 56 115 26,097 0.44%
Apr 2017 19 13 32 8,659 0.37%
May 2017 32 21 53 9,704 0.55%
Jun 2017 42 36 78 8,587 0.91%
2017 Q2 Total 93 70 163 26,950 0.60%
Jul 2017 32 25 57 8,254 0.69%
Aug 2017 18 23 41 9,026 0.45%
Sep 2017 25 15 40 8,758 0.46%
2017 Q3 Total 75 63 138 26,038 0.53%
Oct 2017 44 19 66 8,005 0.79%
Nov 2017 18 28 46 8,097 0.57%
Dec 2017 49 32 81 8,540 0.95%
2017 Q4 Total 111 79 190 24,642 0.77%
Jan 2018 13 23 36 7,243 0.50%
Feb 2018 15 23 38 8,385 0.45%
Mar 2018 27 33 60 10,215 0.59%
2018 Q1 Total 55 79 134 25,843 0.52%
Apr 2018 54 19 73 9,028 0.81%
May 2018 56 35 91 10,422 0.87%
June 2018 - - - - -
2018 Q2 Total - - - - -