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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POLICY
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ADOPT Metro Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Policy (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
Metro's existing electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) inventory includes 108 Level 2 EVSE units, 103 of which are currently installed and active across several Metro operating divisions and park-and-ride facilities. This network will grow to as many as 3,000 chargers over the next five years. Metro owns and operates these EVSE for charging across three use-types: 1) employee charging, 2) non-revenue fleet charging, and 3) public charging (including park-and-rides).
This EV Charging Policy clarifies and standardizes Metro's practice for operating and maintaining its growing EVSE network, as well as specific use and pricing requirements to which EVSE users must adhere.
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro has been working to create a more environmentally sustainable, equitable, and resilient public transportation system. Metro's commitment to climate action and resilience is included in several planning documents, including but not limited to its 10-year Sustainability Strategic Plan, Moving Beyond Sustainability (MBS); its 2019 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP); the Customer Experience Plan; and the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Providing a low-carbon fuel mobility alternative through the use of EVs is a component of these plans.
Fleet electrification is a critical step for Metro to achieve a 79% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 (from 2017 levels) and to eliminate its GHG emissions by 2050. It is also critical to achieving criteria air pollutant reduction goals set forth in the MBS. To these ends, Metro has taken steps to procure new electric vehicles to power its non-revenue fleet: in 2024, Metro added 21 new EVs, with plans to procure approximately 150 new EVs in 2025.
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