1 Palo Alto’s EV Readiness Initiatives Gil Philip Friend Chief Sustainability Officer City of Palo Alto Renewable Cities Vancouver BC May 8, 2015

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3 About Palo Alto  66,029 residents  148,209 daytime population including Stanford  Nearly 30% of the residents are over 55  Located in Silicon Valley between San Francisco and San Jose  Neighbor to Stanford University  Regional job center – home to HP, SAP Labs, Tesla, VMWare, Stanford Hospital

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5 We’ve done a lot…

6 Emissions, Current vs. Required assumes decline rate (3.19%) …but more required to meet goals P R O V I S I O N A L

7 Key S/CAP Strategies  Electrification  Mobility  Water  Finance

8 Transportation Strategies  Traditional – Increase capacity – Increase pain

9 Transportation Strategies  Better – Reduce VMT – Reduce GHG/VMT – Increase convenience  How? – MaaS – Electrification – Performance-based planning – Lean startup

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11 New Building EV Readiness  Charging stations equipped with level 2 chargers  + standard 110 outlets  + conduit that can be equipped with the necessary wires to provide for additional plugs in the future.  Panel capacity necessary to accommodate those additional outlets in the future.  Cost-effectiveness studies to ensure not burdensome to a prospective developer. – increase costs by less than 1%.

12 Building Readiness for Readiness  Assemble key stakeholders – who understand what the EV community needs at home and at work  Be flexible. – The electric car charging industry is changing. We still don't know what the standard will be. – Therefore our policy focused on the infrastructure necessary to install the needed chargers when and if they come online.  Remove barriers to entry. – Require that most costly aspects of retrofitting a building be included during the initial phases of new construction.

13 Some EV Readiness Issues  Utility capacity – Grid, transformers & panels  Public right or way – We concluded that consolidating the chargers in places like public parking lots and parking structures was the most economical way to go.  Future – What about existing homes and businesses? – Workplace charging. Charging as a service?

14 Levers  Education, engagement, feedback  City policy & procurement: “default to green”  Utility financial incentives  Ordinances & regulations  Mandates?  Finance: TCO. Carbon pricing? Carbon taxes?  Guiding principle: “We go first.”

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