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