San Diego Regional PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE (PEV) READINESS PLAN Preparing the San Diego Region for Plug-in Electric Vehicles January 2014 Acknowledgements Many individuals aided in the preparation of the San Diego Regional Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Readiness Plan and related products. Of particular note is the sustained involvement of the San Diego Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (REVI) Working Group. San Diego REVI Voting Members Susan Freedman, Chair & Allison King, SANDAG Gretchen Crowson & Ramsey Helson, City of Del Mar Mike Ferry, Vice Chair, California Center for Sustainable Energy Michelle White & Jenny Lybeck, Brendan Reed, City of Chula Vista Unified Port District of San Diego Chris Helmer, City of Imperial Beach Paul Manasjan & Brett Caldwell, Mike Grim, City of Carlsbad San Diego Regional Airport Authority Kathy Winn, City of Escondido Joel Pointon & Randy Shimka, San Diego Gas & Electric Kathy Valverde, City of Santee Greg Newhouse, Miramar College, Advanced Transportation Scott Munzenmaier, City of La Mesa Technology & Energy Center Jacques Chirazi, City of San Diego Karen Prescott & Tim Dudek, National Electrical Contractors Peter Livingston, County of San Diego Association (NECA) Chris Schmidt, Caltrans - District 11 Micah Mitrosky, International Brotherhood of Electrical Randy Walsh, San Diego Electric Vehicle Network Workers (IBEW) Local 569 Dave Weil, University of California, San Diego San Diego REVI Advisory Members Mike Watt & Nick Cormier, San Diego Air Pollution Dan King, City of Solana Beach Control District Lyn Dedmon, City of Vista Chris Parry, US Navy, Department of Defense Andy Hoskinson, Ecotality Claire Spielberg, Metropolitan Transit System Mike Cully, Car2go Bill Cecil, City of Coronado Charlie Botsford, Aerovironment Diane Langager, City of Encinitas Colleen Quinn, ChargePoint (Coulomb) Ray Pe, City of National City David Wang, General Electric Additional Acknowledgements The work undertaken through this contract also benefitted from concurrent regional and state PEV efforts, in particular the Zero-Emission Vehicles Community Readiness Guidebook Working Group led by the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR). SANDAG acknowledges the California Center for Sustainable Energy for its partnership role on this contract. The following staff of SANDAG and the CCSE had primary responsibility for the preparation of the work products created under this contract. SANDAG California Center for Sustainable Energy Anna Lowe Mike Ferry Susan Freedman Tyler Petersen Allison King Wood David Almeida Jessica Jinn This document was prepared as a result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, its employees or the State of California. The Commission, the State of California, its employees, contractors and subcontractors make no warranty, expressed or implied, and assume no legal liability for the information in this document; nor does any party represent that the use of this information will not infringe upon privately owned rights. Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Why Develop This Plan? .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Legislation .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 SANDAG ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Regional adoption .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. The San Diego Regional Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (REVI) Working Group and Stakeholders ......................................... 7 3.1 Background and Purpose....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Organization and Stakeholder Engagement ................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 Regional Barriers to PEV Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 4. PEVs and Public Charging Infrastructure in the San Diego Region .....................................................................................................10 5. The Basics of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure .....................................................................................................12 5.1 Vehicle Types ............................................................................................................................................................................................................12 5.2 Charging Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................................................................13 Types of charging equipment .............................................................................................................................................................................14 Finding public charging infrastructure ...........................................................................................................................................................15 Access to public charging infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................................15 Locations of public charging stations in the San Diego region ..............................................................................................................15 6. Regional Plug-in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Existing Conditions .................................................................................................18 6.1 Local Governments ................................................................................................................................................................................................18 6.2 Single Family Residences .....................................................................................................................................................................................18 6.3 Multi-Unit Dwellings ..............................................................................................................................................................................................18 6.4 Workplace, Retail and Public Locations ..........................................................................................................................................................19 7. Regional Barriers to EVSE Deployment and Key Recommendations .................................................................................................20 7.1 Regional Planning for Public EVSE Siting .......................................................................................................................................................20 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Classifying local land use statistics for PEVs .................................................................................................................................................22 Land use/parking analysis for EVSE ..................................................................................................................................................................22 PEVs in local government fleets .........................................................................................................................................................................23 Public electric vehicle charging stations .........................................................................................................................................................24 Education and outreach ........................................................................................................................................................................................24 7.2 Permitting for EVSE ................................................................................................................................................................................................24