When the Board of Commissioners for Washtenaw County, Michigan, approved a climate action plan in 2022, the county was uncertain what implementation steps it needed to take—and how to pay for all of it.
Washtenaw County, along with New Haven, Connecticut, and other communities, is using Expert Match assistance to explore how electric vehicles can support clean energy goals. Although Washtenaw and New Haven joined the program with relatively little data and many questions, researchers at NREL and Argonne National Laboratory have since helped them take steps toward integrating EVs into their communities.
Like Washtenaw, New Haven was also starting from scratch when it entered Expert Match. New Haven wanted to craft an ordinance for zoning and permitting EV charging stations based on parking availability, but it lacked data and an understanding of the framework and land-use considerations that go into creating an ordinance, according to Steven Winter, executive director of climate and sustainability for the city of New Haven.
“At one point in the conversation they were struggling with, ‘How many stations should we deploy based on what we think is the number of electric vehicles that will come to the New Haven marketplace?'” Rood said.“One perspective that I brought to the table that was, I think, unique: What are the impacts to disadvantaged neighborhoods?” Rood said. “There might be more traffic with the installment of electric vehicle charging stations.
“I estimated all the way down to the neighborhood level to see how many parking spaces along the street might be available,” Lee said. “That’s a key element New Haven was looking for, to compensate for the lack of home charging access for multifamily-home residents in the city.
Braun can already sense that the information Expert Match has provided can help make a strong argument for fleet electrification in Washtenaw. “We’re focused on stakeholders within city government to try to get them excited about this new city legislation,” Winter said. “We have used the presentation in meetings with other city departments like our building inspection and enforcement office, our zoning department, and our city engineer.”
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