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Program Report
Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Challenge
Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
EV Everywhere
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Executive Summary: Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Challenge (EV-WCC)
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Workplace Charging Challenge is a nation-wide challenge to install
charging stations for personal use at work. The City of Fort Collins signed a pledge in early 2015
with Drive Electric Northern Colorado and the Department of Energy that outlined three
overarching goals: 1) Increase awareness and education of EV’s, 2) Identify current policies
effecting EVs, make changes and/or create new policy, 3) Identify location and install infrastructure
for City employee EV owners’ personal use. The intent of this year-long initiative was to
accomplish these goals and create interdepartmental cohesion and learning opportunities for staff.
Alignment of this work has a direct link to the Climate Action Plan and the Energy Policy. EVs
help improve urban air quality and create reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The EV-WCC
team administered a pre/post survey to understand awareness and knowledge and to measure the
impacts of the outreach efforts. The pre-survey data served as a guide for educational efforts. Data
indicates that having the opportunity to drive an electric vehicle is the best means to increase
awareness and knowledge. Where outreach was planned and concentrated, knowledge increases
(e.g. EV capabilities and features).
Our goal to have approximately 10% of City employees drive an EV in 2015 was nearly reached
(193). Team members coordinated 8 events and promoted all DENC Ride and Drive events. Many
internal and external communication tools were used (i.e. Fort Shorts, Darin’s employee video,
Drive Leadership video and Cable 14 “Full Circle” interview.).
The Drive Leadership initiative was highly successful with 19 participants: 3 City Council, 7 ELT,
2 Senior Staff, 3 CPIO, and 4 EV-WCC team members. This collaborative effort between DENC,
local car dealerships and City staff gave staff the opportunity to take an EV on an extended test
drive for up to five business days.
The City’s permit code amendment to enforce EV parking spots needed to be addressed before
determining what the guidelines and benefits would be for City employees who own EVs. A 2016
pilot policy, in review with Human Resources, will provide charging guidelines.
In early 2016, there will be 6 parking spots dedicated to EV charging available on the 4
th
floor of
the Civic Center parking garage. Electrical work is scheduled for January and contract negotiations
for a charging station vendor are underway.
Overall, City employees have a higher awareness and understanding of EVs – which means that as
new policies and infrastructure come in the future, there will be a higher chance of acceptance and
collaboration. The following report outlines how each EV-WCC goal was met.
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Program Report: Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Challenge
Date: December 14, 2015
Completed by: Michelle Finchum
Brief Summary Program: (more information in program plan)
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Workplace Charging Challenge is a nation-wide challenge to install
charging stations for personal use at work. The City of Fort Collins signed the pledge in February
of 2015 and outlined three overarching goals: #1 Increase awareness and education of EV’s. #2
Identify current policies effecting EVs, make changes and/or create new policy. #3 Identify location
and install infrastructure for City employee EV owners’ personal use. This year-long initiative set
out to accomplish these goals in the context of creating interdepartmental cohesion, fun
experiences, great opportunities for learning with co-workers, leadership opportunities, and
fostering positive employee morale.
Purpose of Workplace Charging Challenge (WCC):
Install charging stations for employee personal use
Align policies to support EV use
Increase employee awareness and education of EVs
Understand employees’ current trends and use of EV pool cars
Recognize and reward employees participating in WCC
Communicate – share best practices with DENC partnership, employees, community
Goal Assessment:
The following report is an outline of each Program Goal, Metrics/Results and Accomplishments.
Goals for 2015 WCC Challenge:
1) Support City goals
Identify alignment
Identify executive sponsor
Create interdepartmental team
Internal Memo
Increase awareness and education of EVs.
2) Assess current awareness
Pre Survey – early 2015 / Post Survey – late 2015
Ensure collaboration with other WCC participants (i.e. CSU)
Understand barriers and tailor outreach based on surveys/feedback/research
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3) Communication
Create new EV WCC webpage
Showcase EV owners – City employees
Communicate initiative to City employees
4) Opportunity to Drive an EV
Encourage 200 City employees – approx. 10% of workforce to drive an EV
Provide 5 Learning opportunities (Ride and Drive Events)
Drive Leadership program
Integrate into existing programs/opportunities/events
Identify current policies effecting EVs, make changes and/or create new policy.
5) Policy Alignment
Identify all policies that effect EV integration
Identify policies that create barriers
Write new policy/update policies as needed to install charging stations for staff
Identify location and install infrastructure for employee EV personal use.
6) Charging Stations for employee Use
Assess need for new charging stations
Determine if grant money is available
Install charging stations
• Location, payment strategy, equipment, promotion
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Goal #1
Support City Goals
City Manager Darin Atteberry during Drive Leadership extended drive with his BMW i3
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Goal #1 Support City Goals
Identify alignment
Identify executive sponsor
Create interdepartmental team
Internal Memo
o Sent to all City supervisors on May 1, 2015 (see Appendix B)
Interdepartmental team: met every 6 weeks throughout 2015
Executive Sponsor:
Jacqueline Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer
Jeff Mihelich, Assistant City Manager
Program Manager:
Michelle Finchum – Community Engagement Specialist
Program Team:
Adam Bromley – Senior Electrical Engineer
Tracy Ochsner – Assistant Operations Services Director
Travis Paige – Community Engagement Manager
Lisa Rosintoski – Utilities Customer Connections Manager
Rosemarie Russo –Sustainability Coordinator
Wendy Serour – Strategic Accounts Specialist
Lucinda Smith – Environmental Services Director
Alyssa Stephens – Education Specialist
This program fits within the City’s vision “to provide world-class municipal services through
operational excellence and a culture of innovation.” This initiative was innovative and aligned with
current work in the Climate Action Plan Framework and the Energy Policy.
As part of the Advanced Mobility strategy, the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles is one
means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2015 Climate Action Plan Framework page 25:
“Fort Collins has already made significant progress in the adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles.
There are already 25 public charging stations in place, meaning that access to charging for EV
drivers is never more than six miles away.
Specific tactics under consideration include:
Develop and execute a campaign to provide decision makers and the public opportunities to
drive an EV and experience its benefits.
Build on already successful programs to ensure more EV charging stations are available,
including public charging stations, workplaces and residences.”
This program also aligns with the current 2015 Energy Policy: (page 9)
“Increased adoption of more fuel-efficient and electric vehicles in Fort Collins means that when we
drive, we’re using less petroleum fuels and reducing their associated negative consequences. The
City can help residents with data regarding potential advantages of high-efficiency, hybrid and
electric vehicle choices with regards to the total cost of ownership, including fuel and maintenance
costs.
• Develop metrics for the fleet average fuel efficiency and the number of electric vehicles in
Fort Collins by 2017.”
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Goal #2
Assess Current Awareness
The wheel of EV questions
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Goal #2 Assess current awareness
Pre Survey – early 2015 / Post Survey – late 2015
Ensure collaboration with other WCC participants (i.e. CSU)
Understand barriers and tailor outreach based on surveys/feedback/research
The pre-survey was sent to all City employees in April. There were 13 questions and 145
responses, with representation from every Service Area. The largest response rate was from
Community and Operation Services, Utilities and Planning, Development and Transportation
(which are also larger service areas).
Key Findings:
1) Employees expressed concerns regarding range of electric vehicles and access to both
vehicles and charging stations.
2) Experience with and knowledge of EVs was relatively low throughout service areas.
3) Overall perceptions of electric vehicles were high, but a gap existed between perceptions
and likely purchases.
4) Employees with more knowledge of and experiences with electric vehicles expressed less
concerns regarding EVs.
These findings led to a tailored approach to communication that emphasized a combination of
driving experiences with information on the benefits of electric vehicles and the locations of
charging stations in Fort Collins.
In December, the post-survey was sent out to City employees that either took the pre-survey OR
drove an electric vehicle during the campaign. There were 122 responses, with representation from
every Service Area that mirrored the pre-survey.
Key Findings:
1) Employees gained considerable knowledge during the campaign. The amount reporting
little or no knowledge of EVs and their use within the City dropped by more than 15% in
every category. Employees who attended events reported learning the most from the
campaign. Note that where outreach was planned and concentrated, knowledge increases.
2) The post-survey indicated a slight decrease in concerns about personal and fleet EV use.
Employees who attended events reported less concern about range and charging access.
3) Survey participants reported an increased likelihood to purchase an electric vehicle, with the
percentage stating they were either somewhat or very likely to purchase an electric vehicle
increasing from 38% to 51%.
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Goal #3
Communication
Program Manager Michelle Finchum giving a radio interview on 600KOOL
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Goal #3 Communication
Create new internal EV WCC webpage
Showcase EV owners – City employees
Communicate initiative to City employees
An internal CityNet webpage was created in April and updated weekly. This is where Ride and
Drive events were promoted as well as links to DENC’s main page.
There are 6 staff identified that own an electric vehicle. We reached out to all of them and
requested a photo of them by their vehicle, which we posted on the website. We also requested
input from these employees while developing policy to do a ‘reality’ check.
There are approximately 2,000 city employees and many means of internal communication
channels. We tried to use all of them to communicate the initiative, and specifically to promote
opportunities to drive an EV. Here were some of the methods we used:
Employee Committee Agenda – April
All supervisors memo – May
Presentation to Executive Leadership Team - June
All supervisors meeting presentation – August
CityNet spotlights with video of Drive Leadership - September
Employee Video by City Manager - September
Employee blog
Reach out to existing teams: City Sustainability Team, Innovation Team
Word of mouth – through EV riders
Fort Shorts article
In addition, we also used external communication mediums:
Workplace Charging Challenge kick-off event with Mayor and Assistant City Manager,
February
Cable 14 interview on “Full Circle”, July
Radio interview KOOL600 Jimmy Lakey, August
Article in BizWest by Mayor Troxell (Appendix E),
August
Social Media posts, throughout 2015
Flickr photo posts
Workplace Charging Challenge – CSU panelist,
Councilman Overbeck keynote, September
Department of Energy WCC site
Presentation to Energy Board, November
CSU student – senior project on workplace charging
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Goal #4
Opportunity to drive an EV
Chief Sustainability Officer Jacqueline Kozak-Thiel participated in Drive Leadership with a Mitsubishi iMiEV
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Goal #4 Opportunity to Drive an EV
Ride and Drive events are an engaging way to give employees an opportunity to experience and
learn about EVs. We set a goal of having 200 City employees drive an EV in 2015 (approximately
10% of our workforce) and almost met that goal with an official tally of 192.
Participation to drive EVs
Goal 200 City employees – approx. 10% of workforce drive an EV
o 193 employees drove an EV in 2015 (through our official count)
o Data input on CityNet site and site sign-up sheets/post-drive survey
o Photos – created #ChargeFC (Instagram)
Opportunities throughout year
o All DENC events promoted on our website
o St. Patrick’s Day event - March 11
o Earth day event – April 20
o Open streets – June
o Documentary and Discussion event, July 14
o All Things Electric event - July 25
o City employee picnic and family event - July 30
o Neighborhood Ride/Drive – August 20
o City EV pool car Halloween event – Oct. 30
The Drive Leadership effort is designed to give leaders in Northern Colorado the opportunity to
take an EV on a test drive for up to five business days. This extended test drive experience gives
leaders a firsthand experience with an EV. There were several vehicle options available from local
car dealerships: Chevy Volt, Mitsubishi iMiEV, BMW i3, and Ford C-Max. DENC staff
customized each experience by providing each participant with a vehicle orientation and guide,
charging instructions and a map of charging infrastructure in Fort Collins, and safety materials.
o Huge success and participation much higher than anticipated
o 19 participants: 3 City Council, 7 ELT, 2 Senior Staff, 3 CPIO, 4 EV-WCC team
o Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/fortcollinsgov/albums/72157655943880176
o Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLbO-NIS8mw&feature=youtu.be
o Safety information provided during orientation
Existing programs that could integrate opportunities to drive an electric vehicle were identified and
used such as the One Planet employee engagement program. City sponsored events were also
identified as events to ensure Ride and Drives were available such as: Earth Day, Sustainability
Fair, CSU events, and City Picnic.
Operation Services purchased 2 Mitsubishi EV’s and tried a “grab and go” experiment at Operation
Services and 835 Wood (Fleet) to encourage employees to use the EV instead of personal cars to go
to a meeting. This approach worked and was well accepted and used.
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Goal #5
Policy Alignment
Assistant City Manager Jeff Mihelich announcing City participation in EV-WCC (Appendix D)
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Goal #5 Policy Alignment
Identify all policies that effect EV integration
Identify policies that create barriers
Write new policy/update policies as needed to install charging stations for staff
Understanding the intersections of currently policies with EV initiatives took more time than
anticipated. Before passing a policy and getting more dedicated EV parking spots, the Parking
Enforcement Policy needed to be examined and updated.
The current Parking Enforcement Policy does not give the authority to parking staff to ticket non-
EV or low emission cars when they park in an EV or Low Emission spot. This may need to be
changed and approved by City Council (on agenda for February 2015). The proposed changes are in
Appendix A.
Traffic Code currently cannot enforce if a ‘regular’ car is parked in “EV designated spot”.
Council will be reviewing suggested updates to Traffic code and Land Use Code
(permitting) in February.
Since there were so many new elements this year, it was determined to write a pilot policy that
would be in effect for only 2016 and reviewed in Q3 to determine effectiveness. The following are
the guidelines for EV parking by City employees: (Appendix F)
Pilot policy is for 2016 only
Policy refers to employees getting 4 hours of free charging. Estimated at $6,000 for 2016
Fund – general fund.
EV owners need to get a ‘decal sticker’ – process still being developed. The decal system is
currently being piloted at the Senior Center.
First quarter of 2016 – policy announcement with HR (in JDE to be reviewed by employees)
Appendix A – Suggested changes to Parking code
Appendix F – Recommendations for Pilot Policy for 2016
There was a significant amount of collaborative work with the Attorney’s Office and with Human
Resources.
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Goal #6
Charging Stations for Employee Use
Public Charging Station at the Senior Center in Fort Collins
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Goal #6 Charging Stations for Employee Use
Assess need for new charging stations
Determine if grant money is available
Install charging stations
Operation Services and Parking Services collaborated to identify employee parking spaces in the
Civic Center Parking Garage. Spaces are in high demand, so spots on the top (4
th
) floor were ideal.
Operation Services needed to ensure scalability and modularity for the future. A grant was awarded
from the Colorado Energy Office grant for $3,200.
The next step is to install six (6) charging stations. This should be completed by 2016 Q1.
Electricians have been scheduled for January work and contract negotiations are in progress to
determine the type of station to be installed. Promotion will take place, specifically to the City
employee EV-owners, once the stations are installed.
The process for purchasing a pass to charge needs to be determined. Currently, a $15/month fob
controlled pass is being discussed. This would be in addition to a monthly parking pass in the
garage. The process to purchase an EV spot is in progress.
Employees can use one of the 12 public charging stations installed throughout the City. Level 2
charging costs $1/hour and are located at City facilities such as the Senior Center, EPIC, Discovery
Science Center, etc. The Utilities Department supplies the infrastructure and a 3
rd
party manages
the station. There are no further plans for public charging stations. Technical support and data
analysis of EV charging stations is supported by Utilities.
Budget: $1,000
Rewards $10 gift cards monthly drawing. ($10x10)
o $100
Incentives
o $100
o Food at Events - $200
Video – Cable 14 - $600
Incoming
Colorado Energy Office Grant - $3,200
Challenges
Mix of DENC and WCC – understanding roles.
Memo process
Time needed for policy
Next Steps:
2016 Q1 - Policy review – Human Resources – JDE review by staff
2016 Q1 - Installation of charging stations – communication, signs, etc.
2016 Q3 - Pilot Policy Review and next steps
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Appendix
Appendix A: Memorandum to City Manager for Code Amendments - draft
Appendix B: Internal Memo to City Supervisors
Appendix C: Department of Energy WCC Pledge form
Appendix D: WCC Agreement form with Drive Electric Northern Colorado
Appendix E: Article in Biz West by Mayor Troxell
Appendix F: Workplace Charging Agreement – Civic Center Parking
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Appendix A – Memorandum to City Manager for Traffic Code Amendments – draft
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 6, 2016
TO: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
FROM: Rosemarie Russo, Sustainability Coordinator
THRU: Lucinda Smith, ESD Director
Jackie Kozak-Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer
SUBJECT: EV Employee Pilot Program and Code Amendments
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
1. Do you have any concerns with providing limited free charging to employees for a
2016 Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Pilot?
2. Do you have any concerns with amending the Traffic/Permitting Code to provide
Parking Services and Police enforcement authority?
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The primary goal of the City of Fort Collins and Drive Electric Northern Colorado (DENC)
partnership is to reduce carbon emissions, provide highly reliable electric service and
enhance the overall local economic health.
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The initiative is among the first of its kind
community-wide partnerships designed to achieve widespread deployment of plug-in
electric vehicles (EV) in Northern Colorado.
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EV adoption provides many benefits to Fort Collins, including reduced harmful air
pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, transformation of the region's transportation
system by incentivizing the development of geographically dispersed charging
infrastructure, increased energy security through reduced petroleum usage, and the
implementation of clean, reliable alternative transportation.
The City has partnered with the Loveland, Colorado State University, and Electrification
Coalition to create the DENC initiative. This initiative achieves a TBL approach to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) within the community. Initial outreach programs
launched include the Workplace Charging Challenge, Drive Leadership, EV Employer and
Neighborhood Ride and Drives. Utilities have simultaneously been working on
1 http://www.fcgov.com/utilities/sustainability-leadership/EVs
2 http://driveelectricnoco.org/about/
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infrastructure deployment models. Attachment A outlines the Workplace Charging
Process.
