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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Councilmember Item - Councilmember Brenden - Electric V City of Huntington Beach File #: 18-240 MEETING DATE: 8/6/2018 REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Patrick Brenden, City Council Member DATE: July 30, 2018 City Council Member Item for the August 6, 2018, City Council Meeting, Submitted by Councilmember Brenden - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The first electric automobile was built in the 1890s, but quickly fell obsolete in favor of the cheaper, gasoline-powered model. However, in recent years, the electric vehicle (EV) has made a comeback. According to the International Energy Agency, in 2016, 750,000 all-electric vehicles were sold globally. In 2017, that number grew by almost 47% to 1.1 million and is only expected to grow. Consumers are no longer buying EVs solely for environmental reasons, but rather the expanding popularity in EVs has been driven by their growing economic practicality. The cost of an EV has dropped significantly over the last several years. Technological advancement has driven the price of lithium-ion batteries down by almost 70%. In addition, EV research has increased driving ranges and cut recharging times as well. With ever increasing gas prices, EVs are now making more economic sense, and EV sales are demonstrating that consumers agree. As demand has increased, car manufacturers are looking to keep pace. Porsche aims at making 50% of its cars electric by 2023. JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) has announced it will shift entirely towards electric and hybrid vehicles by 2020. General Motors, Toyota, and Volvo have all declared a target of 1 million in EV sales by 2025. By 2030, Aston Martin expects that EVs will account for 25% of its sales, with the rest of its line up comprised of hybrids. By 2025, BMW has stated it will offer 25 electrified vehicles, of which 12 will be fully electric. The Renault Nissan & Mitsubishi alliance intends to offer 12 new EVs by 2022. Despite the growth of the EV market, EV-charging infrastructure has failed to keep up with demand, and the need for EV-charging stations continues to expand. There are several companies manufacturing and developing public charging stations and these stations are found on both public and private property. Typically, a property owner contracts with an EV-charging vendor that passes along the cost of equipment, installation, and permitting to that owner; costs that could easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars. The vendor collects a fee City of Huntington Beach Page 1 of 2 Printed on 8/1/2018 powerEZ7oy Leg;star-" File #: 18-240 MEETING DATE: 8/6/2018 from people using the charging station and the property owner may receive a share of that revenue. The City of Huntington Beach has engaged in such an arrangement for EV-charging stations in the public right-of-way in places like the downtown parking structure, City Hall, and the Pier Plaza parking area. Today, Huntington Beach has the opportunity to take a leadership role in the adoption and expansion of public EV-charging infrastructure. As consumers shift towards electric vehicles, they will be more likely to visit shopping centers and restaurants that have public charging stations. Adding more charging stations will attract business to our City thus expanding our sales tax base. Direct the City Manager to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the expansion of the City's electric vehicle charging infrastructure in public places, adding additional charging stations for public use at City facilities. City of Huntington Beach Page 2 of 2 Printed on 8/1/2018 powereZ7c�,LegistarTl CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Council Interoffice Communication To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Mempers From: Patrick Brenden, City Council Member Date: July 30, 2018 Subject: CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM FOR THE AUGUST 6, 2018, CITY COUNCIL MEETING— ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The first electric automobile was built in the 1890s but quickly fell obsolete in favor of the cheaper gasoline-powered model. However, in recent years, the electric vehicle (EV) has made a comeback. According to the International Energy Agency, in 2016, 750,000 all-electric vehicles were sold globally. In 2017, that number grew by almost 47% to 1.1 million and is only expected to grow. Consumers are no longer buying EVs solely for environmental reasons, but rather the expanding popularity in EVs has been driven by their growing economic practicality. The cost of an EV has dropped significantly over the last several years. Technological advancement has driven the price of lithium-ion batteries down by almost 70%. In addition, EV research has increased driving ranges and cut recharging times as well. With ever increasing gas prices, EVs are now making more economic sense, and EV sales are demonstrating that consumers agree. As demand has increased, car manufacturers are looking to keep pace. Porsche aims at making 50% of its cars electric by 2023. JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) has announced it will shift entirely towards electric and hybrid vehicles by 2020. General Motors, Toyota, and Volvo have all declared a target of 1 million in EV sales by 2025. By 2030, Aston Martin expects that EVs will account for 25% of its sales, with the rest of its line up comprising hybrids. By 2025, BMW has stated it will offer 25 electrified vehicles, of which 12 will be fully electric. The Renault Nissan & Mitsubishi alliance intends to offer 12 new EVs by 2022. Despite the growth of the EV market, EV-charging infrastructure has failed to keep up with demand, and the need for EV-charging stations continues to expand. There are several companies manufacturing and developing public charging stations and these stations are found on both public and private property. Typically, a property owner contracts with an EV-charging vendor that passes along the cost of equipment, installation, and permitting to that owner; costs that could easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars. The vendor collects a fee from people using the charging station and the property owner may receive a share of that revenue. The City of Huntington Beach has engaged in such an arrangement for EV-charging stations in the public right-of-way in places like the downtown parking structure, City Hall, and the Pier Plaza parking area. /011 I� Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Page 2 July 30, 2018 Today, Huntington Beach has the opportunity to take a leadership role in the adoption and expansion of public EV-charging infrastructure. As consumers shift towards electric vehicles, they will be more likely to visit shopping centers and restaurants that have public charging stations. Adding more charging stations will attract business to our City thus expanding our sales tax base. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct the City Manager to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the expansion of the City's electric vehicle charging infrastructure in public places, adding additional charging stations for public use at City facilities Xc: Fred Wilson, City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison, Assistant City Manager Robin Estanislau, City Clerk Toni Graham, Assistant to the City Manager Harper, Gloria From: Mark Bixby <mark@bixby.org> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 9:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: 8/6 CC agenda item 26 - EV charging infrastructure AGENDA COMMENT Hi city council, I support Councilmember Brenden's agenda item calling for issuance of an RFP pertaining to expansion of the city's EV charging infrastructure. The inflection point has occurred, and the shift to EVs is now underway. Tesla recently announced that Q2 sales of their Model 3 now have a market share exceeding that of all other mid-luxury sedans*combined* (i.e. Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, etc). A few aspects should be given careful consideration pertaining to expansion of the current City charging network: 1)As EV ownership trends upwards, charging demand may often exceed charging station supply. Charging cost should be set at a point higher than the SCE off-peak TOU rate of$0.12/kWh to encourage EV owners to install home charging equipment (where possible) to charge for less at home, thus lessening public charging demand to improve availability for those EV owners who are unable to charge at home, or those EV owners who are merely visiting the city. I charge my Tesla Model 3 at home every night, because it's cheaper and more convenient than using public or private networks (though I do have accounts on ChargePoint and EVgo in case of emergency). 2)The city's current charging network consists solely of outdated, slow ChargePoint J1772 ports.The test charge I did on my Model 3 at the city hall charging station added a pokey—20 miles of range per hour, which is frustratingly slow in the era of big batteries(310-mile range for my Model 3). Any new charger deployment should consist of multi-type ports similar to EVgo stations which offer slow J1772 plus fast CHAdeMO/Combo ports. 3) There needs to be signed parking restrictions backed by an ordinance that the parking spaces for these public chargers are to be used for active charging ONLY. A regular source of EV rage is when a non-EV parks in an EV charging space, or when an EV is parked in a charging space but not charging. Consider smart charging stations that implement an "idle fee" once charging is completed but the vehicle remains plugged in for some additional period of time. Tesla Superchargers impose an idle fee for being plugged in more than 5 minutes beyond completion of charging. Such fees will help increase space turnover. But this issue really requires a longer-range vision that prepares for truly large-scale EV adoption. I realize it is beyond the scope of the agenda RFP item, but the city needs to consider zoning text amendments for new construction to make sure that private charging capability becomes more widely available: 1) New single-family residential construction should be subject to a code requirement that the electrical system be designed to include a dedicated 240v high-amp circuit run to the garage to be available for EV charging use should the homeowner choose to complete the setup with installation of a charging port on that circuit. It's easier and cheaper to build that into new SFR construction than it is to retrofit later. I was forced to do an expen J, e b upgrade from 100A to 200A and a very long new circuit run to my garage to accommodat ONL �I�Elf] ���'�C�%T�A i Meeting Date: 7_&"/ Agenda ttem No.; ab /g°a yo 2) New multi-family residential construction of greater than "X" parking spaces should require that some percentage of those spaces be installed with Level 2 EV charging ports. 3) New public commercial construction or major EPAs for shopping centers and the like with greater than "X" parking spaces should require that some percentage of those spaces be installed with Level 2 or greater EV chargers. Lastly, let me extend to open invitation to council and staff for a demo ride in my Tesla Model 3-- it will dispel any doubts you might have about whether EVs are ready for prime time. I have seen the future, and it is amazing.There's no going back to internal combustion engines once you've driven a Tesla. Mark Bixby 17451 Hillgate Ln Huntington Beach, CA 92649-4707 home: 714-625-0876 i 2 Harper, Gloria From: Estanislau, Robin Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2018 9:58 PM To: pburtis Cc: Esparza, Patty; Harper, Gloria Subject: Re: City Council Member Item for the August 6, 2018, City Council Meeting, Submitted by Councilmember Brenden - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Received ... thank you. