This Kern Electric Vehicle Charging Station Blueprint is intended to identify goals, strategies and charging station site locations to accelerate the installations of electric vehicle charging stations to support and drive an increased market demand for electric vehicles throughout urban, rural, and disadvantaged communities within Kern County.
This Blueprint identifies two scenarios for Kern County to meet the State of California’s 2015 Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan goal of 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on California roads by the year 2025.
The Blueprint identifies at least 12 shovel-ready sites (with one in each Kern Council of Government member agency jurisdiction [Cities of Arvin, Bakersfield, California City, Delano, Maricopa, McFarland, Ridgecrest, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Wasco, and the County of Kern]) and positions those sites for California Energy Commission Phase II funding or other funding.
Local government staff, private businesses, multi-unit dwelling owners, nonprofits and public agency entities should use the Blueprint for:
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure gaps & siting analysis,
Recommended implementation actions,
Shovel ready site profiles,
Pursing grants and incentives for installing EVI, and
Toolkits to help electric vehicle infrastructure project owners complete their projects.
