SCE Announces 2030 Goals for Electrifying Its Vehicle Fleet
July 21 2020 - 2:14PM
Business Wire
Leadership role of the company and the utility industry are
seen as critical to the transition to electric
transportation.
By 2030, every passenger car and small-to-midsize SUV in
Southern California Edison’s fleet will be electric, the company
recently announced. Additionally, the electric utility will convert
30% of medium-duty vehicles and pickup trucks, 8% of heavy-duty
trucks and 60% of forklifts from fossil fuel to electric power.
SCE estimates that in pursuing its 2030 fleet electrification
goals, it will save more than 620,000 gallons of fuel annually and
eliminate close to 6,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions a
year, or the same amount that would be saved by taking 7,600 cars
off the road for a year or planting and growing nearly 600,000
trees for 10 years.
“As we encourage our customers to consider fleet
electrification, it is critical for our company and our industry to
continue to show leadership in this area,” said Drew Murphy, senior
vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development for Edison
International, SCE’s parent company. “Setting goals to electrify
our own fleet is one more way to show that we remain committed to
making the changes necessary to clean our air and reduce harmful
greenhouse gas emissions.”
Edison International laid out the 2030 goals for electrification
of SCE’s fleet of more than 6,200 vehicles, including trailers and
off-road equipment, in its recently published 2019 Sustainability
Report. To meet the demands of its growing electric fleet, SCE has
installed more than 370 charge ports at its facilities as of 2019.
The electric company expects to need about 1,300 additional charge
ports to achieve its 2030 fleet electrification goals.
“Electrifying transportation represents the biggest opportunity
to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate
change and drive down pollution that impacts public health,” Murphy
said.
In Pathway 2045, SCE’s data-driven analysis of what it will take
for California to attain its goal of being carbon neutral by 2045,
the company calls for the electrification of 76% of light-duty
vehicles, 67% of medium-duty vehicles and 38% of heavy-duty
vehicles in the state over the next 25 years.
“Our goals for company fleet electrification will put us on the
path to achieving or exceeding the percentages within SCE’s fleet
that we’ve proposed for the entire state,” Murphy said. “Not only
are we moving away from fossil fuel as a company, but we are also
actively helping our employees and our customers to convert from
gasoline and diesel to clean electricity.”
The company encourages employees to adopt electric vehicles by
offering 190 workplace charge ports at 36 of its facilities and
plans to install about 150 additional employee charge ports this
year. SCE employees and customers also have access to discounts on
certain EV models.
SCE’s ongoing initiatives to help its customers adopt EVs
include:
Charge Ready (for passenger vehicles): SCE has installed
more than 1,800 EV chargers at more than 100 sites in its service
area, including workplaces, destination centers, fleet yards and
public parking. SCE is planning to expand the program to allow
installation of about 50,000 more EV chargers in its service
area.
Charge Ready Transport: SCE is beginning
construction on the first of as many as 870 commercial sites that
will help commercial customers electrify their medium- and
heavy-duty fleets, including transit and school buses, delivery
trucks and tractor-trailers.
Charge Ready Schools and Parks: The company is
also implementing a two-year pilot program to add hundreds of new
EV charging stations at school and state recreation area parking
lots.
West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative: SCE
has collaborated with other utilities in California, Oregon and
Washington to develop a conceptual plan to build infrastructure on
I-5 and connecting highways to charge electric delivery trucks and
big rigs.
Clean Fuel Reward: SCE offers customers who have
purchased or leased a new or used passenger EV up to a $1,000
rebate through the Clean Fuel Reward Program.
SCE and its parent company have long been recognized as leaders
in transportation electrification. Edison International President
and CEO Pedro J. Pizarro currently cochairs a group of CEOs focused
on electrifying transportation at Edison Electric Institute, a
Washington-based association representing investor-owned electric
companies.
To help extend its efforts in transforming the industry, SCE has
recently joined a number of other organizations as well, including
the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, a collaborative group of
companies focused on accelerating the transition to EVs led by the
nonprofit group Ceres, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions’
Business Environmental Leadership Council and Chagrin, a global EV
charging standardization group.
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SCE Fleet Electrification by the Numbers
- By 2030, SCE will electrify 100% of light-duty vehicles, 30% of
medium-duty vehicles, 8% of heavy-duty vehicles and 60% of
forklifts in its fleet.
- SCE has a fleet of more than 6,200 vehicles, including trailers
and off-road equipment.
- The company estimates that pursuing its 2030 fleet
electrification goals will save more than 620,000 gallons of fuel
annually and eliminate close to 6,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas
emissions a year, or the same amount that would be saved by taking
7,600 cars off the road for a year or planting and growing nearly
600,000 trees for 10 years.
- SCE is an industry leader in fleet electrification and
continues to exceed its 2014 commitment through EEI to spend at
least 5% of its annual fleet acquisition budget on electrification
options.
- In 2019, 12% of SCE’s fleet acquisition spend was invested in
EVs and plug-in technologies, and 13% of its overall fleet
incorporated plug-in electric technology.
- SCE is replacing its 310-forklift fleet with electric versions
to reduce air and sound pollution. To date, 151 vehicles in the
forklift fleet, or 47%, are electric.
- As of year-end 2019, SCE has installed over 370 charge ports at
its facilities to meet the demands of its growing electric
fleet.
- The company expects to need about 1,300 additional charge ports
at its facilities to achieve its 2030 fleet electrification
goals.
- For employees, SCE offers 190 workplace charge ports at 36 of
its facilities and plans to install about 150 additional employee
charge ports this year.
- Through its Charge Ready program SCE has installed more than
1,800 passenger EV chargers at more than 100 sites in its service
area.
- SCE is beginning construction on the first of as many as 870
sites that will help commercial customers electrify their medium-
and heavy-duty fleets.
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