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File Number: 22-626
<br />increased financial security and boosting local energy independence. To encourage consumer
<br />adoption of EV’s within the City of San Leandro, the CAP notes that EV charging infrastructure
<br />should be strategically deployed to ensure that all residents, including renters, have equitable
<br />access to the benefits of EVs in the near term. The deployment of new charging infrastructure in
<br />San Leandro will tap into EBCE’s clean electric grid, leveraging carbon free renewable energy as
<br />the transportation fuel to generate improved public health outcomes.
<br />The City of San Leandro is a member agency of EBCE, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) formed in
<br />2016 pursuant to California Government Code Section 6500 et seq., to become the default Load
<br />Serving Entity (or public power provider) in Alameda County. EBCE currently serves the County of
<br />Alameda, and each of the following cities incorporated therein: Albany, Berkeley, Dublin,
<br />Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San
<br />Leandro, Tracy (San Joaquin County), and Union City. In total, EBCE meets the electricity needs
<br />of over 60,000 commercial and industrial accounts and offers service to all residential accounts,
<br />representing 1.7 million people. In 2022 the City of Stockton (San Joaquin County) also joined
<br />EBCE’s JPA.
<br />In addition to serving as the public power provider, EBCE is tasked with development and
<br />management of energy-related climate change programs that help local government JPA
<br />members, like the City of San Leandro, achieve their greenhouse gas reduction goals faster .
<br />Through its Local Development Business Plan, EBCE is strategically developing distributed
<br />energy resource solutions, including deploying a network of EV fast charging infrastructure, that
<br />will provide net benefits to EBCE’s customers and local government JPA member agencies.
<br />Vehicle electrification and development of associated charging infrastructure are the subject of
<br />state, regional, and local goals for climate action and air quality improvement. In 2020, Governor
<br />Newsom signed Executive Order N -79-20, which mandates 100 percent of new in-state light duty
<br />passenger vehicle sales to be zero -emission by 2035. Preceding N-79-20, Governor Brown’s
<br />Executive Order B-48-18 established a target of 5 million zero emission vehicles statewide by
<br />2030 and directed California to install 250,000 EV chargers, including 10,000 fast chargers, to
<br />support 1.5 million EVs statewide by 2025.
<br />There are more than 1.1 million light-duty passenger cars and trucks registered to drivers in
<br />Alameda County. Plug-in electric vehicles account for just 5 percent of this total vehicle
<br />registration portfolio (approximately 57,000 EVs). To achieve the state’s zero-emission vehicle
<br />adoption goals, this figure will need to increase to approximately 360,000 light-duty EVs by 2030.
<br />To ensure sustained growth in the EV market, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has
<br />estimated that 645 to 1,740 publicly available EV fast chargers are needed throughout Alameda
<br />County to ensure driver confidence in convenient charging infrastructure. According to the
<br />information provided on the CEC’s website, there are under 400 EV fast chargers in Alameda
<br />County today. Furthermore, the gap in access to charging infrastructure is not experienced
<br />equally among residents of the County.
<br />EBCE has conducted a detailed analysis to understand home charging access and identified
<br />critical disparities that will hinder widespread EV adoption and, therefore, the ability to achieve
<br />California’s zero-emission vehicle goals. Using data derived from the Department of Motor
<br />Vehicles, the County Assessor ’s office, and online real estate websites, EBCE ’s analysis
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