LA County to Develop Zero Emission Infrastructure Plan

SAN PEDRO — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors April 20, approved a proposal by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Sheila Kuehl to create an LA County Zero Emission Infrastructure Plan. The plan will identify gaps in the county’s current electric vehicle charging infrastructure and create a strategy to close them, especially in the county’s lowincome areas.

The LA County Sustainability Plan set the goal of installing 60,000 new zero-emission vehicle charging stations by 2025, 70,000 by 2035 and ensuring 100% of all new light-duty private vehicles are zero emission vehicles by 2045. According to the California Energy Commission, there are less than 20,000 public and shared-private chargers in LA County today. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have committed to transitioning terminal equipment to zero emissions by 2030 and on-road trucks by 2035.

The motion would direct the development of the county’s first Zero Emission Infrastructure Plan. The plan, which is due back to the board in 120 days, would include: