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Council hears plan to use $50,000 DOE program support for utility electrification study
Summary
Staff said the Department of Energy program will reimburse up to $50,000 to help the city analyze electrification scenarios, load growth and potential impacts from EV chargers; national lab partners and a regional engineering coordinator will work with the city over an 18–24 month project.
Council and staff reported that the city is participating in a Department of Energy-supported program that provides $50,000 for reimbursement to help study the utility's load and electrification planning. A speaker explained the $50,000 is the reimbursement amount available to the city; the Department of Energy and partner institutions will supply additional technical resources.
Staff said national lab partners (examples mentioned in discussion included national research labs) and a regional engineering coordinator will assist the city in producing electrification scenarios over an 18–24 month period. The study will model a range of possibilities — ordinary load growth and higher-impact scenarios such as broader EV-charger deployment — to inform future rate and infrastructure planning. The city will develop a scope of work with the partners in the next three-to-six months and return with recommendations to the utilities commission.
What happens next: staff will draft a scope of work for the study, present options to the utilities commission, and return to council with findings and any proposed rate or infrastructure changes once the 18–24 month analysis is complete.
