Planning Communities, LLC 1/27/2023

Task 3 - Policy Assessment The Fleet Electrification Transition Plan is guided by FTA policies and requirements, but also aligns with state and local goals, policies and legislation. The Planning Communities Team will compile existing resources, research new and emerging items, and obtain available information and coordinate with City staff to identify state and local requirements and policies that may either support the ZEV transition or create challenges. The Policy and Legislation Impact Analysis will specifically address impacts to the procurement and maintenance of the transit fleet, regulations and policies governing the use of different vehicle technologies, and guidelines or restrictions that may affect facilities and infrastructure. Potential opportunities will be outlined and policy conflicts or barriers will be identified, along with strategies for addressing these challenges. State Legislation and Policies State Climate and Clean Energy Efforts such as: • Climate Commitment Act (CCA) • Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act • 2021 State Energy Strategy • Electrification of Transportation Systems (ETS) Grants Task 4 - Facilities Assessment The Planning Communities Team will work with city staff to complete an inventory of Everett Transit facilities and identify the clean technologies and supportive infrastructure that are already in place. Data on Everett Transit's future funding and long-term plans gathered in Task 2 and additional input from staff will support identification of the scope and timing of already planned future facility upgrades. Our team will look at charging technology options (cabinet chargers, inductive charging) that builds on Task 1 analyses and conduct a distributed energy resources (DER) analysis to include on-site generation, such as solar photovoltaic, and battery storage to manage the increased load of the electric transit and paratransit vehicles and provide operational resiliency to each site. The DER analysis will provide insight into backup power generation and storage needs for outage mitigation. Planning Communities will leverage experience in climate and hazard response, and resilience planning to develop recommendations for resiliency of fleets and facilities and adaptive infrastructure. Our ZEV modeling and geospatial analysis will recommend charging stations along routes. 21 21 TTASK 3 DELIVERABLES:ASK 3 DELIVERABLES: ••POLICY & LEGISLAPOLICY & LEGISLATION IMPTION IMPAACTCT ANALANALYYSISSIS