Clean Transportation for All | Electrifying Rural Communities by Kelly Yearick
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Kelly Yearick, Program Manager, Forth gave this presentation at Forth's webinar on January 14, 2020.
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- 1. • Stronger relationships with customers and members • Changes to peak load • Distribution system monitoring • Increased electricity sales & downward pressure on rates • Cleaner air • Reduced overall greenhouse gas emissions • Reduced rural and urban energy burden Potential Impacts for You and Your Communities January 2020 | Forth 1
- 2. •Form an internal EV team •Design and implement a custom TE strategy tailored to your utility •Cultivate relationships with community stakeholders •Engage and support customers on EV-related opportunities and issues •Engage and learn from utility peers •Track EV adoption in your service territory •Develop a ”Managed Charging” Program Utility Actions to Advance Transportation Electrification January 2020 | Forth 2
- 3. • Purpose: Demonstrate potential for a successful EV car share in rural Oregon. • Place 5 Honda Clarity EVs around Hood River for use by affordable housing residents, City officials, Hood River Community and tourists • 3 year pilot project will test effectiveness of variable pricing structures, alternative payment methods, and bilingual technology platforms • Closed-loop car share model with dedicated charging stations • Supported with Oregon Clean Fuels Revenue The CRuSE Project Clean Rural Shared Electric Mobility Project January 2020 | Forth 3
Editor's Notes
- Introduce benefits for rural communities, Include examples of what some utilities are doing, Point to Forth’s work (white paper, working group)
- This fall, Forth will launch its next equity project. The Clean Rural Shared Electric Mobility (CRuSE) Project seeks to demonstrate that round trip plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) car sharing can serve rural communities in a financially sustainable way, while benefitting low-income residents, government and local businesses, the town at large, and tourists. In this project five Honda Clarity EVs will be stationed throughout Hood River, Oregon, at affordable housing sites, the city center, and tourist destinations. Envoy Technologies will provide the car sharing platform, enabling users to reserve and access vehicles via a smart phone, paying by the minute or hour, and returning the PEV to its home base. As part of this Project, Envoy will provide a Spanish translation of its app, alternate payment mechanisms to meet the needs of those without access to credit cards or bank accounts, and tiered pricing structures, enabling different prices to be charged to different user groups, enabling the potential for subsidies to be offered to qualified user groups. Forth will work with the City of Hood River, Hood River Columbia Area Transit, the Port of Hood River and Ride Connection, along with several community organizations such as Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation (an affordable housing provider) and Mid-Columbia Economic Development District to assess transportation needs and establish Envoy car sharing at optimal parking locations. Forth is also pleased to partner with Pacific Power, the local utility, to execute this project. Finally, Forth and Columbia Willamette Clean Cities Coalition will disseminate the findings via webinars, conferences, regional workshops, to publicize results and entice other Clean Cities Coalitions to pursue initiating EV car sharing in rural communities, nationwide. If successful, the CRuSE Project could bring PEV car sharing services to underserved rural communities nationwide, providing rural America with improved transportation access, energy efficiency benefits, environmental benefits, at lower costs to users. Work on the project is set to begin this month, with a launch of the carshare service estimated for Spring of 2020.