Stu Green, Climate and Energy Analyst at City of Ashland gave this presentation at Forth's webinar on March 12, 2019.

1. Small Utilities Transportation
Electrification

2. Why Electrification
● Air quality
improvement
● GHG reduction
● Utility stability
● Future storage,
resiliency
● Ashland loves EV

3. Why Electrification
● Air quality
improvement
● GHG reduction
● Utility stability
● Future storage,
resiliency
● Ashland loves EV

4. About Ashland
● Approx 6 sq miles
● Pop. 21,117
● BPA / Avista

5. What’s new?
● Community grants
● City incentives
● Public charging
● Internal policies

6. Community Grant - Electric Vehicles Ashland
● $1k-$1,500 cash incentives
for businesses
● City-funded, community
administered
● 8-10 awards
https://www.evashland.org/

7. City Inventive - EmpowerEV Pilot
● Choose one:
○ $200 PHEV
○ $300 BEV
○ $500 Workplace
Charger (Commercial)
● EVs can be new or used
● Funds for ~30 BEC, ~10 EVSE

8. City of Ashland Public Charging
● Currently 6 EVSE
● No fee to use
● Clean fuel funds

9. City of Ashland Internal Policies
● “Future Use of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emitting Fuels in
Municipal Equipment Stock”
● “All requests by Departments for vehicle purchases shall
include an evaluation of the potential for the new vehicle to
be powered with non-fossil fuel sources”

10. Identified Needs
● DCFC
● Home electrification
● Planning for utility services
● Building code / land use support

11. Thank you!
Stu Green
Climate and Energy Analyst
stu.green@ashland.or.us