Thank you to everyone who has participated in the development of the Triangle’s first plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) Readiness Plan!

This plan was created through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for PEV Planning planning titled- “NC PEV Readiness Initiative: Plugging-in from Mountains to Sea”. The Greater Triangle PEV Plan will be completed in conjunction with a statewide plan called the NC PEV Roadmap and three other regional readiness plans in the Charlotte, Piedmont Triad and Asheville areas.

The content of the plan was heavily driven by input and feedback from the stakeholders in the Triangle. Monthly steering committee meetings were held from March through August, 2012. covering the six planning areas below:

• Vehicles
• Infrastructure
• Policy, Codes and Standards
• Incentives
• Economic Development
• Education and Outreach

DRAFT PLAN
Please review and provide feedback on the on the draft plan by December 7th. Click on the link below to download a PDF version of the draft plan.

Final_Draft_Triangle_PEV_Readiness_Plan_for_Review_11-29-12

Please send your comments to Katie Drye with Advanced Energy at kdrye@advancedenergy.org or by phone at 919-857-9009.

The Triangle’s first electric vehicle readiness plan will be released by the end of this year, 2012. The content of the plan is heavily driven by input and feedback from the stakeholders in the Triangle. Monthly steering committee meetings have been held since March, 2012 to and have covered six planning areas for electric vehicles including:

• Vehicles
• Infrastructure
• Policy, Codes and Standards
• Incentives
• Economic Development
• Education and Outreach

Click the following link to view the meeting schedule- 2012_Schedule_TriangleSteeringCommittee

Advanced Energy and Triangle J COG have created a draft outline for the plan based on the guidance from the U.S. Department of Energy for this PEV planning grant (NC PEV Initiative: Plugging in from Mountains to Sea) and the feedback from the steering committee through this process.

 DRAFT PLAN OUTLINE
The draft plan outline is open for comment from Triangle stakeholders through September 4th. To downloaded a PDF copy of the draft plan, please click the following link:  Draft_PEV_Readiness_Plan_Outline_Triangle_8-21-12.

Please send your comments to Katie Drye with Advanced Energy at kdrye@advancedenergy.org or by phone at 919-857-9009.

All Stakeholders should consider taking a moment to fill out the Triangle Plug-in Electric Vehicle Planning Survey. These results will be incorporated into the Triangle PEV Readiness Plan, led by Advanced Energy and Triangle J Council of Governments, which will be released by the end of the year 2012. The survey can be found here.

Stakeholders wishing to become more involved can attend EV Awareness Week activities which will be held through the Triangle the week of October 1^st-6^th. Details about this exciting week of events will be announced on this blog soon.

Thanks to everyone who attended the last Triangle PEV Readiness Plan Meeting at Central Carolina Community College’s Pittsboro Campus! The meeting was very successful and stakeholders participated in engaging discussions on the topics of Policy, Codes & Standards as well as Education & Outreach. After the meeting attendees were invited to attend an optional tour of the facility. The agenda from the meeting can be found here, and the presentation can be found here.

The next Triangle PEV Readiness Plan Meeting is coming up!

Wednesday, August 1st, 2:00 – 4:30pm
Central Carolina Community College – Pittsboro Campus

764 West Street, Pittsboro
Library Meeting Room

The August 1^st event will be held in Pittsboro and will focus on the topics of Policy, Codes & Standards and Education & Outreach for the Triangle region’s PEV Readiness Plan.

For directions please click here. The campus is small, and once on it you will be able to follow signs to the library.

Please RSVP by emailing Anna Stokes (astokes@advancedenergy.org)!

The full agenda will be sent out soon.

Stakeholders from across the triangle region met on Monday, June 25th, to discuss the topics of Economic Development and Infrastructure as they relate to PEVs. The agenda from the meeting can be found here, and the presentation here.

This meeting was held at the Capital Area Transit Operations Office in Raleigh. Meeting attendees were invited to attend a quick tour of the facilities following the meeting. The Capital Area Transit Operations Office’s fleet charging station, and one of their two Nissan LEAFs, are pictured below:

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The Triangle PEV Readiness Plan Meeting is next week!

Monday, June 25th, 9:00 – 11:30am
Capital Area Transit Operations Office
(4104 Poole Road, Raleigh, NC 27610)

This meeting will be held in order to further discuss the creation of the Triangle region’s Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) Readiness Plan as part of the NC PEV Readiness Initiative: Plugging in from Mountains to Sea (M2S) project. The project includes multiple components with both local and state applicability. The statewide PEV Taskforce is developing a PEV readiness roadmap that will include recommendations for policy changes and other initiatives across North Carolina. In addition to the state taskforce, four regions – Asheville, Charlotte, the Triad and the Triangle – have created individual stakeholder groups and are developing regional plans addressing specific steps needed to prepare their community for PEVs.

The June 25th event will be held in Raleigh and will focus on Infrastructure and Economic Development issues for the Triangle region’s PEV Readiness Plan.

Please RSVP to Anna Stokes (astokes@advancedenergy.org) by COB Friday, June 22nd!