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File Number: 23-233 emissions. Electric vehicles (EVs) also reduce lifetime utilization expenses for drivers, contributing to increased financial security and boosting local energy independence. To encourage consumer adoption of EVs within the City of San Leandro, the CAP notes that EV charging infrastructure should be strategically deployed to ensure that all residents, including renters, have equitable access to the benefits of EVs in the near term. The deployment of new charging infrastructure in San Leandro will tap into EBCE’s clean electric grid, leveraging carbon free renewable energy as the transportation fuel to generate improved public health outcomes. The City of San Leandro is a member agency of EBCE, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) formed in 2016 pursuant to California Government Code Section 6500 et seq., to become the default Load Serving Entity (or public power provider) in Alameda County. EBCE currently serves the County of Alameda, and each of the following cities incorporated therein: Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Tracy (San Joaquin County), and Union City. In total, EBCE meets the electricity needs of over 60,000 commercial and industrial accounts and offers service to all residential accounts, representing 1.7 million people. In 2022 the City of Stockton (San Joaquin County) also joined EBCE’s JPA. In addition to serving as the public power provider, EBCE is tasked with development and management of energy-related climate change programs that help local government JPA members, like the City of San Leandro, achieve their greenhouse gas reduction goals faster. Through its Local Development Business Plan, EBCE is strategically developing distributed energy resource solutions, including deploying a network of EV fast charging infrastructure, that will provide net benefits to EBCE’s customers and local government JPA member agencies. Vehicle electrification and development of associated charging infrastructure are the subject of state, regional, and local goals for climate action and air quality improvement. In 2020, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-20, which mandates 100 percent of new in-state light duty passenger vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2035. Preceding N-79-20, Governor Brown’s Executive Order B-48-18 established a target of 5 million zero emission vehicles statewide by 2030 and directed California to install 250,000 EV chargers, including 10,000 fast chargers, to support 1.5 million EVs statewide by 2025. There are more than 1.1 million light-duty passenger cars and trucks registered to drivers in Alameda County. Plug-in electric vehicles account for just 5 percent of this total vehicle registration portfolio (approximately 57,000 EVs). To achieve the state’s zero-emission vehicle adoption goals, this figure will need to increase to approximately 360,000 light-duty EVs by 2030. To ensure sustained growth in the EV market, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has estimated that 645 to 1,740 publicly available EV fast chargers are needed throughout Alameda County to ensure driver confidence in convenient charging infrastructure. According to the information provided on the CEC’s website, there are under 400 EV fast chargers in Alameda County today. Furthermore, the gap in access to charging infrastructure is not experienced equally among residents of the County. EBCE has conducted a detailed analysis to understand home charging access and identified Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/31/2023