Metro - File #: 2021-0363

• File #: 2021-0363
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 5/21/2021
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 6/17/2021
• Final action: 6/17/2021
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on programming of fund sources to meet the 2030 goal for the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Program with a preliminary program cost estimate of $3.53 billion comprised of $2.0B for Battery Electric Buses (BEB) and $1.5B for Charging Infrastructure.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved a Motion, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Funding plan, Grant Aid, Informational Report, Long Range Transportation Plan, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, Motion / Motion Response, Plan, Program, Rolling stock, Section 5307, Short Range Transportation Plan, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/17/2021	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: DEVELOP A $3.5B FUNDING PLAN TO SUPPORT THE METRO BOARD MOTION FOR ZERO EMISSION CONVERSION BY 2030


Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on programming of fund sources to meet the 2030 goal for the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Program with a preliminary program cost estimate of $3.53 billion comprised of $2.0B for Battery Electric Buses (BEB) and $1.5B for Charging Infrastructure.

Issue
ISSUE

In April 2016, Metro's Board of Directors passed a motion to convert Metro's bus operations from CNG to Zero Emissions by 2030. In December 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation which requires all California public transit agencies to transition from conventional fueled buses to zero emission buses by 2040. In March 2021, staff presented the ZEB Rollout Plan (Attachments A & B: Item 2020-0636) which presented a phased implementation plan for the Battery Electric Buses to meet a 2030 ZEB conversion goal. With this goal, bus deliveries and expenditures are compressed resulting in expenditure demands exceeding available constrained funding sources. This report outlines the funding plans necessary to reduce potential delay risks due to limited budget allocations, constrained funding sources, limited personnel to manage the work, and long construction lead times.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro currently operates a fleet of approximately 2400 CNG buses of various lengths from ten (10) bus divisions. To transition to 100% Zero Emissions Bus operations Metro will have to address several challenges. Foremost is development of a funding plan that supports accelerated delivery of Zero Emission Bus conversion which includes, but is not limited to, Utility Upgrades from Southern California Edison (SCE) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), Charging Infrastructure Inst...