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County hires Stantec to study fleet electrification and community EV charging; municipal chargers approved for installation
Summary
Consultant-led fleet conversion and community EV charging studies are underway, with public outreach planned in April; county staff said three additional Level 2 chargers will be added at the municipal building and funding will support Atomic City Transit infrastructure.
The Environmental Sustainability Board on March 20 heard an update on two county-led electrification efforts: a fleet conversion study and a community-wide EV charging plan led by consultant Stantec, and a staff plan to expand municipal EV charging.
Sue Barras (board member), who has been attending biweekly check-ins with Stantec and county staff, summarized the consultant's scope: Stantec will inventory the county's vehicle fleet (from small utility vehicles to buses), analyze replacement schedules, estimate energy and charging requirements, model greenhouse-gas reductions from a full fleet conversion by 2040, perform financial analyses and identify funding sources. The community EV charging plan will map demand, review permitting and zoning, account for the state's clean-car rules and the county's Climate Action Plan, and propose an implementation and investment plan. Sue said public engagement, including a public visioning session, is planned for April and that the consultants will present draft plans to the board and county council later in the year.
Angelica (county staff) and other staff noted the studies will coordinate with a transit electrification study and with facilities that house shared fleet assets. "They're going to engage individuals and organizations, do surveys, do community meetings, plan presentations, and so forth," Sue said about the outreach.
Separately, county staff reported that the county will expand EV chargers at the municipal building. Helga (county staff) said the county has approved three additional Level 2 chargers and will replace three existing units for a total of six networked, metered chargers that will be available for public charging and managed under an operations and maintenance agreement. Staff also said additional funding will support infrastructure for Atomic City Transit's electric buses.
The consultants are scheduled to present to county council and to the Board of Public Utilities in early April and again later this year; the public visioning session is expected in April. No formal board vote was taken at the March 20 meeting; the items were presented as part of study and implementation planning.