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Sent from my Wad Meeting pate: On Aug 4, 2018, at 1:56 PM, pburtis <pburtiskcompuserve.com> wrote: (_ fl Honorable Mayor and Council Members, Kom No. O��D ` /8 '; 7 v� 1 would like to submit a comment on the August 6, 2018 Council meeting Agenda item #26: 18-240: City Council Meeting, Submitted by Councilmember Brenden - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. I wish I could come in person and present this but we are out of town. As one of the Community Emergency Response Team CERT) leaders here in HB, we often field questions related to electric vehicles. We only recently had a call on the CERT hotline from a lady resident with a new all-electric car. The question usually boils down to"what is the City going to do to make sure I can charge my all-electric car in the event of an emergency/disaster that disrupts power for days or weeks?". Our answer is of course that the City has no-provision for that as we do not actually generate nor distribute electricity. When this line item is discussed, as it's Council Brenden's item, I would like to recommend that he just makes a note to the audience that these (and other) charging stations depend on the electrical power grid being up and nobody should expect that, in the event that power is out, they can utilize them to recharge their cars. People should be aware of the implications and it is never discussed when selling the car (for obvious reasons). As background, California of course leads the way in electric vehicle use, heading towards 5% of the total fleet. Even though that is small, year-over-year growth in that market has been very hefty with over 50% growth 2013 -2017. As CERT deals with disaster preparedness, all-electric vehicles pose two challenges in disasters: 1) recharging them if power goes out 2) evacuation limitations Clearly a major disaster could well disrupt the power grid. The City does have generators for use in things like pumping stations and critical facilities, but we will not let people just drive up and plug in. So people that have all-electric cars need to know that. The second problem is evacuations. Now actually it's good news/bad news. You've seen on TV long lines leading out of Florida or Texas when a hurricane is approaching. The cars barely move. Now an all-electric vehicle will actually do better in the creeping mode as it doesn't draw down battery while not driving (not counting accessories). So you could conceivably get somewhere that a gas powered car 1 wouldn't -having run out of fuel. Of course the flip side is it's easy to refuel gas from a can, tow truck, whatever and get a gas car going again. All-electric cars just die and sit on the side of the road. Now there is a positive disaster prep side to electric vehicles. Assuming you don't have to evacuate, an electric car is essentially a really big 12 V battery. Much like you can power many things from the 12 V "cigarette lighter" in your car, you can power even more things and longer from an electric car. I have actually been working on a presentation for CERT on electrical items in a disaster: generators and all-electric cars. I would be happy to discuss that at any time if anyone happens to be interested. I realize this is a bit long, sorry. Appreciate your time. Just want to be sure people with all electric cars understand the City won't have recharging facilities in the event of a disaster. (wonder if one could find a federal grant somewhere to address that?). Sincerely. Phil Burtis 42 year HB resident Disaster preparedness specialist 2 Harper, Gloria From: Dombo, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 06, 2018 1:16 PM To: Agenda Comment Cc: Fikes, Cathy; CITY COUNCIL Subject: FW: Support for Expansion of EV Charging Infrastructue AGENDA COMMENT Jokanna Dombo executive Assistant Office of tke City Manager, City of Huntington beach 7 1 4.536-5575 Johanna.dombo@surfcity-hb.org From: Steven C. Shepherd,Architect [mailto:steve@shepherdarchitects.com] Sent: Monday, August 06, 2018 1:06 PM To: CITY COUNCIL<city.council@surfcity-hb.org>; Brenden, Patrick<Patrick.Brenden@surfcity-hb.org>; Posey, Mike <Mike.Posey@surfcity-hb.org>; Delgleize, Barbara <Barbara.Delgleize@surfcity-hb.org> Subject:Support for Expansion of EV Charging Infrastructue Please include the following Letter of Support for Expansion of EV Charging Infrastructure to the record for August 6th, 2018 City Council Meeting. August 6th, 2018 City of Huntington Beach Attn: Huntington Beach City Council Re: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure As mentioned and detailed in Councilmember Brenden's Statement of Issue (Staff Report File #: 18-240), sales of electric vehicles (EV) have seen a significant rise. As technologies have improved and sale prices for base- model EV's have dropped, more and more consumers are considering the purchase of a new EV. Where EV's were once an exotic oddity reserved exclusively for the wealthy, now several 2018 base-model EV's are priced competitively with standard combustion-engine cars, and this trend will surely continue. Not only do I support the expansion of EV charging infrastructure at City facilities, but I would also support efforts by the City of Huntington Beach to incentivize the inclusion of new private property EV charging infrastructure at medium to large shopping centers, strip malls, and other retail establishments. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Meetlng Date: g_� /'? i Agenda Item No.: a� C l —°�T�� Just as there is already provisions in the State Building Codes for the inclusion of EV charging outlets in garages of new single-family homes, the City should look at pragmatic ways to partner with local retail property owners to address the inevitable increasing demand for EV charging infrastructure. Thank You. Sincerely, Steven C. 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M ^ w TOYOTA Charging Infrastructure ➢ Different business models exist; multiple vendors D City currently has aRev-Share Agreement with vendor at City Hall, Downtown Parking Structure, Pier Plaza D City has been contacted by a vendor promoting a 'Sponsored' Charging Station Model ➢ Tesla is building charging stations F D Current charging stations are popular Pecommended Action Direct the City manager to issue a Ct Request for Proposal (RFP) for R :pEf the expansion of the City's electricf vehicle charging infrastructure in public places, adding additional - charging stations for public use at City facilities. 1 ~'