REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Accepting a Grant Award from the EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles Project to Fund Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty (MD/HD) Zero-emission Vehicles (ZEVs) Charging Infrastructure at the City's Street Corporation Yard/Utility Yard at 1715 Martin Avenue
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High-Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
Promote Sustainability and Environmental Protection
BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (AB 118, Statutes of 2007, Chapter 750) created the Clean Transportation Program, formerly known as the Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program. Administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC), this program uses funds from vehicle and vessel registration, vehicle identification plates, and smog abatement fees to develop and implement technologies to transform California's transportation landscape.
In April 2021, the CEC awarded $50 million in Clean Transportation Program funding to CALSTART to address medium-duty and heavy-duty (MD/HD) zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) adoption needs in California through financial incentives to be used towards the purchase of infrastructure equipment and software. CEC has assigned CALSTART (a nonprofit organization working nationally and internationally with businesses and governments to develop clean, efficient transportation solutions) to administrate the Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles Project (EnergIIZE Project). The EnergIIZE Project is the nation's first commercial vehicle fleet infrastructure incentive project.
There are several key pieces of policy which provide the overall framework and funding to support the EnergIIZE Project. In September 2020, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-79-204 mandating the transition of all MD/HD vehicles in California to zero-emission by 2045, and 2035 where possible for drayage trucks. Additionally, California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted rules for a phased adoption of zero-emission truc...
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