Hydrogen Vehicle Readiness on the Central Coast Ben Ellenberger Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Public health agency Historical focus on meeting health-based standards Direct authority on stationary sources – rely on state and federal government to set standards for vehicles Air districts throughout the state are still working out how we fit into efforts to control GHGs

Overview Statewide Goals Why Hydrogen Statewide Efforts Local Efforts

California climate change goals Statewide goals – 2030 target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% by 2050 This is ambitious – it will take work on renewable energy, land use, energy use in buildings, reductions of really potent short-lived pollutants, and a major reduction in emissions from vehicles. It is really hard to imagine a scenario where we can meet these targets unless most of the vehicles on the road in 2050 have zero emissions.

How do hydrogen cars help meet these goals? Brief description of the technology – FCEV vs. “Hydrogen Cars” Range, refill time ZEV mandate Chart from CARB advanced clean cars summary

There are a lot of people and organizations at the state, national, and international level that see fuel cell electric vehicles as a big part of meeting greenhouse gas reduction goals. Vehicle development, building infrastructure, producing fuel renewably, supporting research California Fuel Cell Partnership Talk big picture efforts – having infrastructure to support vehicles is critical. State goal is to get 100 stations funded

what can we do on our own as a local agency? Not much

We need to work as a region on infrastructure and transportation issues. Tri-county planning for electric vehicles, alt fuel vehicles. Mention A-Z Safety, even though I don’t have their logo

How can we support local communities and agencies? People Fire Departments Planning Departments Permitting Agencies Emergency Responders People in the community have questions, concerns about new technology and infrastructure. Local agencies have existing responsibilities and existing resource and time constraints.

California Energy Commission Grants to build stations Planning, Permitting, and Safety Questions Local and Regional outreach Early stations have been delayed as local communities wrestled with how to evaluate them Recognized that readiness and outreach at the community level is critical to successful roll-out. Local knowledge and person-to-person connections matter.

Why here? Early focus – SF and LA. A few destination stations, including SB. We see value in the 101 corridor as a connection between SF and LA and the potential to support local demand.

The question we asked is, “where would you need to put hydrogen stations to serve the most likely early adopters?” We started with this, which is a map of the existing gas stations in the three counties.

We worked with UC Irvine to look at areas where people are buying hybrids and battery electric vehicles now. That information, combined with population data allowed us to map the areas where hydrogen demand is likely to be highest. We used this to figure out where we should be focusing our outreach efforts.

Fire Marshalls/First Responders Responsible for safety and permitting Experienced with hydrogen storage and transport Fire Marshalls want to hear from people with direct experience. Theory and modelling don’t get you very far. Fires this year They already have a lot of responsibilities – this is one more thing we are asking them to become experts in. Person-to-person meetings are important.

Planning/Permitting Agencies Zoning Building codes Appearance/Set-Backs/etc. Plenty of experience with gas stations, familiar land uses. We are asking them to learn about something new. Person-to-person meetings are important.

Themes Coordinating state and local efforts Constraints – time, existing responsibilities Connecting people to resources Working as a region

Where are we now? 27 Stations by 2017 About 50 by 2018 Still focusing on San Francisco and Los Angeles Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo are lower priority 21 open now Thousand Oaks is going through permitting right now

Where are we going? Will station capacity keep up with demand? Will local coverage and redundancy support local demand? What are our opportunities to be involved locally?