In order to achieve the newly amended carbon goals, the entire community needs to be on
board and actively contribute to reduce GHG emissions. The sooner that the Fort Collins
community is aware of the benefits of driving electric, the more realistic the carbon neutral
goal becomes. Additionally, the City organization in an effort to “Lead by Example”
established fuel emission reduction goals in 2009 to reduce traditional fuel use by 20% by
2020.
One of the first steps to become early adopters of electrifying transportation and “Leading
by Example” is to promote and support staff with EV purchases. However, because the
concept of driving electric is new, there is little knowledge on the subject. Over the past
two years, City staff and DENC have been collecting data on the barriers to EV adoption
and applying community based social marketing strategies to reduce the barriers. Barriers
identified included range anxiety, lack of knowledge of charging station locations, vehicle
choices and cost. Surveys revealed that 85% of participants said workplace charging is an
influential factor in EV purchases. Given those statistics, staff is recommending a one year
EV Workplace Pilot Program. The EV Program will include both public and private stations
to encourage City staff to purchase EVs.
Preliminary research shows that other public utilities, local and federal governments have
signed the US DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge to expand workplace charging.
Examples of their charging implementation and management structure are as follows:
San Diego Gas & Electric have more than 45 employees that use PEVs and installed 11-
Level 1, 32 Level II and 1 Fast Charger. There are no time limits placed on the use of the
chargers. Employees pay $ 4 for fast chargers per session and are billed according to time
of use charging for Level I and II.
Los Angeles Water and Power have 18 employees that have EV’s and have installed 76
– Level II chargers and one DC Fast Charger. Employees can use chargers for four hours
at no cost to encourage PV adoption.
California EPA has approximately 40 employees that drive EVs and have installed16
Level I and 20 Level II chargers. PEVs drivers have established an informal charger
sharing protocol including an email list so that drivers can request access to charging. The
City of Sacramento pays for the cost of electricity and maintenance for the 20 Level 2
charging stations out of its operating budget.
Raleigh is a test city for RMI’s Project Get Ready. Raleigh provided contractor and
inspector education; addressed building and electrical codes to streamline permitting and
inspecting processes; developed a 2-day process for home EVSE installation; refined city
ordinances on signage, parking, and fees for charging, installed a solar-powered charging
station; intend to integrate EVs into electric grid; developed a web dashboard allowing
both the public and the city to monitor use and use patterns of EV stations to inform day to
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day use and future installations and programs; and maintains the Sustainable Raleigh map
which includes public and private EV charging stations, photovoltaic systems, solar
thermal systems, rain water harvesting, geothermal, methane, and 10% buy local
businesses.
City of Fort Collins has approximately six employees that drive EVs and have installed
12 public charging stations and 17 Level II fleet charging stations.
City of Boulder, Loveland and Denver provide Level 1 charging to their employees.
Legal Issues: Three legal issues were examined related to an Employee EV Workplace
Charging Pilot. Initially the intent was to allow staff to use the public charging stations.
However, the logistics of p-card usage, credit-card reimbursement and the associated tax
implications of providing staff with a free-charging benefit wasn’t allowable based on
discussions with HR, Finance and CAO. However, by switching the type of charging
provided - the tax implications were resolved. There are three types of chargers based on
speed: Level 1, Level 2 and Fast Chargers. Chargers are also categorized by use such as
personal, fleet and public. Pricing is as follows:
Level 1 - .08 cents/hr
Level 2 – $1/hr
Fast Chargers - $3/20 min
The recommended approach for the 2016 Pilot will be limited use of Level 1 charging. If
the City provides Level 1 charging for staff is generally considered a “de minimus” benefit
but based on frequency of the provided benefit, the city will be taxing this benefit.
Additionally, since the chargers will be purchased by ESD, staff will not need to use p-
cards or personal credit cards. Operation Services can program fobs for four hr/day
use. Enforcement will be lowered as well because the chargers will be on City property.
There is a local precedent for this approach.
The City of Boulder has Level 1 Charging Stations at City facilities. Free under the
de minimus rule.
The City and County of Denver is still developing their policy but will be installing
Level 1 Charging Stations at City facilities. HR is researching the issue of Level 1
being free under the de minimus doctrine.
The legal counsel at Loveland has reviewed and confirmed the Level I approach
meets the de minimus standard.
The second legal issue examined was the Utilities’ Charter. The Charter provides that all
operating revenues of the utilities (i.e. electric) may be expended only for “specific utility
purposes determined by Council to be beneficial to the ratepayers” of such utilities (Article
XII, Section 6). In order to use utility funds to provide free charging to employees, a
rational basis for determining that such use would be beneficial to the ratepayers of the
electric utility would need to be articulated, and Council would have to make that
determination. It could be argued that EV adoption is articulated in the Climate Action Plan
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and aligns with the Energy Policy. However, a more expeditors approach for the pilot is
paying for this limited benefit with General Funds.
The third legal issue is the enforcement authority to ticket motorist illegally parking in EV
and LEV parking spots. There have been incidences at the Senior Center. Currently,
Police/Parking Services do not have the authority to issue citations. A pilot decal
permitting EV system is currently being utilized at the Senior Center.
Logistical/Technical Issues: The idea of allowing staff to use fleet vehicle charging
stations was explored but Operation Services did not favor the approach because of the
logistics of moving vehicles and possibly lowering the EV fleet efficiency, if charging wasn’t
available.
After collaboration with Parking Services, Police, Finance, HR, Payroll, Utilities, Transfort,
and Operation Services, ESD is proposing the following recommendations:
In 2016, launch the EV Workplace Charging Pilot Program that will provide four
hours of free charging at two “Personal Vehicle Level I stations” on City property
and possibly at 700 Wood Street during business hours.
Additional private vehicle stations may be installed contingent on funding. The use of
private stations should fulfill the existing needs during the pilot period. Preliminary data
is being collected to determine capacity
CHALLENGES:
EV charging and low-emitting vehicle parking spaces are being utilized by non-EV drivers.
In order to address that issue either Traffic Code or Permitting Code amendments will
need to be submitted to Council because currently Police and Parking Services do not
have the authority to fine drivers. Below are the proposed Traffic Code amendments.
Draft Amendments:
§ 1204
(6) (a) No person shall park or direct another person to park a vehicle in a block
face or a public parking lot for a period in excess of any time restriction established
for parking in the block face or public parking with the exception of electric vehicles
which may remain in parking space for four hours.
(b) Unless permission from the Parking Services Manager or designee has been
granted, no person shall, after having vacated a time-restricted parking space in a
lot or block face, return and park or direct another person to return and park the
same vehicle in the same lot or block face within a four-hour period thereafter,
regardless of whether or not the maximum time restriction has elapsed.
(c) No person shall park in a low emission or electric vehicle reserved spot unless the
vehicle meets the EV designation. Low –emission vehicles are defined as low-emitting
and fuel-efficient vehicles are defined as vehicles that are either classified as Zero
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Emission Vehicles (ZEV) by the California Air Resources Board or have achieved a
minimum green score of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
(ACEEE) annual vehicle rating guide.
Preliminary discussions with Jody Hurst, City Attorney’s Office revealed that changes to
the Permitting Code may be preferable. Staff is investigating the two options and
researching the options adopted by other municipalities.
Projected Costs:
The total cost for employee reimbursement is $576. (6 employees * $.40/day* 240 days)
based on current staff ownership. The benefit per employee is $96. The chargers are
being purchased by ESD and will be installed on General Fund buildings.
Next Steps:
The new permitting process will be developed and managed by Parking Services in
2016 1Q.
Human Resources are reviewing the Employee Charging Agreement and
Environmental Services Department is working on adding the language to the
Administrative Policy.
Staff Outreach will continue in 2016 1Q to provide details about the pilot, available
locations and apps.
Draft a BFO offer to for additional enforcement activities and additional charging
stations as EV adoption increases.
In 2017, EV Charging options could include:
Option A:
Install additional “City Personal Use” Level 2 chargers since the cost to the City is minimal
after the purchase and installation. If the City plans to continue a reimbursement program
– it will only cost the .08 cents per hour vs a dollar that is charged by third party vendors.
Plus, the cost for Finance will be minimized. Level 2 chargers can be accessed through a
time-limited fob. Operations could set the fob for four hours daily.
Option B:
Continue with the 2016 Pilot procedures.
Funding will be necessary for additional enforcement activities.
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Appendix B: Internal Memo to City Supervisors
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Appendix C: Department of Energy WCC Pledge form
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Appendix D: WCC Agreement form with Drive Electric Northern Colorado
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Appendix E: Article in Biz West by Mayor Troxell
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Appendix F: Workplace Charging Agreement – Civic Center Parking