Item A: Joint Meeting with Eugene Water & Electric Board

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customers. The actual adoption rate of EV’s in Eugene/Springfield and other parts of the country has been slower than originally anticipated. The earthquake in Japan was a factor in delayed delivery of vehicles. As of today, there are twelve known EV buyers in our area who will have received their cars and installed in-home chargers by the end of the year. EV buyers who qualify to participate in the project receive a residential charger at no cost. Public charging infrastructure has also been slow in coming. The latest information is that 68 commercial charging stations are in progress around the state. The City has been working with ECOtality, the company leading the EV Project, to find optimum locations for electric vehicle charging stations on City owned property. Location decisions are based on several factors, including the electrical service capacity of the area, the distance from the electrical source to the parking space, and the parking space location itself. Earlier this year, the City identified the downtown Eugene Public Library parking garage, the Overpark Parking Garage, and the Broadway South Parking Garage as initial installation locations. After reviewing these sites with ECOtality, the Parcade Garage, Train Depot Parking Lot, Hilyard Community Center, and the new Police Building on Country Club road were added to the list of locations for grant funded installations. The City is still working with ECOtality on finalizing costs and scheduling. EWEB is also in conversations with ECOtality to locate two charging units in front of the headquarters building later this year. ECOtality indicates that another 15-20 public chargers at local commercial/retail establishments are planned. EWEB has established a staff team to plan for the integration of EV technology in our electric infrastructure and identify potential impacts and barriers to adoption. For example, the team developed EV adoption rate forecasts to include in our 2011 energy plan, and created public information materials for our website and to provide at car dealerships for prospective EV owners. To address concerns about the capability of EWEB’s electric system to handle high concentrations (clustering) of EVs in any one area, staff did a loading analysis on two distribution feeders that serve a high concentration of residential and light commercial customers. The results indicated that the existing distribution transformer plant is sufficient even if half of our customers in a particular neighborhood purchase an EV. More recently, EWEB chose to enter the commercial EV market with a 2011 Ford Transit Connect all- electric van for courier use. The existing van was due for replacement and because of its consistent and relatively high usage, it made economic as well as environmental sense to purchase the e-van. Over the anticipated 10-year life expectancy of the e-van, we expect to save money while also avoiding the burning of 9,200 gallons of gasoline and the emission of 77.6 metric tons of CO2. EWEB is also initiating a pilot project with new EV owners to give customers a $200 bill credit in exchange for allowing EWEB to analyze their charging patterns and for agreeing to participate in periodic information sharing events. Under the terms of a confidentiality agreement, EWEB will also 4