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Utilities staff describe new electric pickup trucks and push for public fast chargers; commission to contact Tesla and partners
Summary
The utilities department has put two electric pickup trucks into service and is evaluating adapters, charging locations and public fast-charging options. Commissioners discussed models for deploying chargers — municipal-owned, turnkey private operators, or partnerships with businesses — and noted the library has capacity for two future stations.
Commissioners heard that two new electric pickup trucks are in service with the utilities department and that staff plan to charge them, when possible, from on-site solar. Jerry explained the trucks include a 220-volt export panel in the bed that can be used as a portable power source at pump stations, and he called them “another portable generator in effect for us.”
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