Sustainability and Energy Action Plan

TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PASS SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY ACTION PLAN A systematic installation of rapid charging stations (likely leveraging currently available and sizeable grant funding – see Appendix III) will be necessary to support the transition of fleet vehicles and is therefore one of the highest priority projects recommended. Each step to this project should be done in advance of the corresponding step within the T -1 project. It is further recommended that this vehicle electrification process be done in conjunction with the energy generation work involved in project BE -6 to avoid a step backward in energy independence. For those locations where solar will be installed (most notably at the Police Department), chargers can be connected directly to those solar installations, bolstering resiliency of those facilities’ operations even further. The development of solar fields can help cover theelectricity demanded by other charging infrastructure , and charging stations could be located at those solar field locations to minimize dependency on transmission lines in the event of a natural disaster . Electric vehicles could even serve as portable backup generators by charging at these fields and then connecting to a building or facility that is in need of power. Altogether, by using power generated by City -owned solar, the benefits of rolling out electric vehicles (674 MTCO2e of emissions reductions and $300,000 in annual savings that will result from transitioning vehicles off gasoline and diesel)62 will be even greater by reducing the cost of the electricity fueling these vehicles and providing additional resiliency measures.T-2-1. Install an Initial Round of Charging Stations for General Purpose Vehicles Before general purpose vehicles can be transitioned to ZEVs , charging stations will need to be installed to support them. This first stage of charging station installation would likely involve the installation of approximately 22 dual -port Level Two (or better) charging stations at up to 11 City locations, including City Hall, the City Yard, Parks, Fire Stations, the Water Restoration Plant , the Police Station, and the new Water Treatment Plant. Potential design and engineering contractors and likely funding sources are shown in Appendix VI. Project T -2. Install Charging Stations to Support a Zero Emission FleetIt is also likely that some other forms of fueling infrastructure beyond electric charging stations may be needed in later years in order to facilitate the conversion of vehicles less suitable for electrification. 60