TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: David Morrison, Special Projects Director
REPORT BY: Ryan Melendez, Planner II, Sustainability
SUBJECT: Presentation by Ted Lamm from UC Berkeley Law re: Equitable EV Action Plan Framework
RECOMMENDATION
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PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, AND DIRECTION: FISCAL IMPACT - Staff requests that the Climate Action Committee (CAC) receive a presentation from Ted Lamm, Associate Director of UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE), on their development of an Equitable EV Action Plan Framework. Staff requests direction from the CAC regarding using CLEE's framework and GIS-based tools to develop an EV Charging Infrastructure Priority Plan and the option to hire a PhD student-researcher to develop the GIS-based tool for Napa County jurisdictional uses.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Ted Lamm, Associate Director of UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE), on their development of an Equitable EV Action Plan Framework, followed by discussion and direction by the CAC to staff regarding using this framework to develop an EV Charging Infrastructure Priority Plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California
Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
At the May 2023 Climate Action Committee (CAC) meeting, the CAC provided direction to staff on the committee's priorities for fiscal year 2023/2024 (FY 23/24). One of the priorities of the committee for FY 23/24 was the development of an EV Infrastructure Plan and the installation of new public EV Chargers in the Napa region communities. As of April 2024, there are 419 public Level 2 and 57 DC Fast chargers in operation. The California Energy Commission (CEC) estimates that by 2025, Napa County will need a total of 1288 public Level 2 chargers and 63 DC Fast chargers, a difference of 869 and 6, respectively. ...
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