Hello All, Last month I sent the petition, all signatures, and all of your comments to Janea A. Scott, the transportation Commissioner of the California Energy Commission. I told her that we are all interested in how the CEC plans to take action on installing DC fast chargers along highway corridors to enable long distance EV travel in California, and she sent me the following letter. I was disappointed - but not surprised - that her letter painfully points out that the CEC is aware of this need but is doing very little toward this goal. The silver lining is that her letter notes that private enterprise (EVgo) is doing some work in this arena. Commissioner Scott did not explain why the CEC has consciously decided to NOT invest in DCFCs despite spending substantial amounts of money on other alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure (e.g., lower power EV charging stations and hydrogen fueling stations). I encourage you all to write her and ask her yourself if you also want to know the answer to this question. The address to reach Commissioner Scott is: California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 95814 You can e-mail Commissioner Scott through her Administrative Assistant, Amie Brousseau at Amie.Brousseau@energy.ca.gov. Phone: 916-654-4930 FAX: 916-654-3983 Letter from Commissioner Scott: CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION 1516 NINTH STREET SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-5512 www.energy.ca.gov June 18, 2015 Dr. Thomas Greene XXXX CA Re: Petition to install a network of DCFCs to enable long-distance EV travel in CA Dear Dr. Greene: Thank you for your letter and petition encouraging the Energy Commission to deploy a network of DC fast chargers (DCFCs) throughout California. We appreciate the urgency of your request and are working diligently to help deploy needed infrastructure. The Energy Commission is committed to achieving the Governors goal of having sufficient infrastructure to accommodate 1.5 million zero emission vehicles by 2025 and is actively pursuing strategies and actions to do so. To date, the Energy Commission has invested 38 million in charging infrastructure to support the installation of ,754 PEV charging stations including 119 DCFCs. We anticipate that a majority of the DCFC installations will be completed over the next year. (NOTE TO SIGNERS: VERY FEW (about 10) OF THESE WILL BE ALONG TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS) The Energy Commission outlines a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging infrastructure strategy and details the current deployment of DCFCs in the 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update. The report makes two key recommendations regarding DCFCs. First, the report calls for continued incentives for DCFCs along highway corridors throughout the State. Second, the report urges completion of the West Coast Electric Highway which stretches from the Oregon border to Baja, California. The Energy Commission is actively working to fulfill these recommendations. As the Commission considers future public investments in DCFCs for California, we remain mindful of other ongoing efforts to ensure that we are maximizing our investments in EV infrastructure to the best of our ability. These complementary efforts include: • EVgowill deploy 200 DC fast charging Freedom Stations and 10,000 makereadies at a minimum of 1,000 sites in California. As of March 2015, 111 Freedom Stations sites were either constructed or under development and 1,202 makeready stubs were under contract at 155 sites. • New Energy Industrial and Technology Development Organization (NEDO) In cooperation with the Governors Office of Business and Economic Development (GOBiz, NEDO is conducting a feasibility study and DCFC demonstration along California highways to better understand the relationship between DCFC deployment and EV trip distances. • California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) consideration of the proposed Investor Owned Utility plans to deploy PEV infrastructurePacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric currently have applications pending with the CPUC for the installation of approximately 60,550 PEV chargers, including 100 DC fast charging stations. Further, the Energy Commission is a member of, the California Plug-In Vehicle Collaborative (PEVC), where I serve as the Chair. The PEVC is a publicprivate organization focused on accelerating the adoption of PEVs to meet Californias economic, energy and environmental goals. The PEVC focuses on emerging PEV market trends and works to address challenges and enable strong PEV market growth. Through our Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP), the Energy Commission invested 15 million in EV charging infrastructure in fiscal year 2014. We plan to increase that investment to 17 million in the next fiscal year. The Energy Commission hosts workshops to discuss EV infrastructure and public meetings on the ARFVTP Investment Plan. I encourage you and your fellow EV enthusiasts to participate. You can sign up at http://energy.ca.govtransportation/. We thank you and your fellow petitioners for the strong support for electric vehicles and the infrastructure that supports them. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact our staff expert, Leslie Baroody, EV Program Manager, at (916) XXX-XXXX or leslie.baroody@energy.ca.gov. JANEA A. SCOTT Commissioner