Utilities Studying How to Bring EV Charging Infrastructure to U.S. Interstate 5
April 18 2019 - 2:42PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
A group of utilities and agencies have initiated a study to
examine the best methods to ensure travelers and transport using
electric vehicles can access charging stations on U.S. Interstate
5, which runs the length of the west coast from the Mexican to the
Canadian borders.
Nine electric utilities along with two agencies representing
over two dozen municipal utilities are sponsors of the West Coast
Clean Transit Corridor Initiative, utility Southern California
Edison said.
"Many of the utilities represented in this partnership have
programs to support charging electric vehicles that travel within
our own territories, but for extended shipping and long-haul
trucks, we need solutions that we can apply across utility
territories," said Caroline Choi, senior vice president of
Corporate Affairs for Edison International and Southern California
Edison, one of the utilities sponsoring the study.
Other sponsors of the study include Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, Pacific Power, Portland General Electric, the Sacramento
Municipal Utility District and San Diego Gas & Electric.
The study examine the best methods to provide charging
facilities on I-5 and connecting routes. It will especially focus
on more heavy-duty electric trucks being introduced to the market,
and will study what role electricity providers can play in
electrifying the corridor, the utility said. The study will also
try to identify favorable locations for electric truck charging
facilities, the utility said.
SoCalEd said the study is expected to be finished by the end of
the year.
Southern California Edison is a subsidiary of Edison
International (EIX).
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 18, 2019 14:27 ET (18:27 GMT)
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