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Board recommends city council adopt Fleet Electrification Master Plan; study shows large upfront cost and reliance on exemptions
Summary
The Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities voted unanimously to recommend city council accept a Fleet Electrification Master Plan that lays out a phased electric transition, but consultants modeled a roughly $38 million net increase in fleet lifecycle costs and highlighted the need for regulatory exemptions and incentives.
The Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities voted unanimously to recommend city council accept a Fleet Electrification Master Plan that charts a phased, citywide transition of non‑emergency municipal vehicles to zero‑emission models while identifying significant near‑term costs, resiliency tradeoffs and regulatory uncertainties.
Presenters from Santa Rosa Water and consultant NV5 described a two‑year effort funded in part by a $210,000 federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and led by the water department. The plan models fleet replacements on end‑of‑life schedules, sets a $10 million annual cap on incremental electrification spending, and projects that 100% of the included vehicle classes could be electric by 2040 (excluding first‑responders and transit buses, which are handled separately).
Key model outputs presented to the board include a projected reduction of about 12.5 million…
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